This Christmas tequila cocktail combines tequila with cranberry juice and ginger beer for a glowing vacation drink! Construct it proper within the glass for simple entertaining that appears festive and tastes even higher.

Tequila may not be the liquor you first attain for first over the vacations, since champagne and bourbon are sometimes extra fashionable. However after one sip of this cranberry-spiked, ginger beer-topped glowing drink, you’ll be a believer!
I like my Christmas margarita recipe, however I wished to create a brand new Christmas tequila cocktail that was even simpler to make for entertaining. This drink has simply 4 components and you may construct it proper within the glass: no shaking or stirring concerned! The sugar rim additionally makes it look sparkly and festive, making it my new favourite Christmas cocktail for the season.
Key Elements You’ll Want
The ingredient listing is brief, however every part is necessary:
- Tequila reposado is my desire as a result of its aged taste has notes of vanilla and oak. However when you solely have blanco tequila readily available, it really works completely!
- 100% cranberry juice: Ensure that to search for pure 100% cranberry juice, not cranberry cocktail or cranberry juice mix. It’s sometimes straightforward to search out at most grocery shops (I used Ocean Spray model right here).
- Easy syrup provides simply sufficient sweetness. I normally preserve a batch of easy syrup in my fridge because it lasts for weeks and is beneficial in so many cocktail recipes and mocktails.
- Ginger beer: This provides bubbles and a spicy kick. I like utilizing Fever-Tree or Q Ginger Beer manufacturers. Ensure that to not use ginger ale right here: it doesn’t have as punchy of a taste.

The best way to Make a Christmas Tequila Cocktail
This cocktail is so easy to make as a result of you may construct it within the glass! Right here’s what to do:
- Prep the glass rim. For this drink I assumed it will be enjoyable to have sparkly sugar on the facet of the glass in addition to across the edge. You may merely run a lime wedge on the rim and down the facet of a highball glass, then sprinkle sugar excessive. (The sugar will get just a little globby when you attempt to roll it.)
- Fill the glass with ice, then add your tequila, cranberry juice, and easy syrup. Give it a fast stir with a bar spoon or perhaps a common spoon.
- Prime with the ginger beer, then garnish. I like to make use of contemporary rosemary since you get the natural aroma on every sip. A lime wheel provides a pop of coloration and contemporary or frozen cranberries are enjoyable and festive.
Variations and Substitutions
Listed below are just a few variations of the basic recipe you can strive:
- Spicy: Muddle a skinny slice of contemporary jalapeño within the glass earlier than including the opposite components.
- Cinnamon sugar rim: Make the rim from my Christmas Mocktail with brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves and a pinch of salt.
- Mocktail: Strive my Glowing Cranberry Mocktail for the same vibe that’s non alcholic.
- Berry liqueur: In case you occur to have creme de cassis or Chambord readily available, make my El Diablo cocktail: it’s very comparable!
Serving Recommendations for Christmas Events
This Christmas tequila cocktail works nicely for a lot of events throughout the holidays:
- Christmas Eve appetizers:Â This drink pairs nicely with Christmas appetizers like my favourite baked goat cheese, pull aside Christmas tree bread, or a cheese board.
- New 12 months’s Eve: The festive pink coloration and glowing ginger beer make it really feel acceptable for midnight toasts as a New 12 months’s Eve drink and celebration meals concepts.
- Cookie trade events: The tartness cuts via the sweetness of all these Christmas cookies.

Make-Forward and Batch Drink Suggestions
You may pre-rim your glasses as much as 4 hours forward. As soon as the sugar is adhered, simply be sure to retailer them someplace that they received’t get bumped so the sugar stays on.
To make an 8-serving batch, combine 1 ½ cups tequila, 1 cup cranberry juice, and ½ cup easy syrup in a pitcher. Refrigerate till serving. When serving, add 3 oz to every glass and high with ginger beer.Â
Christmas Tequila Cocktail (Excellent for Events!)
This Christmas tequila cocktail combines tequila with cranberry juice and ginger beer for a glowing vacation drink! Construct it proper within the glass for simple entertaining that appears festive and tastes even higher.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook dinner Time: 0 minutes
- Complete Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 drink
- Class: Drink
- Methodology: No Cook dinner
- Delicacies: Cocktail
- Eating regimen: Vegan
Elements
- 1 ½ ounces tequila reposado (or tequila blanco)
- 1 ounce 100% cranberry juice
- ½ ounce easy syrup
- 2 ounces ginger beer
- Sugar, for the rim
- Rosemary, lime wheel and wedge, cranberries, for garnish
Directions
- Put together the glass rim by spreading sugar on a small plate. With a lime wedge, moist the rim and one facet of a highball glass. Sprinkle the sugar over the surface rim and the facet of the glass to coat (see Notes).Â
- Fill the glass with ice, then add the tequila, cranberry juice, and easy syrup. Stir to mix.
- Prime with the ginger beer and stir gently. Garnish and serve instantly.
Notes
The sugar turns into globby when you attempt to roll the glass like a standard rim, so you may merely use your fingers to sprinkle the sugar right here.Â
8 serving batch drink directions: Combine 1 ½ cups tequila, 1 cup cranberry juice, and ½ cup easy syrup in a pitcher. Refrigerate till serving. When serving, add 3 oz to every glass and high with ginger beer.Â
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