Small Hand Foods Ginger Syrup
Small Hand Foods Ginger Syrup is fresh ginger pressed in-house and sweetened with real organic cane sugar — no flavorings, no high-fructose corn syrup, no preservatives. It comes from Small Hand Foods of the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 2008 by bartender Jennifer Colliau of The Slanted Door, who started cooking small-batch syrups to order when she realized every commercial orgeat on the market was flavoring and corn syrup. Stock your home bar online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- Style: fresh-pressed ginger syrup — fiery ginger heat, clean cane-sugar sweetness
- Ingredients: fresh ginger + organic cane sugar
- Maker: Small Hand Foods, SF Bay Area — founded 2008 by bartender Jennifer Colliau
- Size: 8.5oz or 17.5oz
- Character: small-batch, pre-Prohibition-style cocktail ingredients; no artificial anything
Real Ginger for Real Cocktails
Colliau's whole project was old-school cocktail ingredients done properly — gum syrups, orgeat, grenadine, and this ginger syrup, cooked in small batches for working bars like The Slanted Door and Beretta before they ever reached retail. The ginger reads bright and fiery rather than candy-sweet, which is exactly what a Moscow Mule or Dark & Stormy needs. See more from Small Hand Foods or browse mixers.
Tasting Notes
Fiery fresh-pressed ginger heat up front, bright citrusy ginger character through the middle, and a clean cane-sugar sweetness that never turns syrupy (per retailer copy).
How to Enjoy
Build a Moscow Mule (vodka, syrup, lime, ginger beer) or a Dark & Stormy (dark rum, syrup, lime, ginger beer); stir into whiskey and soda for a whiskey-ginger; or shake with seltzer over ice for a homemade ginger ale.
Frequently Asked Questions
What cocktails use ginger syrup?
Moscow Mules, Dark & Stormys, and whiskey-gingers are the classics — it also makes a quick homemade ginger ale with seltzer.
Who makes Small Hand Foods syrups?
Jennifer Colliau, a San Francisco bartender (The Slanted Door) who founded Small Hand Foods in 2008 to supply real-ingredient syrups to working cocktail bars.
Does it contain preservatives or HFCS?
No — fresh ginger and organic cane sugar, with no flavorings, high-fructose corn syrup, or preservatives per the maker's house style.
Small-batch ginger syrup the old way — order Small Hand Foods Ginger Syrup online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.