Bourbon Cranberry Cocktail
This delicious, 3-ingredient bourbon cranberry cocktail combines bourbon and cranberry with ginger ale for a sweet but not cloying drink. Just pour and serve!
Servings: 1
Calories: 196kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ounces bourbon (4 tablespoons)
- 2 ounces cranberry juice (4 tablespoons; see notes for juice details)
- 4 ounces ginger ale (½ cup; we always use diet)
Instructions
- Pour bourbon in a glass with ice. Top with cranberry juice and ginger ale. Stir to combine if desired (we never do). Enjoy!
Notes
We use an all-juice cranberry juice blend, with no added sugar. Choose a juice blend where cranberry juice is the first ingredient. The drink will be bland if grape juice, for instance, is the first ingredient.
Try this cocktail with 100% cranberry juice for a tarter drink.
Try it with ginger beer instead of ginger ale for a tarter, spicier drink.
Use a smooth bourbon like Four Roses for a mellower drink; use a spicier bourbon like Elijah Craig for a more assertive drink.
Wheated bourbons like Maker's Mark will be more mellow, while rye-forward bourbons like Wild Turkey will be more bourbon-forward.
Calorie count calculated in MyNetDiary, using regular, not diet ginger ale. Calorie count is an estimate only.
Adapted from the Bourbon Cranberry Fizz recipe from Gimme Some Oven.
Nutrition
Calories: 196kcal
