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Fresh Strawberry Gin Cocktail
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Fresh Strawberry Gin Cocktail

Let's make a beautiful Strawberry Gin Cocktail! This gorgeous pink gin and tonic uses a fresh strawberry syrup blended with your favorite gin and tonic for a fresh, bright, pink signature cocktail for spring and summertime. Great for Mother's Day, Bridal and Baby Showers, Easter or any summer cocktail hour.

Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 1 cocktail
Calories: 251 kcal
Course: Cocktails
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Strawberry Syrup recipe below, fresh
  • 1 1/2 - 2 oz gin use your favorite gin
  • 4-6 oz tonic water plain, flavored, infused - use your favorite
  • strawberry fresh, slices for garnish
  • lime fresh, slices for garnish
  • sugared rim - if desired
Strawberry Syrup
  • 1 cup strawberry washed and rough chopped; heaping or up to 2 cups if desired, fresh
  • 0 - 1 cup cane sugar see notes: may use white sugar; adjust amount to taste, all-natural
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice can use up to 1/2 cup, about 3 large limes, fresh
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • See Strawberry Syrup post for tips on making it less sweet and sour

Instructions

Strawberry Syrup
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  1. 1. Place strawberries, sugar, lime juice and water in a blender and process until smooth and sugar has dissolved.
  2. 2. It'll take about 2 minutes using all-natural cane sugar, could take a little less time using white sugar. Mixture should be smooth and syrup like. Refrigerate until ready to use in airtight container. Store in fridge up to 3 weeks.
Strawberry Gin Cocktail
  1. Grab a couple of tall glasses, this is more of a "tall glass cocktail" if that is thing.
  2. Fill them with ice and pour Fresh Strawberry Syrup over the top.
  3. Measure and pour desired amount of gin, in the same measuring cup so you get all of that strawberry syrup.Top off with your favorite tonic water! For Easter I provided three options, Elderflower Tonic Water (a beautiful compliment to the strawberries), Citrus Tonic Water and plain ol' Tonic Water <== my favorite brand!
  4. Give it a good stir so you mix through the strawberry syrup, better yet, pop in a pretty straw!
  5. Sip responsibly on this delicious strawberry gin and tonic!
  6. SEE POST FOR HOW TO SET UP A COCKTAIL STATION and for FREE PRINTABLE COCKTAIL INSTRUCTION SIGN.

Notes

  • How to rim a glass with sugar:
  • A beautiful look for a Mother's day signature cocktail would be to rim these glasses in pink or regular sugar. BEFORE filling glasses with ice, do the following, this may be done ahead of time.
  • Can I use something different than tonic water?
  • Absolutely! Try lemonade, still or with bubbles like a San Pellegrino Limonata, use Sprite, Ginger Ale, Club Soda or simple seltzer water.
  • Pour some sugar onto a small plate - (pink sanding sugar would work great here, or make your own by placing sugar in baggie or container and add a drop of red or pink food color and shake until it colors the sugar to desired hue), all natural cane sugar or white sugar would work great here too.
  • Using a lime wedge, rub around the rim of glass.
  • Turn glass into sugar until rim is coated, set aside, repeat for number of glasses needed.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 251kcal (13%) Carbohydrates 41g (14%) Sodium 57mg (2%) Potassium 39mg (1%) Sugar 42g (84%) Calcium 13mg (1%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1 cocktail

Amount Per Serving

Calories 251

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 251kcal 13%
Carbohydrates 41g 14%
Sodium 57mg 2%
Potassium 39mg 1%
Sugar 42g 84%
Calcium 13mg 1%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.