When life gives you bad cranberries, or any other fruit, you just make cocktails. Cheers to Imperfect Produce customer service!

Simple Syrup:

• 1 cup of cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• Several springs of mint
• 2 C. water

Cocktail:

• 3-4 leaves of mint
• 1 can ginger ale
• 1 1⁄2 oz.  Ginger Rum
• Juice of one lime
• 1/2 oz of cranberry simple syrup

Methodology: Bring sugar, mint leaves, cranberries, and water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring once. Remove from heat. Let steep 10 minutes; strain, and discard mint leaves and cranberries. Let cool. Muddle together lime, mint, vodka, and syrup in a shaker. Rim glasses with lemon, place sugar on a plate. Press the rim of a chilled martini or rocks glass into the mixture to rim the edge. strain cocktail.