Are you joining the many celebrating a dry (non-alcoholic) or damp (a splash of alcohol) January after this New Year? We commend you and want to help your efforts! Check out these delicious mocktail recipes that we've compiled for you to enjoy.
Berry Tasty Mocktails
Berry beverage fans unite! Who doesn't love drinks made with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries? These are a favorite to blend with soda and sparkling water. Below are some exciting new berry mocktail recipes to try now; including a shrub recipe to be used in all sorts of different drinks.
Huckleberry Shrub Mocktail
Ingredients
6 ounces huckleberries (about 1 cup)Preparation
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Place huckleberries in a 1-qt. jar. Bring sugar and vinegar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar.
- Pour hot vinegar mixture over berries and mix with a fork, crushing berries gently to release more flavor. Seal jar and store in a cool dark place 4 days.
- Strain shrub through a fine-mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth into a clean jar; cover and chill. Check shrub every week or so until vinegar flavor mellows to your liking.
- For each drink, combine 3 Tbsp. shrub with 1 cup club soda in a glass filled with ice. Taste and add more shrub if you like.
Do Ahead: Shrub can be made 6 months ahead. Keep chilled.
Mint Berry Smash Mocktail
Ingredients
- 1 handful raspberry
- 1 handful blueberry
- 1 sprig fresh mint leaf
- 1 oz lime juice
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar, or honey
- ice
- 1 splash soda water, or seltzer water
Preparation
- In a cocktail shaker, or a tall glass, muddle raspberries, blueberries, and mint.
- Add lime juice, sweetener, and ice, and shake until well combined. If you do not have a cocktail shaker, simply pour back and forth between two glasses until combined.
- Strain mixture over ice and top with a splash of soda water.
- Garnish with berries and mint
Homemade Pick-Me-Ups
It's sometimes nice to add Bailey's to your coffee in the morning or enjoy a coffee-flavored martini at the end of the day. We found two coffee non-alcoholic alternatives that will surely brighten your mood.
Lyre’s Dublin Double Irish Coffee Mocktail
Ingredients
2.5 oz Lyre’s American Malt
4 oz hot brewed coffee- Reginald's Coffee Schoolhouse Blend
.25 oz premium maple syrup- Roseum Maple Syrup
3 oz whipped cream
Instructions
Combine maple syrup, American Malt, and a splash of hot coffee in an Irish Coffee mug. Stir to dissolve maple, add remaining ingredients and top with whipped cream. Serve with a grated orange zest garnish.
Espresso Martini Mocktail
Ingredients
- 4 ounces espresso- Mechanic Coffee's Blindspot Espresso Blend
- 2 ounces heavy whipping cream
- 2 ounces simple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- cocoa powder - to rim glass
- coffee beans - for garnish
- Dip the rim of your martini glass into simple syrup and then cocoa powder. Set aside.
- Into a cocktail shaker add ice, espresso, heavy cream, simple syrup, vanilla extract, and salt.
- Shake vigorously for about a minute or so. Pour into two martini glasses and top with a few coffee beans.
Local Mocktail Goods
The Open Road has everything for getting ready to make these mocktail creations. Check out this local favorite spot in Allentown.
Be sure to serve these non-alc drinks in our Rivers Stripe Rocks Glass or Rivers Stripe Pint Glass!