Cranberries to Cocktails - Canning Cranberry Juice and Making Drinks - A How to Guide

If you have ever wanted to make your own cranberry juice, now is the time to do it. This time of year, most grocery stores have their cranberries on sale and cranberry juice is super easy to make. I grabbed 18 pounds of cranberries while I was in town and on todays video I'm going to be turning them into cranberry juice. I'm going through the whole process of canning the juice with cranberries in it and then we are gonna have some fun and make some festive cocktails and mocktails with the cranberry juice.

Cranberry Simple Syrup
3 cups cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 ½ cup water
1. Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer until the berries have burst and the juice has started to thicken, about 15 minutes.
2. Strain the juice and let cool. (the remaining pulp is cranberry sauce)

Cranberry Whiskey Sour
Makes 1 large drink
1 ½ ounce whiskey
1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
3 ounces cranberry juice
Splash ( or more if you want your drink sweet) of cranberry simple syrup.
Lemon slice
Fresh cranberries
Pour everything EXCEPT THE LEMON SLICE AND FRESH CRANBERRIES into a cocktail shaker along with some ice cubes. Cover and shake well. Pour over ice and add a slice of lemon and a skewer of cranberries.

Cranberry Gin & Tonic
Makes 1 large drink
Fresh cranberries
Rosemary
1 ½ ounces gin
2 ounces cranberry juice
1 ounce lemon juice
Splash ( or more if you want a sweet drink) of cranberry simple syrup
Club soda or tonic water
1. Prepare your glass by dipping the rim into some cranberry juice and then dipping the rim of the glass into sugar. Fill with ice and set aside.
2. Pour all ingredients EXCEPT club soda or tonic into a cocktail shaker. Add ice cubes and mix well. Pour over your ice, leaving some space at the top of the glass.
3. Top off with club soda or tonic water.
4. Add a skewer of cranberries and a sprig of Rosemary.

Cranberry Mocktail
Drink of your choice (some good ones are: gingerale, 7-up, sprint, or a mix of club soda and lemon juice)
Cranberry juice
Cranberry simple syrup (add enough to get it as sweet as you would like it)
1. Prepare your glass by dipping the rim into some cranberry juice and then dipping the rim of the glass into sugar. Fill with ice and set aside.
2. Add your drink of choice, cranberry juice and simple syrup.
3. Give it a stir and enjoy!

Recipes for Canning Cranberry Juice ( I combined both ways when I can cranberry juice)
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