AMP UP YOUR MIXOLOGY GAME WITH THESE COCKTAILS AND MIXERS

1. PALOMINO PUNCH

Mellow and light Tio Pepe Extra

Dry Fino (LCBO 231829, $18.95) mixes well with pineapple, fresh citrus and extra spicy Grace Famous Island Soda Ginger Beer (at most grocery stores) for a food-friendly punch that’s sure to win over the crowd at every backyard barbecue this summer. Fino sherry also mixes well with tonic or sparkling lemonade—making for easy, lower-alcohol long drinks.

2. NOLITA COCKTAIL

The secret to this non-alcoholic cocktail’s success is mixing

Søbrii Ø-Tequila (0.5% ABV), a smoky “spirit” with a dash of heat, with Niasca Festivo Portofino Bitter Tonic, a bittersweet mixer

(at amazon.ca and Italian grocery stores). The delicious Italian bitter is also great on its own—served over ice with a spiral orange twist, it could pass for a fullstrength cocktail. Find Søbrii Ø at cocktailemporium.com, $36.

3. NOVA SPRITZ

Made with Novara NonAlcoholic Bitter Aperitivo, Fentiman’s Victorian Lemonade (a lightly sweet pop; at grocery stores and amazon.ca) and what may be the best non-alcoholic bubbly on the planet,

Bottega 0 Rosé (LCBO 22500, $9.95), this zeroproof spritzer is poised to be the “it” drink of patio season. Canadian-made Novara is available at cocktailemporium.com, $45.95.