How to Prepare Cocktail Syrups
Elevate your home bar with flavored cocktail syrups! Infused with natural ingredients, these homemade simple syrups are simple to make and offer a fresher, more delicious alternative to store-bought options.
Servings: 16 tablespoons
Calories: 48kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Cocktail Syrup Base
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup white sugar
Rosemary Flavor Cocktail Syrup
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
Lemon Ginger Flavor Cocktail Syrup
- 2 tablespoons fresh ginger peeled and chopped
- ½ lemon sliced
Red Raspberry Flavor Cocktail Syrup
- 1 cup raspberries
Instructions
- Add the water and sugar to a small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat. Stir occasionally, until the sugar is dissolved (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat.1 cup water, 1 cup white sugar
- Add your flavoring of choice (either the rosemary, lemon-ginger or raspberries) to a glass jar or bottle.
- Add the syrup to the jar. Let the syrup sit and infuse for 6 hours.
- Remove the flavorings from the jar. They can be strained through a fine mesh strainer and then poured back into the jar.
- Your cocktail syrup is ready to use.
Notes
- Storage: Store syrups in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
- Note About Infusing: Alternatively, you can leave the syrup in the saucepan with the flavorings to infuse and transfer to jars later. This works great if you're only making one flavor.
- Nutrition Note: The nutrition information is for the syrup without the flavorings per tablespoon.
- Yield: The yield is about 1 ½ cups.
- The rosemary syrup is ideal for:
- Mojito
- Mint Julep
- Whiskey Smash
- Gin Tonic
- The lemon-ginger syrup is ideal for:
- Moscow Mule
- Margarita
- Iced Tea
- Hard Lemonade
- The raspberry syrup is ideal for:
- Red Raspberry Bellini
- Raspberry Twist Cocktail
- Lemonade (regular or hard)
- Black Tea
- Black Fog Cocktail
- White Wine Sangria
Nutrition
Calories: 48kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 0.3mg | Sugar: 12g | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.01mg
