Top 10 St Germain Cocktail Recipes

Looking for a festive drink? Try the French 77! This champagne cocktail is a spin on the classic French 75 that adds St Germain elderflower liqueur. It’s bubbly and effervescent, with the floral undertones, a botanical pop from the gin and the zing of fresh lemon juice. If you need a signature cocktail to impress your friends, this is the one.

Ingredients: St Germain, lemon juice, Prosecco or champagne

A classic St Germain cocktail: a French gimlet! The French gimlet is a gin gimlet that adds a bit of this elderflower liqueur. The gimlet is a classic cocktail made of 2 parts gin and 1 part lime juice, often balanced with a little simple syrup. Add a bit of elderflower liqueur to make it French, and ditch the simple syrup. It's sweet tart and refreshing, with a little floral from the St Germain. Truly a stunner!

Ingredients: St Germain, gin, lime juice

This St Germain cranberry cocktail will become your new go-to! Tart and perfectly balanced, it features this elderflower liqueur with vodka, cranberry and lemon. It’s like a St Germain spin on the Cosmo, using cranberry juice to give it a brilliant color.

Ingredients: St Germain, vodka, cranberry juice, lemon juice, simple syrup

If you love bubbly spritzes, run don’t walk to try the Hugo cocktail! This Italian cocktail is a spin-off on the Aperol spritz and even better, in our opinion. It’s made with delicate floral elderflower liqueur and bubbly Prosecco, which compliment each other perfectly. The bubbly combination transports you right to Northern Italy, where this cocktail was born and is popular to this day. 

Ingredients: St Germain, Prosecco, soda water

Here at A Couple Cooks we’re suckers for anything with St Germain, so it’s no surprise this drink won us over in a heartbeat. Try the Irish Maid, a refreshing Irish whiskey cocktail starring the fresh flavors of lemon, cucumber, and elderflower liqueur. It’s perfectly balanced between sweet and tart, with floral and botanical notes that shine through and just boozy enough. 

Ingredients: Irish whiskey, St Germain, lemon juice, simple syrup, cucumber

Here’s a drink you won’t be able to stop sipping. Try this Elderflower & Lemon cocktail! The flavor here is so refreshing, so perfectly balanced, that it’s almost impossible not to take another sip. Combine floral St Germain with vodka, lemon and tonic water, and it’s a beautiful blend of botanical, sweet tart, bright and bubbly. Here’s how to make this tasty drink!

Ingredients: St Germain, vodka, lemon juice, tonic water

Here’s a light and refreshing cocktail: the St Germain Spritz! It’s floral and bubbly, full of lightly sweet flavor and effervescence. A spin on the classic Aperol Spritz, it’s easy to drink, perfect for brunches, poolside sipping, brunch, or with an afternoon book. Oh: and it takes 3 minutes.

Ingredients: St Germain, Prosecco, soda water

Here’s a drink that’s made for celebration: a St Germain champagne cocktail! It's like an elderflower spin on a French 75: sophisticated and refreshing. The flavor is floral, botanical, tangy, and bubbly all at once. If you’ve never purchased a bottle of St Germain, now’s the time! This bottle of fancy liqueur should be part of your alcohol arsenal.

Ingredients: St Germain, gin, champagne, lemon juice, simple syrup

This St Germain cocktail is as refreshing as it is sophisticated: the Cucumber Martini! It’s a cool, crisp take on the classic martini starring cucumber, vodka, and the floral notes of St Germain. Take one sip and your palate will be amazed: it’s fresh, dry, and floral, with just the right scent of cucumber. 

Ingredients: Cucumber, vodka, dry vermouth, St Germain

Here’s a fun drink that’s easy to whip up and packs a massive flavor punch: the Skeleton Key cocktail! This combination of bourbon, elderflower and ginger beer is a unique highball drink that’s bubbly, floral, and bittersweet! Topping it off with bitters creates a floating orange haze. It’s a modern classic invented in Detroit that has a spooky origin story, but it works any time of the year. 

Ingredients: Bourbon, St Germain, lemon, ginger beer, Angostura bitters