Tasty, easy summer cocktail recipes

The Spirited Sprout, a new local cocktail and plant blog, is making bartending at home easy with simple, but tasty recipes that any cocktail lover can master:

• Blueberry Mint Julep

3 oz. bourbon
Handful of fresh mint
¼ cup blueberries
½ oz. simple syrup

• Easy Basil Margarita

2 oz. blanco or silver tequila
1½ oz. simple syrup
1 lime
Handful of fresh basil

• The Bee’s Knees

2½ oz. gin
¼ oz. honey syrup
1 lemon

• Classic Fresh Mojito

2½ oz. light rum
¾ oz. simple syrup
1 lime
Handful of fresh mint leaves
Club soda

Complete instructions for these libations are on the blog.

– Kelly Hughes, Jones PR