Best Substitutes for Cherry Juice

Out of Cherry Juice? Here are the best alternatives that work in cocktail recipes.

Cherry Juice — juice used in cocktails

Original Ingredient

Cherry Juice

Juice Tart, bright cherry nose with ruby-red fruit and mild sweetness. Palate is tangy with crisp acidity and concentrated cherry flavor. Clean finish with lingering sweet-sour balance.

Recommended Substitutes

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Cranberry Juice

Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.

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Pomegranate juice

Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.

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Grenadine

Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.

General Substitution Tips

  • Match the alcohol level: a 40% spirit needs a similarly strong replacement or adjust volume.
  • For liqueurs, dilute spirits + simple syrup can replicate sweetness and proof.
  • Citrus substitutions: lemon and lime are mostly interchangeable at a 1:1 ratio.
  • For bitters, Angostura is the most neutral substitute for most other aromatic bitters.