Description
Tart cranberry juice, fresh lime and floral gin come together perfectly in this seasonal cranberry gin cocktail. It's slightly sweet, slightly tangy, and easy enough to mix up for one, or scale into a pitcher for a crowd. Pair it with our Cranberry Mocktail for those that want a non-alcoholic option!
Ingredients
- 2 ounces gin
- 2 ounces unsweetened cranberry juice
- 1 ounce maple syrup or simple syrup
- 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1-2 ounces club soda, sparkling water or tonic
Instructions
- Add gin, cranberry juice, maple syrup, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker half filled with ice and shake well.
- Add ice to a cocktail glass. Pour cocktail over the ice and top with club soda or sparkling water. For a crowd, see the pitcher measurements below.
- Optional: garnish with a sprig of thyme or rosemary, a lime wheel and/or fresh cranberries.
Notes
Make ahead for a crowd: Mix everything except club soda; refrigerate in a pitcher. For 8: 16 oz gin, 16 oz cranberry juice, 8 oz maple syrup, 4 oz lime juice. Top each glass with soda when serving.
Storage: Base mixture keeps refrigerated up to 3 days. Add club soda fresh per glass.
Sweetened juice? Using cranberry juice cocktail (e.g. Ocean Spray): skip the maple syrup, then sweeten to taste.
Don't like gin? Sub vodka 1:1 or try our cranberry orange whiskey cocktail for a warmer, cozier version.
Tonic water instead of club soda: reduce the maple syrup, since tonic contains sugar.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktails
- Method: No cook, Shaker
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 115
- Sugar: 11 g
- Sodium: 3.3 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 11.5 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 0.2 g