Cranberry Spritzer

Cranberry juice and sparkling water in a tart, vivid non-alcoholic spritzer — a native North American berry made into a bar staple by Ocean Spray since 1930.

Cranberries are native to North America, where Indigenous peoples have harvested them for centuries as a food source, medicinal ingredient, and natural dye. The Wampanoag and other Algonquian peoples introduced cranberries to early European settlers, and the fruit became a commercial agricultural product in Massachusetts and New Jersey by the early 19th century. Ocean Spray, the cooperative that dominates global cranberry juice production, was founded in 1930 by Massachusetts and New Jersey growers. The cooperative's marketing of cranberry juice as a versatile beverage ingredient — most famously through the 1945 Red Devil cocktail — established the juice as a bar staple. The Cranberry Spritzer is a non-alcoholic adaptation of the classic highball format, combining cranberry juice with sparkling water for a refined, alcohol-free option that captures the tartness and vivid ruby color that make cranberry juice one of the most visually striking bar mixers.