Brazilian cocktails

53 recipes, including Brazuka Sour, Caiperol, Caipivinho. Cachaça is Brazil's cane spirit. If you can't find it, an unaged rhum agricole is the closest substitute.

53 Brazilian cocktails, from caipirinha to cachaça classics.

• Brazuka Sour — Inspired by the New York Sour, using a float for visual and sensory impact.
• Caiperol — Brazilian caipirinha technique meets the Italian aperitivo.
• Caipivinho — A caipirinha topped with dry red wine.
• Coconut Caipirinha — Quick and easy with a pre-sweetened coconut cachaça liqueur.
• Cinnamon Caipiroska — Cinnamon liqueur with lime and a cherry in syrup.
• Coffee Caipirinha — Cachaça, lime, and cold brew coffee liqueur.
• Grape Caipirinha — A caipirinha muddled with grapes, lime, and cachaça, finished with a grape skewer.
• Tangerine Caipirinha — A citrusy caipirinha with muddled tangerine and cachaça.
• Lime & Honey Caipirinha — A classic caipirinha sweetened with honey, muddled before the ice goes in.
• Lazy Caipirinha (Limoneto) — Cachaça and Limoneto soda built straight in a tall glass.
• Brazilian Negroni — A Negroni twist with cachaça, sweet red vermouth, and Cynar.
• Filho do Geraldo — A take on the classic Fitzgerald with cachaça and a half-mixed aromatic bitters float.
• Caipi Jambu — A passion fruit caipirinha with jambu liqueur and crushed ice.
• Banzeiro — A cachaça sour with a dry red wine layer and a citrusy ginger foam.
• Macunaíma — A white cachaça cocktail with honey syrup and Fernet, served up.
• Caipirinha Spritz — A classic caipirinha topped with sparkling wine, stirred gently to keep the bubbles.
• Green Grape Aperinha — A green grape caipirinha with Aperol and cachaça.
• Pé de Moleque Sour — A whiskey sour with pé de moleque (Brazilian peanut brittle) syrup and salt, aerated in two stages for foam without egg white.
• Bomberinho — A shot of cachaça, fresh lime, and grenadine, shaken and strained into 40 ml.
• Cabra Coco — Coffee liqueur, coconut cachaça, and whiskey, with optional applewood smoke.
• Rabo de Galo — A stirred Brazilian classic: cachaça, sweet vermouth, and Cynar.
• Caipirinha Jorge Amado — A Paraty caipirinha with passion fruit pulp, lime, and clove-and-cinnamon Gabriela cachaça, served unstrained.
• Camparinha — A caipirinha that pairs Campari's bitterness with cachaça, with gently muddled lime.
• Cachaça Mojito — A mojito built with white cachaça, lightly pressed mint, and crushed ice, lengthened with soda water.
• Cachaça Margarita — A margarita with cachaça instead of tequila, a salt rim, and a double strain into a chilled glass.
• Cachaça Basil Smash — A Basil Smash with cachaça: basil muddled hard in the shaker, double strained, and aromatic in a rocks glass.
• Caipi Summer — A summer caipirinha with muddled strawberries and blueberry syrup, shaken in the shaker.
• Tudo Efêmero — A short sour of Beerita Elétrica jambu gin, backed up with BEG gin and lemon.
• Garganta — A cachaça sour with muddled ginger, honey syrup, and triple sec, finished with loosely mixed aromatic bitters.
• Jabuti — A jabuticaba liqueur sour with lime, orange juice, and egg white — the native Brazilian fruit becomes the base.
• Caipiroska — The classic caipirinha with vodka instead of cachaça: lime, simple syrup, and ice in a rocks glass.
• Maré Baixa — A gin highball lengthened with cajuína and lime, with mint muddled in the glass.
• Pé de Serra — A cachaça highball with passion fruit pulp and lime, lengthened with guaraná soda.
• Caipirinha — Brazil's national cocktail: lime muddled with sugar, cachaça, and lots of ice.
• Cashew Fruit Caipirinha — Cashew fruit muddled with syrup and lime: the acidity the fruit lacks, to bring out the juice and the cachaça.
• Caju Blue — Easygoing highball of cashew fruit juice, honey cachaça, and blue curaçao, lengthened with soda water.
• Caju Amigo — Brazilian shaken classic of cachaça, cashew fruit in syrup, and lime, served unstrained in a highball.
• Brazilian Old Fashioned — Old Fashioned of aged cachaça, coconut rum, and cacao bitters, with nutmeg.
• Strawberry Mojito — Cachaça mojito with strawberries muddled in a highball, mint just pressed, and crushed ice on top.
• 90's Brasileiro — A stirred drink of cachaça, sweet red vermouth, Cynar, and brigadeiro syrup in equal parts, in a rocks glass.
• Jabuticaba Caipirinha — Built caipirinha with lime, jabuticaba Le Fruit, and unaged cachaça.
• Jaboo Raíz — Jabuticaba liqueur shaken with unaged cachaça, ginger, cinnamon, and brown sugar, in a rocks glass.
• Jaboo Negroni — An inverted Negroni: jabuticaba liqueur in place of vermouth, with small pours of gin and Campari and a tangerine twist.
• Marajó — Highball of Beerita Elétrica jambu gin lengthened with ice-cold coconut water, lime, and mint.
• Nanica de Ouro — Sour of Bacardi gold rum and Quero Chuva Banana, no syrup, served in a chilled coupe.
• Pororoca — Cachaça sour with açaí-and-guaraná liqueur, no extra syrup, in a rocks glass.
• Arraial Mule — Cachaça mule with pé de moleque (peanut brittle) syrup and lime, lengthened with ginger beer.
• Cinnamon Sour — Cinnamon liqueur sour with lime and honey syrup, shaken and served over fresh ice.
• Guaraná & Açaí Caipirinha — Cachaça and açaí-guaraná liqueur, with blackberry syrup in place of sugar.
• Cowboy Latino — Whiskey sour with passion fruit pulp and lime, finished with aromatic bitters in a gradient in a rocks glass.
• Ouro de Tolo — Cynar sour with honey syrup, lime, and basil, egg white for foam in a rocks glass.
• Fireball Passion Fruit — Cinnamon liqueur shot with passion fruit mixer, finished with lemon foam.
• Igarapé — Cachaça highball with açaí-and-guaraná liqueur, lime, and guaraná soda.