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Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale Cocktail Recipes

Ginger ale and ginger beer add a refreshing spice to mixed drinks

Ginger ale, and its spicier, fermented cousin ginger beer, are ideal cocktail mixers. The effervescence lightens up a summery highball, while the ginger's bite tames spirits. We've rounded up our favorite ginger ale and ginger beer cocktail recipes.

Ginger ale and ginger beer can both be purchased, but it's fun and easy to make them on your own. For ginger ale, simply make a syrup out of water, ginger, sugar, and a dash of black peppercorns, then mix it with soda water. To make ginger beer, brew up a similar ginger mixture and add in spices and champagne yeast. Strain the mixture, bottle it, and after a day of fermentation you have your very own ginger beer!

Whether you make or buy, you've got delicious recipes to try. The Moscow Mule is a classic mix of ginger beer and vodka. If you steep the vodka with lemongrass and grapefruit to make aquavit then you have a variation called a Swedish Mule, while swapping the vodka out for gin and adding a little mint makes a Gin-Gin Mule.

The Dark 'N Stormy is another classic ginger beer cocktail, with black rum and ginger beer swirling together like storm clouds. The Black and Stormy is a variation that kicks up the spice with ginger liqueur.

For a summertime drink for your next cookout, mix together a pitcher of our Strawberry Pimm's Cup with ginger ale and kaffir lime leaves.

Check out all of our favorite ginger ale and ginger beer cocktail recipes, plus recipes for homemade ginger beer and ginger syrup!

Any of these cocktails can be made with store-bought ginger beer. But if you want to go the extra mile, you can brew your own from scratch.

Not quite up to brewing your own ginger beer? An easier option is to make your own ginger ale by cooking up a batch of this ginger syrup and mixing it with soda water.

Inspired by our list of Friday cocktails, bartender Michael Neff noticed that bitter flavors were prominent, as were fizzy drinks made with fresh fruit and herbs. To that end, he created a modified Pimm's Cup, using Cynar to add a bit more bitter tang and ginger beer for spice. Fresh fruit and herbs round out the (almost) traditional summer refresher.

By trademark, this Bermudan combination of rum and ginger beer requires Gosling's Black Seal Rum; similar drinks with names like dark 'n foggy or light 'n stormy use other rums.

A refreshing marriage between a Tom Collins and a Dark n' Stormy, this lime and ginger beer-spiked gin cocktail has an intriguing herbal undertone thanks to Amaro Abano, a zesty Italian digestif with notes of bitter orange, cardamom, and white pepper.

This vodka-and–ginger beer libation is traditionally served in a copper mug.

In this Moscow Mule variation, vodka is infused with lemongrass and grapefruit to make aquavit.

This Moscow Mule variation is made with gin and mint.

Black-currant-flavored crème de cassis adds fruity dimension and a lovely pink hue to this ginger beer and tequila cocktail from the 1940s.

This variation on the El Diablo swaps crème de cassis for black currant jam and earthy honey.

Martin Cate of Smuggler's Cove in San Francisco combines Chartreuse and ginger ale in this refreshing tropical drink.

Spiced rum and fiery ginger beer combine with tart cranberry juice in this flavorful cool-weather cocktail.

This sweet-tart wine punch was invented by members of the Junior League of Houston book club in the 1970s.

This chilled cider punch combines the fall flavors of a mulled cider with the celebratory feel of a sparkling punch.

Vodka, ginger beer, and muddled pear make for a tart and refreshing cocktail perfect for sipping on a cool fall evening.

This version of a classic tiki drink mixes two kinds of rum with a variety of fruit juices and syrups.

A twist on the British classic, this summer cooler takes on spicy, herbal notes from Kaffir lime leaves, while strawberries lend sweet balance to the pleasingly bitter liqueur. Get the recipe for Strawberry Pimm's Cup »

A mix of Campari, Pimm's No. 1, and ginger beer, this drink makes an excellent warm weather apéritif.

This recipe for a modified Dark and Stormy uses fresh ginger juice for a kick of refreshing heat.

This twist on a mojito combines pineapple- and coconut-infused rum with fresh pineapple and mint for a fruity, vacation-inspired drink.

This bubbly cocktail features champagne, ginger beer, rhubarb, cardamom, and just a hint of vanilla.

"Bucks" are a family of drinks that consist of ginger beer plus a spirit and citrus—a category that includes this fruity refresher as well as the classic Moscow Mule. Get the recipe for Kentucky Buck »

This simple highball mixes cognac with ginger beer and a spiral peel of a whole lemon.

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Bourbon Cherry Muddle

Bourbon Cherry Muddle

Bourbon, cherries, and ginger make this sophisticated beverage a show-stopping addition to any cocktail party.

Get the recipe from Swooned.

Moscow Mule

Moscow Mule

No ginger beer-themed cocktail list would be complete without the classic Moscow Mule. This version is a refreshing way to drink ginger beer, lime, and vodka year-round.

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Bourbon Cherry Muddle

Bourbon, cherries, and ginger make this sophisticated beverage a show-stopping addition to any cocktail party.

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Moscow Mule

No ginger beer-themed cocktail list would be complete without the classic Moscow Mule. This version is a refreshing way to drink ginger beer, lime, and vodka year-round.

Get the recipe from Delish.

Spiced Apple Sangria

Sangria gets a fall makeover in this cider-based cocktail. Bursting with fresh spice and bubbly ginger beer, this cocktail deserves a spot at every holiday party.

Ginger Beer Bourbon Cocktails

The simplicity of this cocktail is what makes it great. It's refreshing and warming at the same time, which guarantees everyone will be begging for seconds.

Rhubarb Gingerbeer Cocktails

Tart rhubarb and sweet ginger ale make this drink absolutely irresistible. The best part is the rhubarb syrup can be made any time of year, allowing this drink to flow even when it gets below freezing.

Ginger Beer Margaritas

Margaritas might seem like a drink destined for summer, but with the addition of ginger beer, these classic drinks get a fall-friendly makeover.

Horse's Neck

A little lemon, whiskey, and ginger—really, nothing is better. This classic creation will have you warmed up (or cooled down) in no time.

Ginger Blood Orange Cocktail

These vibrant cocktails are a great way to celebrate seasonal citrus. Be sure to pick big juicy oranges to get every last drop of sunshine into the glass.

Kentucky Mules

Kentucky Mules are a ginger beer cocktail staple all across the United States, and with good reason! These light and smooth drinks are an easy way to enjoy a good bourbon.

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Ginger Beer & Gin Cocktail

At the risk of sounding like a complete skinflint I’d like to moan and groan about cocktail prices in restaurants, bars and night clubs. Am I the only one who thinks they are hideously overpriced?!

The cheapest cocktail I’ve come across was £4, which was served in a teeny-weeny glass, to a ludicrous £15 at an upmarket restaurant.

Just as an example I will tally up this drink.

£1 for 1.5 litres of ginger beer. 250ml = 17p

So what exactly are we paying for? The experience, the dishwasher, music and let’s not forget the all-important bartender. He’d better be Robert Pattinson-cute plus show off his biceps in a tight shirt if we are to pay the restaurant 300% in profits. These establishments are notorious for committing daylight robbery in the alcohol/drinks department. It’s a wonder why the public hasn’t spoken up yet!

If I still haven’t convinced you to prepare your own cocktail, at least order it without ice to get the most bang for your buck. For the converts, get creative with your cocktails and enjoy yourself at home, it’s dangerous to drink and drive anyway.

Ginger Beer & Gin Cocktail

Total 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 parts gin, e.g. Gordon’s
• juice of half a lemon
• 5ml (1 tsp) caster sugar
• ginger beer
• ice cubes
• orange slice to garnish
• mint leaves to garnish

Instructions

1. Place the gin, lemon juice and sugar in a glass and stir. Add the ice cubes and top off with ginger beer. Stir gently and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

• If you are lucky enough to own a cocktail shaker then shake the gin, sugar and lemon juice with some of the ice, strain into the glass and top off with ginger beer. Stir gently and serve.
• Just multiply the ingredients according to how many people you serve.
• Old Jamaica Ginger Beer is my favourite!

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 serving

Amount Per Serving

Saturated Fat 11.15g

Dietary Fiber 0.45g

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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That is a gorgeous photo! Very artistic.

I agree about alcoholic beverages out. They are way overpriced!

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15 Cocktails Using Ginger Beer, Summer's Coolest Mixer

Whether you're on the beach or raising a glass after work, these recipes will liven up your summer nights.

We all know (and love) the Moscow Mule, but it's time to get more creative with this season's trendy brew. With fruity flavors and vibrant colors, these ginger beer drinks are the perfect toast to summer. Cheers!

Don't forget to pin these ginger beer recipes for your next party and follow Redbook on Pinterest for more inspiration!

Put your big girl pants on for this twist on a Moscow Mule, which mixes cranberry juice and and citrus flavors for a tart sip that will taste so refreshing all summer long.

If you reserve bourbon for cold winter nights, this cocktail might make you break it out for the summer time — lemon juice makes the bourbon a little less potent, and ginger beer and club soda add an effervescence that's just right for how summer days.

A twist on the classic Paloma cocktail, these drinks call for ginger beer instead of club soda — and that little bit of ginger flavor makes all the difference.

Margaritas are great, and regular ol' beeritas are nice, too. But swap in ginger beer for regular brews and you'll get a fresh cocktail with just a little bit of bite. Yum.

It's probably a cocktail first for you (it certainly was for us), but add apple butter to this beer-and-bourbon drink. It adds a caramelized spike you won't soon forget.

Don't reserve this refreshing sip for the Kentucky Derby, especially when it only requires three ingredients — and about two minutes — to make. The ginger beer gives this classic drink a bubbly twist.

Planning a party? Try this sparkling take on a summer sangria that you can make by the pitcher.

Summer is prime strawberry time, so we would be remiss to not include a cocktail that makes good use of the tasty berries and adds sweetness to the ginger beer-cocktail favorite.

This gorgeous drink capitalizes on the fresh blackberries in season this summer, and with the option to use vodka, gin, or rum, the possibilities are endless. Might we suggest a different liquor for each batch?

Raise a glass to summer with this sunshine-colored cocktail.

1/8 oz vanilla bean bitters

1/8 oz herbisaint

1.5 oz lemon juice

2oz Ginger Beer

2 oz Veglio Michelino e Figlio Moscato d'Asti

Add everything other than Moscato d'Asti in Boston shaker and shake. Strain over new ice and top with Moscato d'Asti.

Courtesy of Veglio Michelino e Figlio.

This delicious drink creatively combines ginger beer with apple cider and vodka. Top it with a cinnamon stick to cap off a cool summer evening, or easily transition into fall.

Step up your wine game by mixing it with vermouth and ginger beer. The triple-threat combo adds drama to a sparkling prosecco.

2 oz VOGA Prosecco

1 oz Pomegranate Juice

½ oz Sweet Vermouth

2 oz Ginger Beer

Fill glass with ice and then add the VOGA Prosecco, Pomegranate Juice, Sweet Vermouth and Ginger Beer. Add in a few cherries and mix well. Top with a single cherry and enjoy.

Courtesy of VOGA Italia.

With grapefruit in peak season, why not try this exciting twist on the standard mule? We won't even blame you for skipping the copper mug.

The Brazilian cachaça lends itself to a bright and zesty beverage that just looks like a splash of summer.

2 oz Cachaça 51

.5 oz lime juice

.5 oz simple syrup

.75 oz carrot juice

Pour Cachaça 51, juice and syrup into shaker. Add ice, shake and strain into a collins glass with fresh ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a candied ginger.

Courtesy of Cachaça 51.

Ginger beer is an unexpected — but delicious — addition to this Cuban cocktail.

Gin and Ginger Cocktail

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.

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.

Gin and Ginger Cocktail

serves 1, multiply as needed

Author Maryanne Cabrera

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.

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Saucy Spatula

LOVE LOVE LOVE Ginger beer in a gin and ginger!

As always, you killed it with the photography :)

Maryanne Cabrera

Jen @ Baked by an Introvert

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!

Maryanne Cabrera

Ginger beer is a more potent version of ginger ale. I love it! Thanks! :)

Becky | The Cookie Rookie

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 :)

Maryanne Cabrera

Next year…there’s always next year :)

WHAT?! I didn’t notice the correlation! I’m totally fine just “shaking it off” ;)

Jocelyn+(Grandbaby+cakes)

Such a lovely drink!

Maryanne Cabrera

Millie+|+Add+A+Little

Looks delicious and fresh! Love the styling to Maryanne!

Maryanne Cabrera

Ella-HomeCookingAdventure

What a great cocktail. My husband love ginger and this cocktail looks soo good. I really love the idea of gin with ginger.

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Gin-Gin Mule Recipe

As I wrote on Wednesday, the broad family of tall, fizzy drinks that includes the Collins, the buck, the fizz and the rickey is essential to have in the summer arsenal because of the drinks' superb cooling powers. Most of these drinks are incredibly simple to make, but there are also the complex cousins, the drinks that may throw in an extra ingredient or two to rev up the flavor and character. Here's one of the best recent formulations that fits into this fizzy family: the Gin Gin Mule.

Developed around a decade ago by Pegu Club owner Audrey Saunders, the Gin Gin Mule now appears on the cocktail menus at dozens of bars around the world, for one basic reason: it's absolutely freakin' delicious. This drink takes the basic "mule"—pretty much the same thing as a buck, which is a drink with liquor, ginger ale or ginger beer and lemon or lime juice—and adds a couple of tweaks: first, fresh mint is added to the drink, which seems to magnify its cooling properties; and second, Saunders developed the drink using house-made ginger beer, which has a spicy bite difficult to find in commercial brands.

Not that you can't go at this using a bottled ginger beer (not ginger ale, which is a much milder kinda thing). If you take this approach, you may want to adjust the amount of simple syrup to account for the sweetness in your ginger beer (you're just going to have to go by taste, here, depending on the brand you're using—bottled ginger beers are all over the map when it comes to sugar). You'll also want to go as spicy as you can with the ginger beer: Blenheim is the spiciest I've found, and there are some ginger beers from Jamaica I've come across in specialty shops that convey the desired bite. If you can't find a suitably spicy ginger beer, one way to amp up the ginger flavor is to muddle a slice or two of fresh ginger in the shaker before adding the mint, then proceed as before.

Oh, and for gin: reach for something with a little juniper backbone, such as Tanqueray or Beefeater; these drier, old-school London drys stand up nicely in tall, citrusy drinks like this.

• Yield: makes 1 cocktail
• Active time: 2 minutes
• Total time: 2 minutes

Ingredients

• 10 mint leaves
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup (or to taste)
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 2 ounces chilled ginger beer
• garnish: lime wedge and mint sprig

Directions

In a cocktail shaker, lightly muddle mint leaves with simple syrup and lime juice.

Add gin and fill with ice; shake gently until chilled (you don't want to smash the mint to smithereens), about 10 seconds. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice, add ginger beer and stir. Garnish with lime wedge or mint sprig, or both.

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Paul Clarke blogs about cocktails at The Cocktail Chronicles and writes regularly on spirits and cocktails for Imbibe magazine. He lives in Seattle, where he works as a writer and magazine editor.

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Welcome to the Bundaberg Brewed Drinks cocktail bar where we like to mix things up. Our delicious range of cocktails and mocktails have been handcrafted by Matt Fearnley from The Laneway, Brisbane.

Dark and Stormy

Great stories have invariably started with a Dark and Stormy night, but this classic cocktail is so refreshingly delicious it’s perfect for a mild and sunny afternoon too! It’s the national drink of Bermuda and just quietly we think it’s the cocktail of choice for Australians too.

Probably because of the dark rum – long associated with sailors, Dark and Stormy is also the official drink of the yachting fraternity. Another reason might be because it’s so easy to make..

Like most cocktails, the composition of Dark and Stormy depends on the temperament, taste and resources of the Mixologist. What’s 100% essential though is the quality of the ginger beer used. Bring your ‘A’ game and insist on Bundaberg Ginger Beer. It offers depth and complexity, so do your Dark and Stormy a favour and go for ginger beer with flavour!

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Gin and Ginger Cocktail

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.

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.

Gin and Ginger Cocktail

serves 1, multiply as needed

Author Maryanne Cabrera

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.

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Saucy Spatula

LOVE LOVE LOVE Ginger beer in a gin and ginger!

As always, you killed it with the photography :)

Maryanne Cabrera

Jen @ Baked by an Introvert

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!

Maryanne Cabrera

Ginger beer is a more potent version of ginger ale. I love it! Thanks! :)

Becky | The Cookie Rookie

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 :)

Maryanne Cabrera

Next year…there’s always next year :)

WHAT?! I didn’t notice the correlation! I’m totally fine just “shaking it off” ;)

Jocelyn+(Grandbaby+cakes)

Such a lovely drink!

Maryanne Cabrera

Millie+|+Add+A+Little

Looks delicious and fresh! Love the styling to Maryanne!

Maryanne Cabrera

Ella-HomeCookingAdventure

What a great cocktail. My husband love ginger and this cocktail looks soo good. I really love the idea of gin with ginger.

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Cocktail Friday: Pimms + Ginger Beer

My grandmother has always been a believer in prayer. Any time anyone in the family lost something, she would say a prayer to St. Anthony.

St. Anthony, St. Anthony, please come around. Something's been lost and cannot be found.

Somehow, each and every time, whatever is missing turns up not long after saying this prayer. Personally, I think my grandma must have a special relationship with St. Anthony; some kind of deal, maybe. Because as no-fail as it is for her, I still seem to legitimately lose things that are never, ever found. Somewhere out there is a collection of cards, dollar bills, glasses, and ear buds never to be found again.

One thing that seemed to be lost until recently was a season called spring. But finally it seems that spring has arrived complete with thunderstorms, birds chirping, and fresh, green grass. I was reminded the other day of the spring festival that took place around this time at the school where we worked in Tokyo. Many countries were represented and served food and drinks like lamb from New Zealand to Caipirinhas from Brazil. We would stand outside and eat and drink and laugh, our shoulders and cheeks turning pink with the first sunburn of the season. It was always such fun and felt like a celebration of everything that had happened in the months leading up to that day.

The first time I attended the festival, I was introduced to Pimm's No. 1, a liqueur from England. It was served in clear plastic cups with loads of diced apples, cucumbers, and mint. The pleasant, refreshing flavor was something I didn't realize existed in the world of cocktails. When Pimm's wandered into my mind a few days ago, I new I needed to have a bottle in my at-home bar collection.

While I love the flavor and appearance of all the diced fruit that goes into a Pimm's Cup, I decided to simplify a bit. When you're making a cocktail for one, it seems like a lot of work to chop a bunch of stuff, doesn't it? Especially if it's been one of those weeks where the dog had to get the "cone of shame" because of a paw injury and the toddler has been practicing his climbing skills by dancing on the coffee table. And the cone-head dog always joins in. At the end of a week like that, you want something that requires little effort but has a big payback.

Yes, ginger beer is quite strong but in the proper proportions, it works well with Pimm's. The spicy ginger kick is actually really wonderful with the light fruit and herb flavor of the iced-tea colored liqueur. A little fresh mint and lime juice and you've got a daper drink indeed.

What are your go-to methods for retrieving something that is lost? I think St. Anthony came through when it came to the case of the Lost Spring, but I'm always looking for backup ideas for when I lose my keys. Or my glasses. Or whatever it may be.

2 oz. ginger beer

2 oz. Pimm's No. 1

1/2 oz. lime juice

4-5 large mint leaves, plus extra for garnish

Muddle the mint leaves and lime juice in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the Pimm's and stir to combine. Strain into a short glass filled with ice. Top with the ginger beer and stir lightly to combine. Garnish with mint leaves and/or a lime wedge. Serve and enjoy!

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