Amaro

Ripe strawberries give this refreshing cocktail a patriotic hue and delicious sweetness.

The delicate orange flavor of Aperol melds well with bitter lemon soda in this crisp cocktail.

In case of sunshine and happiness, make this colorful ice cream float! Spiking it with some booze makes it even tastier.

Relax into Friday night with a honey-sweetened gin, Aperol, and Champagne cocktail.

Tosca's cocktails are so good people drink them well into the meal.

"A more flavorful, slightly stronger version of an Aperol Spritz. Who could be mad at that?" —Alison Roman, senior associate food editor

Amaro and sweet vermouth are relatively low in alcohol, making for a quaffable, refreshing drink (go ahead, have two).

The spicy and perfectly tart shrub (flavored drinking vinegar) gives this pitcher-friendly cocktail a refreshing quality.

Make sure to use plain, unflavored rooibos tea, which will complement the other punch ingredients.

Sparkling wine and Jamaican rum make for a compelling riff on the Negroni. Plus, it's a quick finish once it's batched.

Sherry is an "It" cocktail ingredient, with enough heft to build a drink around but still relatively low in alcohol.

Named for bar and spirits director Brian Bartels's former address, this is a more complex take on a Mimosa.

"We age drinks that have a wine component, such as vermouth or Sherry, because the wine will oxidize a little bit. That brings out a lot of nutty, grassy, earthy flavors." —Jeffrey Morgenthaler; Clyde Common, Portland, OR

Ben Clemons, bartender at Bar 308 in Nashville, created this sage- and lime-infused cocktail for our story, Spring Cocktails Perfect for Brunch. Cocchi Aperitivo Americano is an Italian aperitif wine beloved for its citrus, herbal, and bitter flavor profile. It's becoming easier to find, but if you can't locate a bottle, Clemons recommends substituting Lillet Blanc.

This cocktail is named after the brand of amaro, or bitters, that we use to make it. You could use another bitters if you can’t find Meletti.