When strawberry season hits, we try to find every delicious excuse to drink it all in. Here are 20 cocktails to make the most of one of our favorite early-summer ingredients.
American Pharoah
This cocktail combines brandy, sherry, strawberry, and mint for the perfect warm-weather sipper.
Balsamic Strawberry Margarita
A touch of balsamic balances the sweetness of this seasonal margarita.
Birds of Paradise
This vodka drink tastes like biting into a fresh strawberry on a hot day.
Chains to the Mast
UnderTow‘s strawberry Fernet cocktail is a strawberry daiquiri-heavy take on the Miami Vice that will also tempt the Fernet shy.
Depth Dweller
This breezy strawberry cocktail combines berry-infused rum with Campari, lime and simple syrup.
Endless Spring
Just half a strawberry makes this low-ABV cocktail burst with fruity flavor.
Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri
This frozen Strawberry Daiquiri from Denver’s Yacht Club layers on fresh berry flavors with a strawberry purée and strawberry syrup.
Go Fly a Kite
Gin and génépy create an herbaceous base for this summery strawberry cocktail.
Kiss From a Rosé
In this frosé recipe out of New Orleans, the floral pisco and fruity strawberry highlight the dry rosé wine.
Life in Colors
Strawberry’s sweetness tempers absinthe’s herbaceousness in this frosty frappe.
Miami Vice
This hypnotic combination of a Piña Colada and a Strawberry Daiquiri could be considered a vice in its own right.
Neon Moon’s Strawberry Piña Colada
This extra-fruity and decadent twist on the classic is the perfect summer treat.
Not Another Drink Named Strawberry Fields
Genever blends beautifully with strawberry, vanilla, and graham-cracker infused cream in this dreamy dessert cocktail.
Que Syrah Syrah
A summery cocktail that echoes the fruitiness of sangria.
Sour Strawberry Highball
A homemade strawberry shrub brings a punch of tart sweetness to a simple highball.
Strawberry Blonded
An dessert cocktail evocative of a chocolate-covered strawberry.
Strawberry Daiquiri
A seasonal revamp with new layers of flavor.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Mule
Using strawberry jam ensures this summery Mule can be enjoyed all year long.
Strawberry Roan
Sweet strawberries balance the spice of rye whiskey in this summery highball.
Strawberry Shogun Negroni
For a strawberry Negroni with a food-friendly lightness sweet vermouth is swapped for a blood orange aperitif, fortified with a bit of sake vermouth.