You Didn't Ask for This But: 13 Ginger Ale co*cktails That'll Make You Feel Festive for no Apparent Reason (2024)

Add 1/2 oz gin, 1/2 oz syrup, and a splash of cranberry juice to an ice-filled mixer glass. Shake vigorously and pour into your favorite highball glass. Top with ginger ale. Garnish with a sprig of thyme or orange slices.

Recipe from Canada Dry.

Lightly muddle 8 mint leaves, 3/4 oz lime juice, and 3/4 sugar syrup in the bottom of a large highball glass. Add 1/2 oz gin and ice then stir vigorously with a long-handled spoon. Top with ginger ale and garnish with a fresh mint sprig

Recipe from Q Mixers Ginger Ale.

Fill mixer glass with 1/2 oz bourbon and 1/2 oz honey. Shake vigorously and pour into your favorite lowball glass with cubed whiskey ice. Top with Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Garnish with fresh cranberries or fresh mint.

Recipe from Canada Dry.

Pour 1 1/2 oz premium bourbon and 5 oz ginger ale in a highball glass with ice. Stir, then garnish with a lemon peel.

Recipe from Q Mixers Ginger Ale.

Add 4 oz. Original Bruce Cost Ginger Ale, 1½ oz. El Tesoro Reposado tequila, ¾ oz. lime juice, and ½ oz. crème de cassis in a mixing glass and stir. Pour into an ice-filled glass and garnish with an orange twist.

Recipe from Original Bruce Cost Ginger Ale

Add 1½ oz. Jim Beam White Label, 2 oz. cranberry juice, and ½ oz. fresh-squeezed lemon juice in a highball glass with ice. Top with ginger ale and garnish with cranberries.

Recipe from Donny Largotta, beverage director at The Chester

Combine ½ oz. Compass Box Whiskey Scotch and 1½ oz. Original Bruce Cost Ginger Ale in an ice-filled glass and garnish with a large mint spring and a lime wheel.

Recipe by Robin Robinson from Compass Box Whiskey

Add 1½ oz. London Dry gin, ¾ oz. roasted banana, ¾ oz. coconut syrup, ¾ oz. lime juice, and 3 oz. ginger ale to a collins glass filled with ice and stir. Top with a squeezed lime cheek.

Recipe from Cabra and Lee Zaremba, beverage director at Boka Restaurant Group

Fill an 8-oz. glass with ice. Add 5 oz. Original Bruce Cost Ginger Ale and 1 oz. light rum. Float 1 oz. dark rum on top. Garnish with lime wedge.

Recipe from Original Bruce Cost Ginger Ale

Combine 1 c. Kōloa Spice Rum, ½ c. Kōloa White Rum, 2½ c. pineapple juice, 1 c. orange juice, ½ c. lime juice, a few dashes simple syrup, and a few drops citrus bitters in a pitcher without ice.

Let chill a few hours before serving to blend the flavors. Dip 6 to 8 glasses in a shallow bowl with a tablespoon or so of simple syrup in it, then into a shallow bowl with cinnamon sugar and rim the tops of the glasses evenly. Set aside to dry.

When ready to serve, pour into a large pitcher, then top with 1 c. ginger ale and 1 c. lemon-lime soda. Fill glasses with ice and pour in punch. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

Recipe by Shanna Schad

Combine 4 oz. Original Bruce Cost Ginger Ale, 1½ oz. Plymouth gin, ¾ oz. Small Hand Foods Raspberry Gum Syrup, and ¾ oz. lemon juice in a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a glass. Garnish with a blackberry or a sprig of rosemary.

Recipe from Original Bruce Cost Ginger Ale

In a glass, add 8 oz. Leinenkugel’s Watermelon Shandy, 3 oz. ginger ale, a splash of simple syrup, and a splash of club soda. Garnish with a watermelon slice, lemon, lime, and orange.

Recipe from Leinenkugel Brewing Co.

Add 1½ oz. Svedka Vanilla Vodka to a glass, then top with 1 oz. ginger ale and 1 oz. Sprite. Stir and garnish with a vanilla bean.

Recipe from Svedka