Ginger Rickey Cocktail

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: North American

Keyword: cranberry, gin,, ginger beer

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings:

Calories: 32kcal

See my notes on how to turn this cocktail into a crowd-friendly pitcher cocktail.

Add a handful of ice to a large cocktail shaker.
Next, add ice to two old-fashioned or highball glasses. The taller the glass, the more ginger beer you can add to your cocktail.
Measure the gin and the cranberry juice into the ice-filled cocktail shaker. Add more or less cranberry juice to suit your preference.
Place the cap on the cocktail shaker and shake the mixture vigorously until the outside of the shaker frosts over.
Pour the gin-cranberry mixture into the ice-filled cocktail glasses and float ginger beer over the mixture.
Stir gently with a cocktail pick or stirrer and garnish as desired.
Enjoy responsibly.

Omit the gin in the recipe and replace the cranberry juice with cranberry juice cocktail for a sweeter drink.
Swap out the ginger beer for ginger ale.
Serve over ice.

1 cup (8 ounces) gin
3/4 cup (6 ounces) cranberry juice
Ginger beer to float

In a cocktail pitcher, stir together the gin and cranberry juice. Chill the gin-cranberry base in the refrigerator until ready to serve. *Don't forget to chill the ginger beer also!
When you're ready to serve, set the pitcher, the cans of ginger beer, and a bucket of ice out for your guests.
Allow guests to fill their glasses with ice, the gin-cranberry mix, and float the ginger beer on as desired.
If you have garnishes, lay them out on a separate platter so they can garnish at will.