Made with ginger beer, maraschino cherry juice, freshly squeezed lime juice and seltzer, it's refreshingly sweet, gingery and hits the spot. It's a mocktail! This cherry lime ginger beer drink is so delicious and refreshing, super pretty and festive for the holiday season and a hit with both kids and adults.

Today, most commercial ginger beers contain no alcohol or less than . 5 percent. Ginger beer's spicy-sweet flavor profile makes it an excellent mixer and it's a key ingredient in classic cocktails. Because it contains no alcohol, ginger beer is also a go-to ingredient for spirit-free drinks.

Some drinks rely on the deeper flavors of ginger beer to stand up to other ingredients, but you can really use it interchangeably with ginger ale — as long as you know that ginger beer is more intense in flavor than ginger ale.