DIY Cocktails

Ingredients List

Spiced Pomegranate Sour

This holiday cocktail (made with or without alcohol) was created with delicious inclusivity in mind!

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  • Can be made with tea (that isn’t hot) or alcohol see recommendations below
  • Pomegranate juice (alternatives: cranberry or cherry juice, cold chai tea, or water)
  • 1 lemon per cocktail
  • 1/2 cup sugar, honey or agave
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • Ice!
  • {Optional} ginger beer or soda water
  • {Optional} 1 egg or aquafaba (liquid from a can of chickpeas)
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Grocery List

 

COCKTAIL BASE

  • Alcohol-free: 1/2 cup tea (not hot!) – black, herbal spiced citrus, or ginger
  • Alcohol: tequila, vodka, bourbon, gin or rum

OTHER

  • 1/2 cup pomegranate juice – or cranberry juice, cherry juice, cold chai tea, or water
  • 1 lemon per one cocktail
  • 1/2 cup sugar, honey or agave
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups Ice!
  • 1 egg or aquafaba (optional)
  • Ginger beer or soda water (optional)

Tools

Measuring: 

Jigger (or 1/4 cup and 1 tablespoon)

Shaker: 

Cocktail shaker or Mason jar with lid or tight sealing

Tupperware, protein beverage shaker or wide mouth water bottle

Strainer: 

Strainer or wooden spoon

Fine mesh or Tea strainer (optional)

Glassware:

1 rocks glass or stemmed glass

1 Small glass to juice citrus into

Other:

ICE!

Handheld juicer

Muddler or wooden spoon

Cutting Board & Knife

Kitchen towel