The Best Easy Cocktail Mixers

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Cocktail artists have really upped their game recently, making way for a whole new world of potent but delicious libations. But sometimes you don’t want to spend 5 minutes shaking, blending, and stirring just to enjoy a nice drink. If you just want to keep it simple with ice, liquor, and something to pour over, try some of these mixers.

Flavored Seltzer Waters

No calorie and low calorie flavored bubbly waters have taken the world by storm, and they are great for mixing. Sweet, fruity flavors work great with vodka, while citrusy sodas pair perfectly with a good gin.

Bitters

Okay, so bitters technically aren’t mixers, but if you’re the type that likes just a little bit of flavor to cut down the booze, adding a dash of mixers on top of your bourbon can do wonders.

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What do you get when you mix bourbon + ginger + lemon + bitters? Find out below! . I’m very fortunate to once again #partner with my friend @timjonescd and his @gentsoriginal cocktail mixer line. I want to share a quick story about what this brand means to me. When I started @holycityhandcraft back in 2015, Tim on behalf of Gent’s Original was one of the very first brands that reached out to potentially collaborate with me, a random COOKING blog on the internet with 300 followers. Tim is a creative director by day and over the years, we’ve had the opportunity to partner up on a couple different projects together. Fast forward to today, we come full circle, almost five years to the day we first had a collab. I will always be grateful for his friendship and guidance navigating through this creative space. . Anyways, here’s the recipe for the cocktail above. The Toasted Oak Ginger syrup here is amazing by itself with soda water or in a KY mule but I wanted really play around with its complex flavors of ginger, salt, lemon and slight toasted oak and knew bourbon would be the spirit of choice here. I also wanted to lighten it up a bit so I complemented this mixture with the subtle, bright citrus notes of dry vermouth and accentuate the ginger and salt with turmeric/ginger bitters. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• OAKED AND GINGERED •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ▫️½ oz @gentsoriginal Toasted Oak Ginger Syrup ▫️1½ oz. @wellerbourbon Special Reserve ▫️1 oz. Dry Vermouth ▫️10 Drops Ginger/Turmeric @crudebitters ▫️Ginger Root Garnish (optional) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Combine ingredients except garnish in a mixing glass with ice. Stir, strain and pour the cocktail over a large ice cube and garnish with ginger root or a lemon twist. . Huge thanks to @bohorosa house for letting me shoot in their gorgeous house!

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Juice

Juice is a classic cocktail mixer and there’s a good reason for it. If you don’t love the taste of vodka, gin, or whiskey, juice can help cover it up while still letting you relax.

Tea

There is a wide range of teas, and most are low in calories, so you can enjoy mixing them with your favorite spirits while maintaining your slender figure.