Cocktails with Ginger liqueur
Ginger liqueur is a spirit-based liqueur flavored with ginger root and sweetened.
ABV20–30%Domaine de Canton is 28%, The King’s Ginger 29.9%.
Substitutes for Ginger liqueur
Another ginger liqueur
Works one for one, though strengths vary.
Vodka with ginger syrup
Mix two parts vodka and one part syrup, which lands near 27%. Equal parts taste sweeter.
Ginger wine
A fortified wine of about 13.5%, sharper on the ginger. It makes a much weaker drink.
Description
Ginger heat comes from gingerol in the fresh root. Heat turns gingerol into milder, sweeter zingerone; drying turns it into sharper shogaol. So a liqueur made by cold maceration keeps more of the raw bite than one built on a cooked syrup. It sits well below base-spirit strength, and it is sweet enough that a drink that uses a lot of it usually needs no syrup.
