Vegetables like beets, sweet potatoes, celery, and even cabbage (by way of sauerkraut) have found a home in cocktails. Adding earthy notes in an organic way, it's a natural pairing. For those who aren't hip to the vegetables-in-your-cocktail scene, or for those who are and are looking for options, here's a list of places locally that are offering vegetable-based concoctions.
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You can drink these vegetable-based cocktails and pretend they're good for you. Happy Cocktail Week!
Daddy Jones
Dirty Dill Infused Gin – Served up with pickled green beans, olives, and a cornichon. [Photo: Facebook]
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West Side Lounge
Beetle Juice - It's a beet party in this cocktail: beet-infused gin, St. Germain, Pimm’s No. 1, fresh lemon juice, Fee Brothers cranberry bitters, and a large ice cube with a frozen beet. [Photo: Facebook]
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Brass Union
Glendalough Elixir - Glendalough sherry cask finished poitin, Lillet rouge, Domaine de Canton, lime, blackberry, and beets make up this cocktail. [Photo: Rachel Leah Blumenthal]
Bronwyn
Fünfzehn - This cocktail is a blend of Luxardo Amaretto, sauerkraut, lemon, pure apple cider, and grapefruit bitters. [Photo: Chris Coe]
Alden & Harlow
The Scarlet Letter - Combines Rekya vodka, salted beet puree, lemon, and orange. [Photo: Meg Jones Wall]
Kennedy's On The Square
Beet Red - It's simple: gin, beet puree, lemon juice, and mint. [Photo: Official Site]
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Red Bird
Sargent Pepper - This cocktail combines Zu vodka, red bell pepper juice, and lemon [Photo: Facebook]
Ward 8
Johnny Utah - Milagro, cucumber, and celery seed are combined with soda. [Photo: Meg Jones Wall]
Viale
Owl Farm - This cocktail mixes El Jimador Tequila, lime, beet syrup, and allspice [Photo: Katie Chudy]
Cuchi Cuchi
Cuchi Cuchi: Beet of My Heart - It's a lot of ginger and a little bit of beet. Zubrowka organic vodka, ginger brandy, ginger-beet syrup, ginger beer, lemon. [Photo: Official Site]
Pastoral
Merchant's Folly - This cocktail blends Denizen rum with brown butter and sweet potato. [Photo: Katie Chudy]
MET Back Bay
Root Barrel - Gin, cynar, rhubarb, lemon, and beet are together at last in this cocktail. [Photo: Yelp]
Tico
Mayahuel’s Garden - Available by either the glass or the pitcher, this cocktail blends jalapeno-infused tequila with fresh muddled poblanos, orange, agave nectar, and house-made citrus mix. [Photo: Provided]
Eastern Standard
Calypso - Żubrówka Bison Grass Vodka, celery syrup, and lemon combine to create this drink. [Photo: Meg Jones Wall]
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Audubon Boston
Merrill & Co
Chipiona - Gin, fino, blanc vermouth, and celery bitters join together to make this cocktail. [Photo: Katie Chudy]
Boston Chops
Bloody Mary - No ordinary bloody mary, this cocktail comes with pickled Brussels sprouts referred to as "frog balls." It also contains pickled asparagus, green beans, and cornichons. [Photo: Rachel Leah Blumenthal]
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Estragon Tapas Bar
Longenbach (a.k.a. Joan Miro) - This drink combines Manzanilla, Cynar, and elderflower that is laced with celery and ginger. [Photo: Facebook]
Fairsted Kitchen
The Basket Case - Available at brunch, this drink mixes tequila, smoked tomato juice, celery puree, and bloody mary spice. [Photo: Facebook]