Garnishes: As always, garnishes aren't mandatory. But I recommend garnishing your G&T with cranberries (fresh or sugared) and/or a lime wedge.

It’s practical. Make a double batch of my cranberry sauce recipe, and use one for the gin while storing the other for the Christmas roast. It will keep for weeks. To serve 8, I recommend mixing: 2 ½ cups gin, 1 ½ cups cranberry simple syrup, and ½ cup lime juice. Add 3 cups of tonic water just before serving. Even after a couple of weeks, you could really see the change in color. In fact, even after a day or two the lovely pink started to seep, as above. We left them nearer a month and were delighted with the results.

Cranberry Sauce – Homemade. My cranberry sauce has tart, juicy whole cranberries and a sweet flavoured syrup with plenty of orange. When you make it, reserve a few fresh berries to freeze and use as decoration when you come to bottle the gin. It's very festive. Red cranberry juice, the juniper flavor of the gin... this drink screams "Christmas."

The red colour of the drink is absolutely festive, getting everyone into the holiday spirit. A skewer of fresh cranberries and sprig of evergreen rosemary makes it the perfect Christmas gin drink. To do this, put 200 ml water in a pan with 100 g caster sugar. Heat to dissolve the sugar and then mix in a little at a time. Take care. You can always add but you can’t take away.They all seemed to work well mixed as 1 part sugar syrup to 6 parts cranberry gin, at least to our taste. This is probably less sweet than many sloe gins, but worked well for this. The beauty of making your own, though, is you can adapt to taste. Tasting notes That being said, I am SO glad that I’ve done this advent calendar series! It’s been the most intense blogging period I’ve ever had, and I am so thrilled with how much you guys have all enjoyed it! It makes my heart happy to see all your lovely comments and pictures of recipes you’ve made. I hope everyone has found something they like from the 24 days. Freeze fresh cranberries to garnish your drink. They look pretty and keep your drink chilled without watering it down. 💭Variations

It is so easy to make. This drink is so easy to make. All you need to do is pour a few ingredients into a glass! Gin: Use your favorite gin. Durham Distillery Conniption (American Dry) Gin is an old standby, but I've also been enjoying Bar Hill Gin lately, too. Use whatever you like! If you have a fancy one for your regular coffee making, then use that. Be warned, however, that filtering starts fast and then slows down to a slow drip, drip, drip and can take hours. This is best done overnight or after your last mug of coffee of the day!This recipe is written for two but can easily be doubled, tripled or whatever you need to make it for a larger group. Feel free to prepare in a pitcher or punch bowl to serve a crowd.

Normally you have a Vodka Cranberry with Lime. It is a traditional drink that almost everyone enjoys. But you know what else goes really well with cranberry juice? Gin! Saving the extra time is important if you want your gin ready for the holidays, of course. Here in the UK, fresh cranberries are rarely available before early November. This is cutting it fine when you need a full six weeks to infuse the raw fruit ahead of Christmas. Why make easy cranberry gin? The peel of two oranges (ensuring as little pith is on the peel as possible, otherwise it can make the gin taste bitter) Don’t waste the soaked fruit. There are lots of ways to use this. Add it to your cranberry sauce for Christmas Day (strictly for the grown ups!), use it to top vanilla ice cream or even on porridge for a festive brunch. Add it to microwave chocolate fudge or use it in my fruit tea loaf recipe (skip the soaking in tea stage). Making this cranberry gin drink is super easy. Everything gets mixed together in a glass. There is no shaker, no muddling or anything extra required. Just pour all of the ingredients in a glass filled with ice, and mix. Top with the ginger ale at the last minute so the drink stays nice and fizzy when you serve it.

Whether you’re looking for a refreshing summer sipper or a cozy winter warmer, cranberry liqueur is a versatile ingredient that can be used to create a range of tasty drinks. If you want to make this cranberry gin recipe with fresh fruit, you can but you will need more time to let it infuse. It is not essential to filter your cranberry gin, but I think that the results are well worth it. The easiest way is to use a sieve lined with kitchen paper If you plan on making lots of liqueurs that need filtering, it is worth investing in an inexpensive filter coffee cone and filters. Put the gin to the side for a minute, and in a separate pan add 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water. Dissolve the sugar and water over a low heat. Dillon’s Distillery: This Beamsvilleproducer makes small batch gins including rose gin, cherry gin and strawberry gin.