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Spiked Ginger-Lemonade Soda Can Cocktail

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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Kate Schmidt

Served in a can of ginger beer, this tart, pleasantly bitter drink is as well-balanced as a complex cocktail.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1

Ingredients

1

(12-oz.) can ginger beer

2

1/2 oz. gin

1

1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice

4–5

dashes Angostura bitters

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Preparation

  1. Pour off or drink 5 oz. from ginger beer so that 7 oz. remain in can. Combine gin, lemon juice, and bitters in a measuring glass or cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and stir or shake well to combine, about 20 seconds. Strain into can.