7 Earthy & Beautiful Beet Juice Cocktails

There's no beeting a beet cocktail. This earthy and sweet ingredient makes for a surprisingly delightful cocktail. Although, if you're already a fan of beets, this will come as no surprise. Don't beet it 'til you try it!

You can infuse your gin or vodka with beets or rely on beet juice to walk the magenta side of martinis.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce beet juice
• ½ ounce ginger syrup
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Ice
• Cucumber wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a martini glass or coupe.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, gin, beet juice, ginger syrup, and lemon juice.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Garnish with a cucumber wheel.

Assuredly not the gin and juice that you hear about in 90s R&B, it's an earthy and herbaceous cocktail that tastes like a spring garden after rain in a glass.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces gin
• 3 ounces beet juice
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce blueberry liqueur
• Ice
• Lemon wheel for garnish, optional

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, gin, beet juice, lemon juice, and blueberry liqueur.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a lemon wheel, if desired.

Whether you opt for gin or vodka in the classic collins, you're guaranteed a good time.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces vodka OR gin
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 ounce beet juice
• ¼ ounce simple syrup
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Lime wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice, vodka, beet juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
2. Top off with club soda.
3. Stir once to mix.
4. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Tacos and beet margaritas: the zingy combination you didn't realize was missing from your life. No, seriously.

Ingredients

• Lime wedge and salt for rim
• 2 ounces silver tequila
• 1½ ounces beet juice
• ¾ ounce orange liqueur
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ ounce agave syrup
• Ice
• Dehydrated lime wheel for garnish, optional

Instructions

1. To prepare rim, rub the rim of the glass with the lime wedge.
2. With the salt on a saucer, dip either half or the entire rim of the glass in the salt to coat.
3. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, tequila, beet juice, orange liqueur, lime juice, and agave syrup.
4. Shake to chill.
5. Strain into the prepared glass.
6. Garnish with a dehydrated lime wheel, if desired.

The easiest, and earthiest, highball comes to life in just a few blinks.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces vodka OR gin
• 1 ounce beet juice
• ¼ ounce elderflower liqueur
• Ice
• Tonic water to top off
• Beet slice for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball or wine glass, add ice, gin, beet juice, and elderflower liqueur.
2. Top off with tonic water.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a beet slice.

This time you should drop the beet: right into a classic old-fashioned.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces bourbon
• ¾ ounce beet simple syrup
• 3-4 dashes orange bitters
• 2-3 dashes aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Lemon peel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a mixing glass, add ice, bourbon, beet simple syrup, and bitters.
2. Stir rapidly to chill.
3. Strain into a cocktail glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a lemon peel.

A splash of beet juice is all you need to turn your usual mule from beige to fun.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces vodka
• ¾ ounce beet juice
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Ice
• Ginger beer to top off
• Mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass or copper mug, add ice, vodka, beet juice, and lime juice.
2. Top off with ginger beer.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a mint sprig.

If you're a beet fiend, like a certain Assistant to the Regional Manager, then you've found your home among these beet cocktails. Grab your shaker and take a bite out of these beauties.