Red ginger
MAKES 1 DRINK
Ginger syrup
½ cup water
½ cup sugar
2-inch chunk of peeled ginger
½ lime
½ ounce ginger syrup
½ ounce simple syrup*
½ ounce grenadine
5 raspberries
Soda water
Make ginger syrup by combining water, sugar and ginger in a pan. Heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Allow to cool completely. Discard ginger and strain before using.
Muddle lime in a cocktail shaker. Add ginger syrup, simple syrup, grenadine and raspberries. Shake contents and empty shaker into a rocks glass filled with ice. Top with soda water.
*Simple syrup can be purchased in well-stocked liquor stores or made at home by combining one-half cup of water and one-half cup of sugar in a pan. Heat until sugar dissolves and allow to cool completely before using.
Recipe courtesy of Kyle Davidson at The Violet Hour.
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