Ginger ale cocktails are among the most refreshing drinks because of their bubbly textures and light flavors. Perfect drinks to substitute your afternoon sodas or teas with and just as easy to make, many of these ginger ale cocktails only require a few ingredients and a couple of minutes to prepare. So, it's time to stock up on your favorite brand of the fizzy liquid and get to mixing one of these ten different ginger ale drinks recipes.
Blood Orange Foghorn
A modern variation of the classic Foghorn cocktail, this recipe uses blood orange gin to infuse a rich, citrus flavor into the drink.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 ounces blood orange gin
- Ice
- Ginger ale
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice and gin.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain into rocks glass filled with ice.
- Top with the ginger ale.
Bourbon Peach Slush
This cocktail is absolutely divine to drink on hot summer days because it emulates a grown-up slushy. For extra sweetness, add more sugar than specified.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ ounce sugar
- ½ cup frozen peaches
- 2 ounces ginger ale
- 1 ounce bourbon
Instructions
- In a blender, combine all of the ingredients.
- Pour the mixture into a tall glass and serve.
Cherry Bomb Cocktail
Not to be confused with the legendary classic rock anthem, this cocktail combines lime juice, grenadine, rum, and ginger ale for a warm and fruity drink.
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice, grenadine, and rum.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a collins glass filled with ice and top with ginger ale.
- Garnish with cherries and a lemon wedge and serve.
Cranapple Highball Ginger Ale Cocktail
The traditional high ball combines whiskey with some sort of bubbly ingredient, like ginger ale, and this cranapple highball elevates the original recipe by adding both apple and cranberry juice to the winning combination.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce apple juice
- ½ ounce cranberry juice
- 1 ounce whiskey
- Ice
- Ginger ale
- Cherry for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the apple juice, cranberry juice, and whiskey.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a highball glass filled with ice and top with ginger ale.
- Garnish with a cherry.
Dirty Shirley Temple
Meant for those afternoons when you're reminiscing about the soda shop drinks your grandparents used to make for you, this Dirty Shirley Temple adds vodka to the regular nonalcoholic recipe for an easy, nostalgic drink.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce grenadine
- 1 ounce vodka
- Ice
- Ginger ale
- Cherry for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the grenadine and vodka.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain into a collins glass filled with ice and top with ginger ale.
- Garnish with a cherry.
El Diablo
The El Diablo is an interesting cocktail which incorporates a lesser known ingredient - crème de cassis - to its lime juice, tequila, and ginger ale mixture.
Ingredients
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ ounce crème de cassis
- 1½ ounces tequila
- Ice
- Ginger ale
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice, crème de cassis, and tequila.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a rocks glass filled with ice and top with ginger ale.
Gin Buck
Another classic cocktail, the Gin Buck resembles the highball in that it only requires you to combine two simple ingredients - gin and ginger ale.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 2 ounces gin
- Ginger ale
- Lime wedge for garnish
Instructions
- In a highball glass filled with ice, pour the gin and top with ginger ale.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
Gingersnap Cocktail
For a spicy, autumn cocktail, try this gingersnap recipe which combines fall spices with lemon juice, simple syrup, ginger, vodka, and ginger ale.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¾ ounce simple syrup
- ¼ tsp grated ginger
- Pinch ground cinnamon
- Pinch ground cloves
- Pinch ground nutmeg
- 1½ ounces vodka
- Ice
- Ginger ale
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the lemon juice, simple syrup, grated ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and vodka.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a highball glass filled with ice and top with ginger ale.
Irish Mule
For a quick way to switch up the regular Moscow Mule, try substituting Irish whiskey as the drink's spirit.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 ounces Irish whiskey
- Ice
- Ginger ale
- 1 mint sprig for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice and Irish whiskey.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a copper mug full of ice.
- Top with ginger ale and garnish with a mint sprig.
Presbyterian
This traditional highball combines scotch whiskey and ginger ale into the perfect gentlemen's drink.
Ingredients
- Ice
- 2 ounces Scotch whisky
- Ginger ale
Instructions
- In a collins glass filled with ice, pour in the scotch.
- Top with ginger ale.
Tasty Ginger Ale Cocktails
Ginger ale has been a longtime favorite drink ingredient for fans of easy cocktails, who don't want to have to rummage around for six different juices and nine kitchen tools to create a drink. So, for those times when you're in a pinch or running behind, try out one of these drinks with ginger ale to help you get the quickest and easiest refresher.
