Bring out your beet juice and drop the beet in this delicious, one-of-a-kind cocktail. Featuring Empress 1908 Gin, beet orange juice, lime, greek yogurt, and honey!

I partnered with Empress 1908 Gin to mix up the Drop the Beet Cocktail recipe! Recipe and ideas are my own.

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The Drop the Beet Cocktail

Beet juice in a cocktail is really becoming one of those ingredients that I’m loving. It’s fresh, earthy, and healthy-ish, right? This definitely comes as a surprise to me considering I used to hate beets and beet juice growing up. But mixing the right ingredients with your beet juice in a cocktail can make it taste SO delicious.

For the Drop the Beet Cocktail, I incorporated one of my favorite spirits, Empress 1908 Gin with beet orange juice, fresh lime, greek yogurt, and honey for an exciting and very refreshing cocktail.

One of the Best Gin Brands: Empress 1908 Gin

Empress 1908 Gin is such a unique spirit. This purple-hued gin is a hand-crafted spirit from British Columbia, Canada. It’s micro-distilled in small batch copper-pot stills and includes botanicals like juniper, coriander seed, grapefruit peel, cinnamon bark, butterfly pea blossoms, and the Fairmont Empress Blend Tea. 

What I love about this brand of gin is it has more of a botanical-forward taste, so it mixes well with fresh, herbal, and bright ingredients. And it changes colors when you add citrus to it! Plus, it’s all-natural and gluten-free. Try it for yourself and in the Drop the Beet Cocktail. Click here to purchase Empress 1908 Gin.

Ingredients for the Drop the Beet Cocktail

• Empress 1908 Gin: this violet-hued gin adds the perfect combination of color and flavor to any cocktail. It’s micro-distilled in small, copper pots with eight botanicals like juniper, coriander, cinnamon, and butterfly pea blossom.
• Beet orange juice: You can make your own beet orange juice like this one. Or pick some up at your local grocery store or juice bar. For this recipe, I used Natalie’s Orange Beet Juice. 
• Lime: Fresh lime cut into wedges is best but you can also use lemon wedges or store-bought citrus juice if you’re in a pinch.
• Plain greek yogurt: You can use your preferred brand of greek yogurt from your grocery store. I incorporated Fage Plain Greek Yogurt for this cocktail.  
• Honey: I used Local Hive Honey but your preferred brand of honey will work too!
• Lime round, mint sprig, edible flower: top this cocktail with a lime round, a sprig of mint, and an edible flower (I recommend a purple pansy) for a pop of color.

How to Make the Drop the Beet Cocktail

Let’s mix up the Drop the Beet Cocktail! Start by adding lime wedges and honey to a cocktail shaker and muddle until all the juice is squeezed from the limes. Add Empress 1908 Gin, yogurt, and ice and shake until chilled.

Fill a cocktail glass with ice (BTW I got my glass from Crate and Barrel, check out their selection of gorgeous glassware here). Next, add the beet orange juice, and strain the cocktail mixture into the glass. If desired, garnish with lime, mint, and an edible flower.

More Gin Cocktails to Enjoy

• Orchard Empress & Tonic
• Cardamom Grapefruit Gin and Tonic
• Grapefruit Eastside Cocktail

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