It’s about time for a long schnappy lunch. Weekends are made for resting, recuperating and rejuvenating. And summer long weekends? They’re basically a holiday for your soul. It’s your time to get out in the sunshine, soak up some much-needed vitamin D, and forget about the inbox for a while. Why not dial up the relaxation by treating yourself to a long lunch with friends — complete with a table full of schnapps spritzers to toast this beautiful land we call home?

We’ve rounded up our schnappiest summer favourites to take your weekend brunches from nice to next-level.


Mango Madness
Product: Mango schnapps and Kosciuszko Vodka

Ingredients:
30mL mango schnapps
30mL Kosciuszko Vodka
15mL fresh lime juice
15mL mango juice and mango purée
Top up with ginger beer

Method:
Pour your schnapps, lime juice, mango juice, mango puree and vodka into an ice-filled shaker and shake vigorously for 30seconds. Pour into an ice-filled glass, then top up with Ginger Beer. Garnish with a slice of orange. Sip, relax your shoulds, and give a long sigh of contentment.


Fuzzy Navel
Products: Peach Nectar schnapps and orange juice

Ingredients:
45mL Peach Nectar schnapps
55mL orange juice

Method:
Fill a glass with ice. Pour in the peach schnapps and top up with freshly pressed orange juice to your liking. Garnish with a slice of orange, give it a gentle stir, and enjoy.

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Italian Lemonade
Products: Limoncello and Wildbrumby Classic Gin

Ingredients:
45mL Wildbrumby Limoncello
30mL Classic Gin
20mL fresh lemon juice
Top up with Indian tonic

Method:
Fill a large wine glass with ice. Add schnapps, gin and lemon juice, then stir gently. Top up with Indian Tonic water and garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of fresh rosemary. Chillax.


Donner and Blitz
Products: Devil’s Tongue schnapps

Ingredients:
30mL Wildbrumby Devil’s Tongue
Ginger beer
Sprig of mint to garnish

Method:
Pour Wildbrumby Devil’s Tongue schnapps into a tall, ice-filled glass. Top with ginger ale and garnish with a sprig of mint.

The Aussie sun not hot enough for you? Need more fire? Crank it up by using 60mL of Devil’s Tongue.


G&T
Product: Wildbrumby Classic Gin and Fever-Tree Indian Tonic

Ingredients:
45mL Wildbrumby Classic Gin
Fever-Tree Indian Tonic

Method:
Fill a glass with ice. Pour in the Classic Gin and top up with Indian Tonic. Garnish with lemon or lime, put your sunnies on, and bliss out in the sunshine.

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