The solar is out in total drive, which signifies we’re about to see an uptick in spritzes—mainly of the Aperol assortment. And although I don’t mind an Aperol spritz, I’ve achieved one thing of a saturation position. Luckily, it is quick to make a spritz with different a large range of alcoholic beverages. I’m not chatting about switching Aperol out for Campari—though you absolutely could—but having a thing a small a lot more stiff included, like gin, tequila, or even whiskey.

If you favor tequila, you are in luck. Anna Billingskog of Food52 wrote an in-depth guidebook to tequila-centered spritzes. If you really do not favor tequila, that is great too—you can nonetheless use Billingskog’s intelligent ratio of 1:1: 2 (1 component booze, 1 element amaro or one thing similar, and two components bubbles.)

With the exception of the booze, the other two are infinitely customizable. “Amaro or one thing like it” refers to your typical Italian bitters (like Campari and Aperol), but it can also include vermouth and non-alcoholic bitter sodas (like Crodino or San Bitter), or one thing like Ghia, which seeks to imitate the taste of Campari and the like with no the ABV. Bubbles can be glowing wine, club soda, kombucha, pop, or any blend thereof.

A gin spritz, for occasion, could be 2 ounces gin, 2 ounces dry curacao, and 4 ounces of glowing wine (or a combination of 2 ounces sparkling wine and 2 ounces of kombucha). If you want to make a form of trashy mezcal spritz, check out 2 ounces mezcal, 2 ounces Aperol, and 4 ounces lemon-lime soda. For a whiskey spritz, you could do 2 ounces whiskey, 2 ounces sweet vermouth, and 4 ounces ginger beer. You get the thought.

No matter how you establish your spritz, make positive to serve it a significant ol’ wine glass with loads of ice and a citrus wedge of some kind. Spritzes just style much better out of a major ol’ wine glass, and it is nice to have a piece of fruit to snack on.