Ingredient
Ginger Beer
Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger in one of two ways. The golden style is credited to the American doctor Thomas Cantrell. The dry style (also called the pale style) is a paler drink with a much milder ginger flavour, and was created by Canadian John McLaughlin.
Thomas Cantrell, an American apothecary and surgeon, claimed to have invented ginger ale in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and marketed it with local beverage manufacturer Grattan and Company. Grattan embossed the slogan "The Original Makers of Ginger Ale" on its bottles. This was the older style Golden ginger...
Cocktails with Ginger Beer
A Furlong Too Late
Pour the rum and ginger beer into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with the lemon twist.
Autumn Garibaldi
Pour all ingredients into a glass over ice and stir with a bar spoon. Garnish with some orange slices.
Bombay Cassis
Add the Bombay Sapphire, Crème de Cassis and lime juice to a balloon glass and swirl well to mix. Fill the glass with good quality cubed ice. Top up with chilled and freshly opened Fever-Tree Ginger Beer. Gently stir to combine, top with a gently squeezed lime wedge and finish with a fresh ginger slice.
Cocktail Horse’s Neck
Wash and brush an organic, untreated lemon, then cut a spiral of lemon peel, using a citrus peel. If it is too large, cut it with a sharp knife. Put some ice in a tall tumbler glass, place the lemon peel inside and pour the cognac, add the ginger beer and let 2-3 drops of Angostura fall into it. Easy to do, but once you try it you'll love it.
Dark and Stormy
In a highball glass filled with ice add 6cl dark rum and top with ginger beer. Garnish with lime wedge.
Munich Mule
Fill glass with ice Pour Gin and Lime Juice Fill glass with Ginger Beer Garnish with Cucumer and Lime slice