7 Earthy & Beautiful Beet Juice Cocktails

Your heart will beet for any of these earthy cocktails.

Published February 27, 2023
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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!

Beet-tini

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

Ingredients

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.

Gin and Beet Juice Cocktail

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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.

Vodka Beet Collins

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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.

Beet Margarita

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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.

Beet and Tonic Spritzer

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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.

Earthy Beet Old-Fashioned

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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.

Beet Moscow Mule

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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.

These Cocktails Can't Be Beet

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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.

7 Earthy & Beautiful Beet Juice Cocktails