Limoncello Spritz recipe — Sunshine in a glass with a bubbly personality — your passport to the Italian Riviera. Made with limoncello. Originally from Italy.
I'm the golden child who studied abroad in Italy and won't stop talking about it (but you don't mind because I'm charming). I bring Mediterranean sunshine to any situation and make everything feel like a vacation. I'm effortlessly elegant but never pretentious — think Aperol's sophisticated Italian cousin.
Limoncello was traditionally made by Italian fishermen who would drink it at dawn to warm up before heading out to sea. The Amalfi Coast still produces 80% of the world's limoncello using Sfusato lemons that are hand-picked at night when their oils are most concentrated.
Born in early 2000s Italian beach clubs when bartenders started lengthening traditional limoncello with Prosecco and soda. What started as a way to make the potent liqueur more refreshing quickly became the unofficial drink of Italian summer.
Category: cocktail | Difficulty: easy | Base spirit: limoncello | ABV: 8.0-12.0%
Origin: Italy