BRAND NEW Alcohol-free Cocktail: Spicy Rancher

TIME FOR A BRAND NEW BUBBLYPOP COCKTAIL: The Spicy Rancher 🌶

A feisty – and alcohol-free! – cocktail, inspired by my husband as his favourite candy is the cinnamon fire Jolly Rancher 😉 Here I will tell you how to make this spicy/sweet concoction…

The Spicy Rancher – Ingredients

First of all, what do we need?

Ingredients: 
50 ml of Mockingbird 
150 ml of Steep Soda Co Ginger Beer

Plus for the Jolly Syrup:
Jolly Rancher Cinnamon Fire Hard Candies
Squeeze of lemon 
Cinnamon (1 stick)
200ml of water

The Spicy Rancher – Recipe

Now we have all the ingredients we can get to work!

Recipe Jolly Syrup:

1. First of all, you add Jolly Ranchers to the water. How many you use, depends on how sweet and spicy you want the syrup to be – I used 2 of them, but next time I will add a few more for a bit more punch
2. Next thing you do is to simmer this on the stove until the candies are dissolved.
3. Once it is dissolved and while still hot, you add a squeeze of lemon and a cinnamon stick to the syrup and you let it sit until cool

Recipe:

1. Take a shaker full of ice and add the syrup (cinnamon stick removed)
2. Add 50ml of Mockingbird
3. Shake, shake, shake and pour into a high ball glass
4. Add one big ice cube and the ginger beer
5. Finish the drink by garnishing with a chilli & the cinnamon stick that you recovered from the syrup and… NJOY!!

Result

I find it a rather fresh drink (míght be due to the ginormous ice cube 🧊 🤣 ) which is full of flavour!! Sweet with smoky cinnamon and a hint of fiiiire🔥 

Mockingbird

What is Mockingbird exactly? Mockingbird is a non-alcoholic spirit inspired by Tequila. In their words “It is embodying the spirit of the Mockingbird, humbly mimicking the traditional taste of Tequila, allowing you to have all the margaritas with none of the migraines. 0% Alcohol with 100% Blue Agave.”

My opinion is, that in this cocktail, it works really well. I also tried Mockingbird neat: It smells smoky, tastes sweet and ends with a fiery kick. Really good!

Where can you purchase Mockingbird?

The Alcoholfree Co – For my sober friends in the UK: My favourite ´alcohol-free drinks only´ – shop in the UK is The Alcoholfree Co! So click here to buy Mockingbird if you live in the UK. A bottle of Mockingbird (500ml) cost £20,99.

I hope you liked todays bubblypoptail and don´t forget to check my bubblypop cocktail page here for plenty more ideas for delicious non-alcoholic drinks plus how to make and where to buy them!