People love to enjoy a perfectly good mix of margarita or Manhattan, but things get blurry after a few rounds. Drinking all day without getting too intoxicated is possible with low proof cocktails (cocktails with the least amount of alcohol in its mix).

Here are a few low proof cocktails that provide plenty of flavor without too much punch:

Strawberry-rose spritzer
This fruity drink is as delicious as it looks.
Ingredients:

• 1 pint of strawberries
• 750ml of bottled rose wine
• 2 cups of soda water
• ⅓ cup of Aperol
• 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.

Preparation:

• Make sure the strawberries are hulled and sliced beforehand.
• Combine the wine and strawberries in a pitcher and cover it.
• Let it chill for about 3 hours to infuse wine.
• Strain the wine into a large bowl or vessel and save the strawberries for later.
• Add soda water, Aperol, and lemon juice to the wine and stir well.
• Divide and pour the mixture into glasses filled with ice.
• Garnish the drinks with a lemon and the reserved strawberries.

American light

• This drink is extremely popular among soda lovers

Ingredients:

• 1½ ounces of Punt e Mes
• 1½ ounces of Aperol
• Club soda
• Orange twist

Preparation

• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add Punt e Mes and Aperol in it.
• Stir the mixture until the exterior of the shaker is frosty. This will take about half a minute.
• Strain the mix into a tall glass filled with ice and top it off with club soda.
• You can garnish this drink with an orange twist.

Raspberry and Aperol floats
This drink is a sweet low proof cocktail that can be enjoyed at any time of the day.

Ingredients:

• 1 sprig thyme
• ¼ a cup of sugar
• ¼ a cup of Aperol (you can alter the quantity of this ingredient according to your liking)
• 1⅓ cups of raspberries (amounts to 6 ounces)
• 1 pint of vanilla ice cream
• 2 cans of club soda (12 ounces each)

Preparation:

• Take a small saucepan and boil ¼ a cup of water in it.
• Add thyme and sugar while the water is boiling and stir well to dissolve the sugar.
• Once the sugar is dissolved, remove the pan from heat, cover, and let sit for about 15 minutes.
• Remove the thyme sprig and let the syrup cool down
• Add the Aperol and stir it in.
• Divide the syrup and the raspberries accordingly and muddle gently.
• After dividing equally, add ice cream and top off with some club soda.

South side
This low proof cocktail is for the mint lovers and day drinkers who would love to sip on a drink all day without losing stability after the first drink.

Ingredients:

• Fresh mint leaves, slapped.
• 3 ounces of dry gin
• 1½ ounces of fresh lemon juice
• ¾ of an ounce of simple syrup
• Club soda
• Lemon peel

Preparation:

• Combine the gin, lemon juice, and syrup in a highball glass.
• Add mint leaves and stir.
• Fill the glass with ice and then top it off with some club soda.
• You can use a lemon peel or lemon slices to garnish the drink.