GingerBeet Glow

Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 7 – GingerBeet Glow.

If your calendar is full of holiday parties and your social battery and body is running on empty, allow me to introduce you to a zero-proof cocktail that will put some pep in your step and give you a delicious respite from alcohol – without sacrificing flavour or fun.

The GingerBeet Glow is ruby-bright, spicy, and festive enough to sit proudly beside any full-proof concoction. With just one sip, I bit anyone imbibing will want to join you in teetotalling. This is “I chose this because it’s delicious” energy.

This post is sponsored by GIMBER.

Tasting notes

Beet juice gives earthy body and that jewel-tone colour, lemon and orange keep it lively, and GIMBER brings a bold ginger snap that makes every sip feel awake. The rosemary wreath garnish adds forest-fresh aromatics — like walking past a Christmas tree lot but in a chic way.

GIMBER N°1 Original is an organic ginger concentrate with real bite, rounded out by lemon, herbs, and spices. It’s alcohol-free, clean-label, and intentionally intense because it’s a concentrate, a little goes a long way, and it gives zero-proof drinks the structure and heat that most others are sorely lacking. I’ve been a big fan of this product for years because it brings so much to the conversation – I consider this a home bar essential.

I love it for the holidays because it behaves like a serious cocktail ingredient: spicy, aromatic, and complex enough to keep up with the party without needing proof. In GingerBeet Glow, it’s what makes the beet and citrus feel bright and grown-up instead of juicelike.

You can find GIMBER in Ottawa at stores including Jacobsons in New Edinburgh and Pot & Pantry on Elgin.

If this GingerBeet Glow sparks your curiosity, you might like some of my other non-alcoholic cocktails:

• Zero-Proof Penicillin
• Chai Hot Noddy
• Sparkle & Shine

Tune into my Instagram Stories tonight at 5 p.m. Eastern and I’ll show you how to balance the heat and sweetness so it lands zingy, not overwhelming.

Cheers, friends!

GingerBeet Glow

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GingerBeet Glow

Prep Time

5 mins

Total Time

5 mins

 

A ruby-hued holiday rebel, this beet-and-citrus sour gets its kick from GIMBER’s No.1 Original bold organic ginger elixir—zero-proof, all-natural, and balanced with lemon and herbs—finished with a rosemary wreath for festive flair.

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Canadian

Keyword: Gimber, Let’s Get Blitzen, Non-Alcoholic, Zero-Proof

Servings: 1

Author: Yvonne Langen

Ingredients

• 1½ oz beet juice
• 1¼ oz GIMBER No.1 Original
• 1 oz lemon juice
• ½ oz orange juice
• ¾ oz water
• Garnish: rosemary wreath

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
2. Strain into rocks glass over a king cube.
3. Garnish with a sprig of fresh rosemary fashioned into a wreath and knotted with a piece of twine or ribbon.