Best Thanksgiving Mocktail

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings: serving

Calories: 79kcal

Author: Jazzmine Woodard

Sparkling spiced non-alcoholic drink with fruity citrus and apple notes

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Equipment

1 cutting board
1 knife
1 jigger or shot glass
1 bar spoon or table spoon
1 rocks glass

Ingredients

ice
½ blood orange
¾ ounce apple cider vinegar
½ ounce cinnamon syrup
ginger beer
1 teaspoon pomegranate arils
1 sprig fresh rosemary

Instructions

Fill glass ¾ full with ice then squeeze in juice of blood orange.
Pour in apple cider vinegar and cinnamon syrup then top up with ginger beer and stir to combine.
Garnish with pomegranate arils and rosemary then serve cold.

Notes

To Make the Cinnamon Syrup

Add one cinnamon stick (or two teaspoons ground cinnamon), 1 ½ cup brown sugar, and one cup water to a small saucepan over medium heat and stir until dissolved.
Bring the mixture to a boil then remove it from heat and steep until cooled.
Strain out any solid pieces and transfer the cooled syrup to a container to store. Makes 18 servings.

Preparation

You can prep this drink in advance and refrigerate it. Just don't add the ginger beer to the mix until just before serving so that it doesn't go flat.

To batch for a crowd, add the juice of two blood oranges, three ounces apple cider vinegar, two ounces cinnamon simple syrup, and 12 ounces ginger beer to a pitcher filled halfway with ice. Stir to combine then garnish with pomegranate and rosemary. Serves four.

Serving

Try freezing the pomegranate seeds to help keep the drink chilled without watering it down.

For garnishes, you can stick to pomegranate and rosemary or take it all the way over the top with cinnamon sticks, sage, orange slices, candied ginger--just to give you a few ideas.

Add your favorite spirit to turn this crafted beverage into a cocktail--I recommend whiskey or vodka. You can also use a sparkling wine instead of soda to make sangria!

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