A simple syrup made by steeping or simmering fresh ginger in sugar and water, resulting in a spicy-sweet liquid. It adds concentrated ginger heat to cocktails without the fiber of fresh ginger.

A spicy take on the Bee's Knees sour — gin, honey syrup, and lemon in egg-white foam with a hit of ginger syrup that delivers a warm, delayed heat on the finish, earning the cocktail its stinging name.

Bee Sting Sour

A tall, muddled smash combining bourbon with lemon, ginger syrup, and fresh mint, topped with soda for a herbaceous, spice-forward sipper with whiskey backbone.

Bourbon Ginger Smash

Sam Ross's Penicillin reworked with bourbon -- the honey-ginger-lemon formula works beautifully without the Scotch, warmer and less peaty.

Bourbon Penicillin

Gin with honey, lemon, and ginger -- the Bee Sting's sweet-spicy-sour trifecta makes gin's botanicals sing in a memorable short cocktail.

Gin Bee Sting

Ginger syrup substitutes for simple syrup in the Old Fashioned -- spicy, warming ginger adds a kick that complements bourbon's vanilla notes.

Ginger Old Fashioned

A contemporary gin sour built around ginger syrup — the warming spice of fresh ginger syrup gives this elegant shaken drink its backbone, while fresh lime juice and egg white create a smooth, frothy finish. Named whimsically for the actress and dancer, it moves with similar grace.

Ginger Rogers

Gin with honey and ginger in a long lemonade format -- warming ginger and floral honey complement gin's botanicals over ice.

Honey Ginger Lemonade

Sam Ross's modern classic pairing blended Scotch, honey-ginger syrup, and lemon with a peated Islay float, producing a warming, smoky, cold-remedy-styled whisky sour.

Penicillin

A spicy variation on the Pisco Sour -- ginger syrup replaces simple syrup for a warming, fragrant kick alongside lime and frothy egg white.

Pisco Ginger Sour

Light rum and ginger syrup in a long fizz format -- refreshing spicy ginger, lime, and rum make this a summer staple.

Rum Ginger Fizz

The Penicillin template with aged rum -- tropical molasses and vanilla notes from the rum create a sweet-spicy-citrus variation with Caribbean warmth.

Rum Penicillin

The Penicillin's honey-ginger-citrus framework with tequila and lime -- agave's herbal character makes a vibrant, Mexican take on the modern classic.

Ginger Syrup