This easy hibiscus ginger beer recipe comes together in two minutes with only two ingredients and tastes even better than the kind you'd buy at the store! It's sweet, spicy, and ultra refreshing--best of all you can make it at home.
And if you enjoy this recipe, you'll love my hibiscus (zobo) lemonade, too!
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❤️ Why You'll Love this Recipe
Quick and Easy - You can make this drink in less than five minutes with no fancy tools or techniques needed to have hibiscus ginger beer on tap anytime you want it!
True Hibiscus Flavor - If you've ever enjoyed Jamaican cuisine, you know that hibiscus and ginger beer are a fated match. Using organic natural hibiscus syrup and quality ginger beer make for the best taste. And in case, you're wondering it's vegan.
We LOVE hibiscus flavored drinks around here like my Nigerian zobo drink (hibiscus tea) and this rose hibiscus mocktail or hibiscus latte! For something spiked, check out my hibiscus gin & tonic.
What You'll Need for this Recipe
Ginger Beer - Grab whichever ginger beer you typically enjoy drinking straight or mixing into drinks. I recommend one that's not overly sweet since we're adding sweetness with the syrup.
Hibiscus Simple Syrup gives the drink a pretty purply pink color and adds notes of hibiscus flowers, ginger, cinnamon and more. Use my homemade hibiscus syrup for the best results!
This delicious syrup is also the flavor base of great hibiscus cocktails like the hibiscus old fashioned and hibiscus martini or hibiscus vodka mule! If you like ginger beer and hibiscus together, you'll really like the mule.
Check out the recipe card below for full ingredients list, measurements, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions!
Substitutions & Variations
Ice - I like to use crushed ice or pebble ice for a pretty ombre effect in the drink but you can truly use whichever kind of ice you have on hand and it will taste just as good.
Spike It - You can turn this hibiscus simple syrup mocktail into a cocktail with a shot of liquor. I recommend rum, tequila, gin, or whiskey.
Pro Tip: If you want the pebbled ice look but don't have a fancy machine, just pick up a big cup of it at Sonic--that's what I do!
How to Make Hibiscus Flavored Ginger Beer
Step One: Pour hibiscus syrup into a glass over ice.
Step Two: Top up the glass with ginger beer.
Step Three: Stir to combine the ingredients and enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
Because of the fizziness of ginger beer, I don't recommend making this drink more than 15 minutes in advance.
There is zero alcohol in this beverage.
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📖 Recipe
Homemade Hibiscus Ginger Beer
Equipment
- 1 highball glass
- 1 spoon
Ingredients
- ice
- 1 ounce hibiscus syrup
- 5 ounces ginger beer chilled
Instructions
- Fill glass ¾ full with ice.
- Pour in hibiscus syrup followed by ginger beer.
- Stir to combine the ingredients and serve cold.
Notes
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Add 1 ½ cup water, 1 ½ cup brown sugar, 1 cup dried hibiscus, 2 inches fresh ginger, 1 cinnamon stick, and 2 whole cloves to a small saucepan over medium heat.
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Stir until brown sugar dissolves then bring to a boil.
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Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes then turn off heat and allow syrup to cool before straining out solid ingredients. Makes 24 servings.
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