A brightly colored Holiday Gin & Tonic to enjoy throughout this season with family and friends!
Ingredient Breakdown
Cranberry & Pomegranate Juice
The addition of these two juices does a variety of things. One, it adds sweetness to a rather classic gin & tonic recipe that helps to balance the flavor profile. In addition, it provides a beautiful pop of color in an otherwise color-less beverage. Also... it just tastes like Christmas and I'm here for it.
Gin
Gin is usually made from a base of grain, such as wheat or barley, which is first fermented and then distilled! A variety of ingredients are then added to the alcohol such as juniper berries and other herbs, plants and spices for a period of time. At the end of this process, you have gin!
I have to say, Gin may be my very favorite alcohol as of late! Sometimes Rye or Bourbon wins over Gin in the Fall and Winter but in the summer? Gin wins every time.
Tonic Water
Tonic water has such a distinct flavor and taste, does it not?! Usually, I'll find that people are in one of two camps - I like tonic water or I hate tonic water with every fiber of my being. Although it looks like seltzer water there is a distinctive ingredient that really changes the game, and it's called Quinine!
This ingredient was added to water in the 19th century and was used to treat all kinds of illnesses, malaria being one of them. Then, someone discovered that it tastes particularly good with sugar, a little gin… and the Gin and Tonic were born!
Only a few simple steps...
- Add cranberry juice, pomegranate juice and gin into a shaker
- Add ice and shake for 30 seconds
- Pour into a chilled glass with ice and top off with tonic water and garnish with a few cranberries before enjoying!
Holiday Gin & Tonic
Equipment
- Cocktail Shaker or Container with Lid
- Glass for serving
Ingredients
- 3 oz Gin
- 1 oz Cranberry Juice
- 1 oz Pomegranate Juice
- 4 oz Tonic Water
- Ice
- Cranberries, to garnish
Instructions
- Add cranberry juice, pomegranate juice and gin into a shaker
- Add ice and shake for 30 seconds
- Pour into a chilled glass with ice and top off with tonic water and garnish with a few cranberries before enjoying
Nancy
Is the cranberry juice unsweetened or sweetened cranberry juice cocktail?
Emily
I used unsweetened cranberry juice for this recipe, but a sweetened version I imagine would taste nice as well!