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We love crystallized ginger. When we found the best ever, from a small company in Australia, we started to play around.

You know what we discovered? Crystallized ginger is great with Buddha’s Hand Citron vodka.

People are always asking us for good cocktail recipes. We found out we really like a cube of crystallized ginger in our favorite citron cocktails: lemon drop / dry martini / vodka & soda. Below are a few more complicated cocktails using Buddha’s Hand with ginger.

Have a recipe you’d like to share? Send it to us, and we’ll post it on the site. Thanks to Darren and JP for sending us the first ones.

Karmic Citron
JP Cornell , Joe diMaggio’s, San Francisco, CA

3 oz Buddha’s Hand citron vodka
1 oz ginger ale
1 piece candied ginger
1 lemon slice
1 orange slice
1 sugar cube
1 dash Angostura bitters
1/2 oz brandied cherry juice

Muddle all ingredients except vodka and ginger ale. Add ice and remaining ingredients. Shake and strain into an old-fashioned glass.

Beneficent Buddha
Darren Crawford, Tony Nik’s, San Francisco, CA

2 oz Buddha’s Hand citron vodka
1 oz triple sec
2 oz strawberry nectar (Kern’s)
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz ginger syrup
1 piece candied ginger

Shake all and strain into a chilled martini glass.

The Ginger Elixir
Darren Crawford, Tony Nik’s, San Francisco, CA

1.5 oz Buddha’s Hand citron vodka
1.5 Veloce liqueur
1 oz fesh lemon
1 oz ginger syrup
1 piece candied ginger
top with 7-up

Muddle candied ginger and lemon. Add ice, vodka, liqueur, and syrup. Shake and strain into highball over fresh ice. Top with 7-up.

Ginger Enlightenment
Darren Crawford, Tony Nik’s, San Francisco, CA

2 oz Buddha’s Hand citron vodka
1 oz triple sec
1 oz orange Juice
1 oz ginger beer
1/2 oz fresh lime
1/2 oz ginger syrup

Shake and strain all ingredients into a highball glass with fresh ice.

Brandied Ginger Press
Darren Crawford, Tony Nik’s, San Francisco, CA

2 oz Buddha’s Hand citron vodka
4 lemon wedges
6 brandied cherries or brandied raspberries
1 oz ginger syrup
2 pieces candied ginger
top with club soda

Muddle all fruit and ginger, then shake and strain all into highball, top with soda.

The Candied Ginger
Ariana Johnson, Modus Supper Club, San Diego, CA

2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
3 sugar cane cubes
2-3 pieces of ginger (roughly the size of a nickel)
1 1/4 oz Buddha's Hand Citron vodka
1/2 oz Grand Marnier

Muddle lemon juice, sugar cane, and ginger together in a double old fashion glass. Add the vodka, shake, and pour back into glass. Top with 1/2 oz Grand Marnier or Liqueur d'Orange.