Ginger Cherry Smash Cocktail Recipe

Last Updated on July 9, 2025 by Leah Hall

One of our favorite cherry cocktails with ginger liqueur, fresh cherries and mixed with gin! This Cherry Smash cocktail is perfect for spring!

 

When our kiddos were little one of their favorite things to sip on a hot day was a cherry limeade. This tasty combo of sweet red maraschino cherry syrup and limeade makes a refreshing fizzy drink.

 

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While this is great for the kiddos and perfect as an afternoon refreshment, sometimes you want to have something a little more adult! So, we decided to make an adult version of cherry limeade, but with a spiced twist! 

 

Using fresh spring cherries with their beautiful sweet and tart red juice, bright herbal gin and a bit of ginger to cut the sweetness, our Ginger Cherry Smash brings the tart sparkling flavors of an adult cherry limeade to your glass! Also try our Strawberry Limeade Gin & Tonic which is like this one!

Some other smash recipes that we love are Peach Whiskey Smash, Peach Basil Gin Smash, Blackberry Smash, and a Rhubarb Basil Smash. 

Cherry Ginger Smash Cocktail

We know we have some readers intimidated by drinks that use gin. This may be because they remember smelling (or tasting) their grandpa’s drink which probably was the cheapest gin reminiscent of Pine-Sol and socks. Gin now is entirely different because current gin offers a wonderful place for distillers to bring better flavors and exciting ingredients!

 

Some of our favorites are Hendrick’s, Broker’s or the Botanist.

We used Broker’s London Dry Gin in this drink. Broker’s is a great gin for folks who want to step into the world of gin as it is a great gin with a nice dry herbal finish. There are some bright citrus notes that work well with the lime, and is a perfect base for our Ginger Cherry Smash.

 

Start by muddling pitted cherries and some sugar in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Adding the sugar in with the cherries pulls the juices out of the cherries, as well as help break the cherries down. This is a classic cocktail technique as it adds sweetness with out a lot of dilution that a simple syrup can cause.

After the sugar is dissolved in the muddled fruit, add in the fresh squeezed lime juice, ginger liqueur and gin. The ginger liqueur adds a spiciness which works really well with the lime and gin. Add ice, shake and strain.

Pour this cocktail in a highball glass filled with crushed ice and top with splash of club soda. The club soda gives the drink a fizzy finish that makes these quite a refresher!

Tips & Tricks

• Glassware: a highball filled with crushed ice is great for this, but tumblers or double rocks glasses work, too! 
• Garnish: a couple fresh cherries and a lime wedge look pretty. But a lime wheel or lemon wedge, a slice of fresh ginger, crystallized ginger or mint sprigs work too!
• Sweetener: if you don’t want to use regular granulated sugar, use some cane sugar or maple syrup. Both work well with the cherry flavors. 
• Other Options: if you want to mix the flavors up a bit for the perfect drink sub the club soda for a cherry ginger ale. You could also add some cherry liqueur in place of or with the ginger liqueur. Ginger beer is also another great option. 

Cheers! Try some other smash cocktail recipes like our Blackberry Gin Smash, Blueberry Smash or Strawberry Sage Tequila Smash!

 

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Like this recipe? Try these below, too!

The Ginger Snap

 

Ginger Clementine Old Fashioned

 

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