Name: Ginger Mojito
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 Fresh ginger root (thumbnail-sized slice); 12 Mint leaves; 60 ml Rum - Light white (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old; 15 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 90 ml Ginger ale

Serve in

Collins glass

Garnish:

Mint sprig

How to make:

MUDDLE ginger in base of shaker. Add mint and lightly MUDDLE (just to bruise). Add next three ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into glass filled with crushed ice. TOP with ginger ale.

3 slice	Fresh ginger root (thumbnail-sized slice)
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
3 fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale
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Review:

A spiced variation on the classic Mojito.

History:

For more recipes, its origins and history, see the Mojito Cocktail.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
10.75% alc./vol. (21.5° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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