Variety is the spice of life, after all. Using like-for-like substitutions, and a dose of creative license, here are our six favorite alternatives to the Aperol Spritz.

An Aperol Spritz festival, to celebrate a century of Aperol, takes place on the roof terraces of Rome's Auditorium Parco della Musica from 31 May until 2 June 2019.

It's not that the cocktails are horrible, it's that they're often made with subpar ingredients and not enough care to live up to their full potential.

We stan the spritz?so long as it?s made right.

One Brooklyn bar is valiantly taking a stand for the Aperol Spritz, following a scathing review in The New York Times criticizing the summery cocktail as ?not a good drink? ? a claim that was quick?

Every six months or so, the internet bands together to fight over an incredibly arbitrary topic as a form of escapism in order to ease the pain of existing. It's fun!

The popular, Instagram-friendly aperitif drinks like a Capri Sun after soccer practice on a hot day. Not in a good way.

Oh yes.

These bright, punchy cocktails are just what you need to toast the warm weather.

Aperol recently turned 100, so we're going to say really nice things about it.