Ginger beer paloma
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Ginger beer paloma
This bold sip adds ginger beer to the classic grapefruit cocktail for a fiery, fizzy kick
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Ingredients
- sea salt flakes
- ice
- 100ml tequila blanco
- 25ml agave nectar (or runny honey if not vegan)
- 20ml lime juice (you'll need 1 lime)
- 150ml pink grapefruit juice
- 150ml ginger beer*
To garnish
- small wedges of fresh pink or red grapefruit
Step by step
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For salt-rimmed glasses, spread some sea salt flakes across a small plate. Dip the rims of two highball glasses in a bowl of cold water, then shake off the excess and dip into the salt to lightly coat the rims; set aside.
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Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then pour in the tequila, agave nectar lime juice and pink grapefruit juice. Shake well until the outside of the cocktail shaker is very cold.
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Strain into the prepared glasses, add a small handful of ice to each and top up each glass with 75ml ginger beer, Garnish with small wedges of fresh pink or red grapefruit, if liked.
*Check your ginger beer is gluten-free, if required.
