How to Make the Perfect co*cktail With Ginger Beer (2024)

Mediterranean-infused vodka:

Mix 750 ml Vodka, ½ cup crushed pistachios, 1 tbsp. crushed green cardamom, 1 tsp. orange blossom water, 2 tbsp. honey, and muddled pomegranate seeds.

Let it sit and strain through coffee filter and bottle for use.

For the mule:

Add 2 oz. Mediterranean-infused vodka, ¾ oz. cranberry simple syrup, and ¾ oz. lime juice to a rocks glass with crushed ice. Top with 1 oz. ginger beer and garnish with orange blossom cranberries.

Combine 1 ½ oz. Szechuan peppercorn infused Ford's Gin, ½ oz. Liquore Strega, ½ oz. ginger syrup, and ¾ oz. lemon juice to a glass. Stir to combine. Top with ginger beer and orange blossom mist. Garnish with a dried orange slice and lemongrass.

Recipe from Ty Williams, SISTERS (Brooklyn, NY)

Mix ½ oz. Ode to Babel Gin and ½ oz. Sumac Berry Lemonade in a glass and stir to combine. Top with Fever Tree Ginger Beer. Garnish with a bunch of fresh sage, speared through three raspberries.

Recipe from Ode to Babel

In a copper mule mug, add ½ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice, tossing in the rind as well. Add in crushed ice followed by 2 oz. blended scotch. Top with 4-6 oz. ginger beer and garnish with lime wedge and fresh basil.

Recipe from Red Rooster Harlem

Add 1¼ oz. Goslings Black Seal Rum, ¾ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice, ½ oz. demerara syrup, ½ oz. Punt e Mes, and ½ oz. Amaro de Angostura to a co*cktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake briefly. Add about 3 oz. Goslings Ginger Beer to the tin. Give it a few swirls, then strain into a collins glass over ice. Garnish with a lime peel.

Recipe from Megan Jay, URBAN COWBOY (Nashville, TN)

Mix 2 oz. dark rum, 3 oz. ginger beer, and ½ oz. lime juice in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge.

Recipe from The Spruce Eats

Add 1 ½ oz. gin to glass. Add ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with fresh mint and a lime wheel.

Recipe from Beefeater Gin

Shake 1 oz. Aberfeldy 12 Single Malt Scotch whisky, 1 oz. Chinola Passionfruit Liqueur, ½ oz. lime juice, and ¼ oz. simple syrup. Pour over ice in glass, top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with spiced-salt dusted lime wheel.

Recipe from Aberfeldy

Mix 1 ½ oz. Novo Fogo Chameleon, 4 oz. ginger beer, a squeeze of fresh lime juice, and 2 dashes of aromatic bitters in a glass. Stir to combine. Garnish with lime.

Recipe from Novo Fogo Cachaça

Muddle 1 rhubarb chunk with 4 dashes rhubarb bitters, 1½ oz. strawberry puree, 2½ oz. Ketel One Vodka, ½ oz. lime juice, and ½ oz. simple syrup in a co*cktail shaker. Shake, then add to copper mug with ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a long rhubarb ribbon, strawberry, and lime wheel.

Recipe from The Skylark NYC

Pour 1½ oz. Wild Roots Cucumber & Grapefruit Infused Gin, 2 oz. lime juice, and 3 to 5 cucumber slices into a co*cktail shaker filled with ice and stir. Double-strain into a collins glass filled with ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a cucumber wedge.

Recipe from Wild Roots

Combine 2 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Joven, 1 oz. grapefruit juice, ¾ oz. lime juice, ½ oz. simple syrup, and 1 oz. Reed’s Ginger Beer Strongest in a glass. Rim with Tajin and garnish with lime and grapefruit wedges.

Recipe from @Aubrees_Spirit_Fingers

Muddle 4 slices fresh ginger and 10 mint leaves in a tin, then add ice. Mix with 1½ oz. Ketel One Vodka, ¾ oz. simple syrup, and ¾ oz. lime juice, and shake vigorously. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with fresh ginger and a mint sprig.

Recipe from Phil Testa, beverage manager at The Rickey at Dream Midtown

Fill a glass half full with ice. Pour 6 oz. Reed’s Ginger Beer Strongest into the glass. Stir in 4 oz. sparkling water and 2 T. lemon juice. Finish with 3 dashes bitters and garnish with thinly sliced lemon wedges.

Recipe from registered dietitian Maya Feller

Combine 2 parts Reyka Vodka, 2 parts apple cider, and ¼ part simple syrup in a co*cktail shaker. Shake and double-strain into a mule cup. Add 1 part ginger beer and garnish with a cinnamon stick and apple slice.

Recipe from Reyka Vodka

Combine 2 oz. Montelobos Mezcal, ½ oz. agave, ¾ oz. lime juice, and 2 dashes chocolate bitters over ice and shake well. Strain onto fresh ice in tall collins glass. Top with ginger beer.

Recipe from Inigo Salazar, food & beverage director of The Beach at Dream Downtown

In a copper mug over ice, mix 1 part SKYY Infusion Sun-Ripened Watermelon Vodka, ½ part lime juice, 1 part freshly squeezed watermelon juice, and 1 bottle ginger beer. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

Recipe from SKYY Vodka

In a tin with ice, combine 1½ oz. Grey Goose La Poire vodka, ¾ oz. lime juice, ½ oz. simple syrup, 1 oz. kiwi puree, and ginger beer to top. Strain over fresh crushed ice into a tiki glass. Skewer berry medley and a mint sprig to garnish.

Recipe from Phil Testa, beverage manager at The Rickey at Dream Midtown

Pour 2 oz. bourbon and 2 oz. chilled ginger beer into a glass. Add 3 sprigs fresh mint leaves and finish by adding ½ oz. lime juice and one lime wheel for garnish.

Recipe from mixologist and co*cktail consultant Cody Goldstein at the Flying co*ck in NYC

Add 1½ parts Effen Vodka to a co*cktail shaker. Muddle 5 mint leaves, ¾ parts lime juice, and ¾ parts ginger syrup. Pour into co*cktail shaker over ice. Strain into tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and garnish with a mint sprig.

Recipe from Effen Vodka