Spice up the classic gin and tonic with ginger beer! This Gin and Ginger cocktail is fresh, bright, and refreshing.
This recipe came about yesterday as I was prepping to watch Game 7 of the World Series.
Game sevens make me really nervous. Be it baseball, hockey, or basketball, when everything is hanging on one game, I can’t help but feel stressed out.
That’s where my gin and tonic was supposed help. I should have saw it as a sign when I couldn’t find any tonic water in the pantry.
Ginger beer is one fizzy beverage I never run out of. Whenever I see a new or different ginger beer product in stores, you know I’m buying it.
Ginger beer tastes great with vodka (Moscow Mule), perfect with rum (Dark and Stormy), and fantastic with bourbon (Kentucky Mule). It’s only natural that I should try it with gin.
Gin and Ginger Cocktail
I had no idea that gin and ginger would make such an amazing couple. This resulting cocktail is fresh, bright and refreshing. It’s like a gin and tonic with a little extra kick.
This gin and ginger was the just the drink I needed to soothe the heartache of the game.
Mind you, it was a great game until the Giants won it all. Oh well. No biggie. Nothing a little Taylor Swift can’t fix.
After the game ended I played T.Swift’s new album for the umpteenth time this week and danced it out…with a gin and ginger cocktail in hand, of course.
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Gin and Ginger Cocktail
Ingredients
- 8-10 mint leaves
- 1/2 oz ginger syrup, (recipe follows)
- 2 oz gin of choice
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 2 oz ginger beer
- 3-4 dashes lime bitters, optional
Ginger Syrup:
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 inch ginger, peeled and sliced
Instructions
- In a tall glass, muddle mint leaves with ginger syrup. Add gin, lime juice, ginger beer, and a couple dashes of lime bitters. Stir together. Add ice. Garnish with lime wedges and additional mint leaves.
Ginger Syrup:
- In a small sauce pot, combine water, sugar, and sliced ginger. Bring to a boil until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Cover with lid and let ginger steep for 15-20 minutes. Strain ginger. Store syrup in fridge until ready to use. Keeps in the fridge for 2 weeks.All images and text ©The Little Epicurean
LOVE LOVE LOVE Ginger beer in a gin and ginger!
As always, you killed it with the photography :)
Thank you!! :)
I’ve never had ginger beer. Is that crazy? It sound delicious so I’m sure I’m missing out on a good thing here. This cocktail looks so refreshing!
Ginger beer is a more potent version of ginger ale. I love it! Thanks! :)
This looks so delicious!! I’m with you on the game heartbreak. It still hurts today. If only that triple could have been one more base. The stuff of legends! My Cardinal loving husband says the pain gets better. Hopefully we won’t have to wait another 29 years :)
Side note: Apparently the Giants win the WS every year T Swift comes out with a new album. So I guess “Shaking it Off” is the only thing we can do :)
Next year…there’s always next year :)
WHAT?! I didn’t notice the correlation! I’m totally fine just “shaking it off” ;)
Such a lovely drink!
Thanks Jocelyn! :)
Looks delicious and fresh! Love the styling to Maryanne!
Thanks Millie! :)
What a great cocktail. My husband love ginger and this cocktail looks soo good. I really love the idea of gin with ginger.
My father always made gin and ginger ale cocktails when my grandmothers visited. He called them highballs and included a maraschino cherry.
Hello
Recently stumbled upon your page after looking for Gin and Ginger Beer recipes, though am allergic to both Citrus (mainly Lemon/Lime) as well as Mint and Peppercorns.
That is why have currently got myself some Boodles Gin and Fever-Tree Ginger Beer, neither of which have the triggering ingredients. However what Garnish ideas would be suitable beyond Cucumber and Star Anise.
I think Gin and Ginger Beer with mint is called a ‘Foghorn’.
Thanks for sharing! I didn’t know that.