Alcoholic Ginger Beer and Fruit Cocktail Ideas

Ginger Beer tastes good by itself, but is even better when you add it to a drink. You can make delicious cocktails using a combination of Ginger Beer (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) and fresh fruit. Doing so gives you the benefits of ginger that cleans your blood and reduces your chances of catching colds and a portion of fruit, which also has health benefits. Everyone struggles to have enough fruit in their diet, so adding fruit to something that is not normally considered healthy i.e. alcohol is a sneaky way of doing so that really works.

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A Rising Sun is a really pretty cocktail. Make it by bashing a 1 inch cube of peeled fresh ginger with a heavy spoon to release its juices. Pour 75 ml of cool Earl Grey Tea over it and add a teaspoon full of honey to the mix. Stir it and add 15 ml of lemon juice. Pour the resulting mix over ice then add mint and a slice of orange to it and top it up with Ginger Beer. Whilst this is not strictly a fruit based cocktail it is extremely healthy because the tea and ginger both help to break down free radicals within the body.

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A Black Crush is made by puréeing a punnet of either blueberries or blackberries in a blender and 20ml of fresh orange juice, straining it to remove any remaining pips and skin then sweetening it by stirring in caster or icing sugar to taste. Pour this into a glass filled with ice and top up with Ginger Beer.

To make a Ginger Rock scrape out the insides of 2 passion fruits and put it into a cocktail shaker, add a dash of passion fruit syrup, 12 ml of lemon juice, a dash of lemon bitters and add some ice and shake. Pour this into a sugar rimmed cocktail glass and top up with Ginger Beer.

To make a Ginger Apple take 100 ml of sharp apple juice or apple cider and mix in 25 ml of fresh lemon or lime juice and a dash or two of lemon bitters. Shake them together using a cocktail shaker, strain and pour into a pre-chilled glass. Top up with Ginger Beer, garnish with mint and a slice of apple and serve.

To make a Raspberry Ruffle, take a scoop of raspberry sorbet add a passion fruit and a dash of lime juice, blend them together and pour them into a cold tumbler. Add some ice and top up with some Ginger Beer.

Ginger goes well with darker or red fruits, so use your imagination and experiment. Just make sure that you use a good quality ingredients and you will have some great results that you can share with your friends and family.

Alcoholic Ginger Beer and Fruit Cocktail Ideas

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