How to Craft an Irish Hugo Spritz at Home

11 July 2026

Indulge in a garden-side tipple this sunny weekend with an Irish twist on the Hugo Spritz.

Widely hailed as this season’s standout beverage, the modest Hugo Spritz is a breezy, refreshing Italian cocktail. An ideal choice for sipping on warm evenings, it’s surprisingly simple to prepare, perhaps more than you first expect.

Here, Dingle Gin reveals their signature method.

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Ingredients:

20 millilitres of Dingle Gin

20 millilitres elderflower cordial

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25 millilitres soda water

120 millilitres Prosecco

Fresh mint leaves

Method: Rim a chilled highball glass with sea salt, then fill with ice. Build in the Dingle Orange & Sea Salt Gin, fresh lime juice and agave syrup, stirring until the glass frosts. Top with crisp grapefruit soda and finish with a grapefruit wedge. The sea salt rim is the finishing touch. it echoes the salt already woven through the gin, giving the citrus a savoury edge that rounds out the whole drink.

Garnish: Bruised mint leaves and a plump lime wedge.

Dingle Gin is stocked across the country in premium off-licences and supermarkets, including O’Brien’s, SuperValu, Dunnes, Tesco, and the Celtic Whiskey Shop.

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Aoife Brennan

I write about culture, gastronomy, and lifestyle with a deep interest in the places, people, and traditions that shape how we live. I am drawn to stories that feel thoughtful, vivid, and rooted in real experience, whether they begin in a gallery, around a table, or in the rhythm of everyday life.