Name: Christmas Caipirinhas
Yield: Makes 10 drinks
Ingredients: Peel from 4 large limes (green part only; removed with vegetable peeler in 2-inch-long strips); 1 cup fresh lime juice; 8 1/4-inch-thick slices peeled fresh ginger; 1/4 cup sugar; 30 large fresh mint leaves plus 10 fresh mint sprigs for garnish; 1 cup Brazilian rum (such as cachaça); 3 cups ice cubes plus additional for serving; 5 cups ginger beer or ginger ale

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Christmas CaipirinhasDan Forbes

Inspired by Brazil's national cocktail, this large-format riff on the classic Caipirinha mixes in warming fresh ginger, sprightly ginger beer, and cooling mint.

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