People who love earthy drinks often get the short end of the cocktail stick. How many times can you drink a Bullshot or the same Bloody Mary before you’re ready to just give up? Fortunately we have an answer for you: Beets. If you’ve just been roasting them and serving them with goat cheese since 2006, it’s time to reexamine the root vegetable. Here are our favorite beet cocktail recipes, from a deep red Margarita to a totally reimagined Bloody Mary.
Playing off the natural sweetness of beets by making them into a syrup, this riff on a Gin and Tonic also uses grapefruit cordial and lemon juice to accentuate gin’s inherent citrusy flavors. The drink’s creator, Ardi Dulaku, recommends Aviation Gin as a great match for all the other ingredients here.
The Essentials
Raw Beet Syrup
Lemon Juice
gin
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Lots of people like to riff on Margaritas using different fruits like strawberry, mango or pineapple. But Josh Goldman took the drink in a more vegetal direction with beet-and-citrus-spiked agave. And to play up the earthy flavors of the beets, he also uses an añejo tequila. This cocktail has a lot going on.
The Essentials
Añejo Tequila
Beet & citrus agave
Lemon & Lime
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A colorful mix of mezcal, Pimm’s and beet juice, this any-season sipper has layers of additional flavor from fresh ginger and lemon juices, fresh mint and a topper of ginger beer.
The Essentials
Mezcal
Pimm's
Ginger juice
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If you’re bored of brunch drinks, this cooler is your answer. It nods to the New York classic of a bagel and lox, but don’t worry, there’s no salmon involved. It does, however, have a bit of everything bagel seasoning and dill and cucumber—all common flavors you might find on a mid-morning nosh.
The Essentials
Cucumber Vodka
Beet Shrub
Lemon Juice
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Get ready for some radical changes to your Bloody Mary. This version, adapted from Brian Bartels tome on the subject, adds beet juice for a richer color and flavor, and also swaps out vodka for lower proof, nutty amontillado sherry. You can put away your crazy garnishes, this thing drinks like a meal all by itself.
The Essentials
Tomato Juice
beet juice
Amontillado Sherry
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