Virgin Cranberry Fizz
Cranberry juice, fresh lime, and soda water in a fully non-alcoholic party drink — vivid red, naturally tart, and refreshingly fizzy from start to finish.
- 3 ozcranberry juice
- ¾ ozfresh lime juice
- ½ ozsimple syrup
- 4 ozsparkling water
- fresh cranberries and lime wheelgarnish
- 1Fill a highball glass with ice.
- 2Add cranberry juice, lime juice, and simple syrup.
- 3Top with sparkling water.
- 4Stir gently to combine.
- 5Garnish with fresh cranberries and a lime wheel.
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Virgin Cranberry Fizz is a sparkling non-alcoholic take on the Cape Codder tradition — Ocean Spray's pioneering 1945 cranberry-vodka recipe — without the spirit. Cranberry juice's naturally complex flavor profile — the balance of tart malic and citric acids with natural sugars and polyphenols — produces a genuinely interesting base for a sparkling drink without any spirit augmentation. Ocean Spray's cranberry cooperative, founded in 1930, spent decades establishing cranberry as a year-round cocktail ingredient, and their success means cranberry juice requires no introduction to most American drinkers. The fizz format — cranberry juice with sparkling water and fresh lime — is simultaneously one of the simplest and most reliably refreshing non-alcoholic options available, positioned as both an everyday refreshment and a party drink by its vivid ruby color.
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