Thanksgiving Mocktail

Name: Thanksgiving Mocktail
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT1H0M0.000S
Yield: 2 mocktails, plus additional blood-orange syrup
Ingredients: 1/2 cup blood orange juice plus 2 blood orange slices, for serving; 1/3 cup sugar; 4 large sprigs fresh thyme; 1 1/4 cups ginger beer; 1/2 cup cranberry juice; Frozen cranberries, for serving

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Level: Easy

Total: 1 hr (includes cooling time)
Active: 15 min

Yield: 2 mocktails, plus additional blood-orange syrup

Blood orange, thyme and ginger beer (it's non-alcoholic) make this mocktail a light, bright, refreshing way to begin or end the big Thanksgiving meal. If you've never tried it, ginger beer is a spicier, more intensely flavored alternative to ginger ale, and is also delicious on its own.

Level: Easy

Total: 1 hr (includes cooling time)
Active: 15 min

Yield: 2 mocktails, plus additional blood-orange syrup

Ingredients

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1/2 cup blood orange juice plus 2 blood orange slices, for serving

1/3 cup sugar

4 large sprigs fresh thyme

1 1/4 cups ginger beer

1/2 cup cranberry juice

Frozen cranberries, for serving

Directions

Add the blood orange juice, sugar and thyme to a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar, and cook for 2 minutes to let the flavors infuse. Turn off the heat and let the mixture steep and cool to room temperature.
Discard the thyme; strain the syrup through a sieve. At this point, the syrup can be covered and refrigerated until ready to use, up to 1 week.
Add 2 tablespoons of the blood-orange syrup to each of 2 highball glasses filled with ice. Top each glass with half of the ginger beer, then half of the cranberry juice. Stir and serve with some frozen cranberries and 1 blood orange slice.