Best Substitutes for Cranberry Juice
Out of Cranberry Juice? Here are the best alternatives that work in cocktail recipes.
Original Ingredient
Cranberry Juice
Juice
Tart, astringent nose with bright red berry acidity and cranberry skin bitterness. Palate is sharply sour with bracing tartness and minimal sweetness. Clean, dry finish with lingering pucker.
Recommended Substitutes
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Pomegranate juice
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Cherry Juice
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Grape juice
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.