Ginger Peach Cooler

Ginger peach cooler is a refreshing cocktail featuring homemade ginger peach limeade mixed with dark rum and ginger beer.

You need a drink, I need a drink, let’s have a cocktail party!

I’ve always wanted to throw a cocktail party.

Nothing like those let’s drink until we run out of alcohol parties in college, but a classy, let’s have interesting and worldly conversions in my gorgeous backyard kind of party.

I have the cocktails, however I’m still working on that backyard. 

Ginger Peach Cooler Cocktail

Last week during my week of painful sore throat, coughing fits, and general ill feeling days, I made this ginger peach limeade.  

As soon as I was up to usual self again (and no longer camped out on the couch), I turned that limeade into a refreshing summer cocktail.

Ingredients and Substitutions

The key to this summer cocktail is homemade ginger peach limeade. Mix with dark rum and ginger beer, the limeade becomes a complex, refreshing, and inviting mixed drink.

However, if you don’t have the time to make the peach limeade from scratch, there are several alternatives to choose from!

• Option 1: blend together equal parts store-bought limeade and peach juice (I recommend using Simply Limeade and Simply Peach).
• Option 2: use store-bought peach lemonade (such as Santa Cruz Organic peach lemonade).
• Option 3: use store-bought limeade or lemonade

Recommended dark rums include Mount Gay Eclipse or Bacardi Dark- both can be easily found at local supermarkets and Trader Joe’s.

• Stay away from “black rums” which are aged longer and best used for sipping.
• Don’t use “white” or clear rums. Also stay away from spiced rums or flavored rums.

Ginger beer is the stronger, much more flavor potent relative of ginger ale. It’s a non-alcoholic soda made from fermented ginger root.

• Highly recommend Reed’s “Extra” Ginger Beer. If you really want super intense ginger flavor, try Reed’s “Strongest.”
• If you want to tone down the ginger, swap in ginger ale.

Peach bitters adds an extra dimension of peach flavor. I recommend the Fee Brothers brand. Simply omit if you don’t have this ingredient.

Let’s build this cocktail

1. Fill serving glass half full of ice. Then, add 2 oz aged dark rum.
2. Follow with 3 oz peach ginger limeade or limeade of choice.
3. Add 2 oz ginger beer (or choice of strong ginger ale).
4. Add three dashes of peach bitters and fresh squeeze juice from half a lime.

Stir contents to combine.  Add additional ice, if necessary. Garnish finished drink with fresh peach wedges, sliced limes or candied ginger.

Cheers!

More Summer Cocktail & Alcohol Free Recipes

• Mango Mint Limeade Slush
• Strawberry Ginger Limeade
• Lychee Sangria
• Tiki Passion Pineapple Rum Punch
• Frozen Pina Colada