Donner and Blitzen: A Ginger Brandy Cocktail
This brandy cocktail features ginger syrup, brandy, pomegranate molasses, and pomegranate juice topped off with ginger beer, and a few shakes of orange bitters. It's a lovely holiday sipper!
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Ingredients
- 3 ounces brandy
- 1 ½ ounces ginger syrup - see Ingredients Notes in post
- ¾ ounce 100% pomegranate juice
- ¾ ounce pomegranate molasses
- 4 shakes orange bitters
- ginger beer - well-chilled; see Ingredients Notes in post
Garnishes
- orange slices
- crystallized ginger
- pomegranate arils
Instructions
- Add brandy, ginger syrup,pomegranate juice and molasses, and bitters to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously.
- Pour into glasses (we like coupe glasses). Top off with chilled ginger beer.
- Garnish as desired.
Notes
Ginger beer can be both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. We like an ale (alcoholic) ginger beer. Use your favorite.
Calories are an approximation only (from MyFitnessPal.com) and based on 2 ounces Crabbie's Ginger Beer and 1/4 teaspoon Fee Orange Bitters per cocktail. I did not include garnishes as they vary.
Nutrition
Calories: 193kcal
NOTE: Macronutrients are an approximation only using unbranded ingredients and MyFitnessPal.com. Please do your own research with the products you’re using if you have a serious health issue or are following a specific diet.
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