What's the best brand for cranberry juice?

I recommend any brand that's 100% pure cranberry juice, preferably organic. Make sure it doesn't have any added sugar or other fruit juices.

Can I make this into a cocktail as well?

You can add a shot of vodka or dark rum to the drink if you want to make both cocktail and mocktail versions of the drink for your party. I think bourbon could also work.

Cranberry Mocktail

Name: Cranberry Mocktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz cranberry juice; 1 oz freshly squeezed orange juice; ½ oz lemon juice; ½ oz cranberry simple syrup; ice; 2-4 oz ginger ale; Garnish: sugared fresh cranberries, fresh rosemary, lemon slice, or orange slice (optional)

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Cranberry Mocktail

Recipe by Veronika Sykorova

This Cranberry Mocktail is made with homemade cranberry syrup and it's the perfect drink for the holidays! It's really easy to make and you can easily make it in a pitcher for a big crowd!

Total Time10 minutes
Yield1 1x
DietVegan

Ingredients

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2 oz cranberry juice
1 oz freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz cranberry simple syrup
ice
2-4 oz ginger ale
Garnish: sugared fresh cranberries, fresh rosemary, lemon slice, or orange slice (optional)

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Instructions

Add cranberry juice, orange juice, lemon juice, and cranberry syrup to a cocktail shaker.
Add a handful of ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds until cool to the touch and frothy.
Fill a double old-fashioned glass with ice and strain the mocktail over the ice.
Top up the drink with ginger beer and garnish with cranberries, rosemary, a lemon slice, or half an orange slice, and enjoy!

Notes

Sugared cranberries: To make sugared cranberries, simmer ⅓ cup of sugar with ¼ cup of water for 5 minutes. Add washed and dried fresh cranberries into the syrup to coat and spread them on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Let them dry for 10 minutes, sprinkle them with cane sugar, and toss to coat. Let them dry for another 30 minutes before using them to make sure the sugar is sticking to them. You can do the same thing with fresh rosemary.

10 servings pitcher: 20 oz cranberry juice, 10 oz freshly squeezed orange juice, 5 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice, 5 oz cranberry syrup, 20-40 oz ginger ale. Mix everything except ginger ale in a pitcher with ice. Serve over ice and top up each drink with the ginger ale.

The nutritional info is counted without any ginger ale because it may vary a lot based on the brand of ginger ale you use.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Category: Mocktail
Method: No Cook
Cuisine: American

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