9 Delicious Mocktails

9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Casablanca

Created by Jim Kearns for Slowly Shirley

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Lemon juice
1 tsp. Turmeric juice
1/2 oz. Honey
2 oz. Date-demerara syrup*
Date
Lemon twist
Cinnamon stick
Mint sprig

Combine ingredients in a shaker. Shake and strain into a collins glass over pebble ice. Wrap the date in the lemon twist for garnish. Place the mint sprig in the cinnamon stick, also for garnish.

*Date-demerara syrup
Ingredients:

21 oz. Seedless dates
8.5 oz. Demerara
42 oz. Water
1/2 oz. Harissa spice

De-seed dates. Combine dates and water into vitamix. Blend. Fine strain blend and discard pulp. Add Demerara and cold infuse syrup. Once sugar has completely dissolved and date syrup is complete, add harissa. Mix well. Makes one quart.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Marrakech Express

Created by Mariena Mercer for The Henry at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Ingredients:
1 oz. Mango puree
1 oz. Passion fruit puree
½ oz. Kalamansi puree
2 oz. Coconut cream
1 sprig Thai basil
¾ oz. Ginger cardamom syrup
Ginger beer as needed

Combine ingredients in a shaker and hard shake with ice. Strain over crushed ice. Top with ginger beer.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Salted Rosemary Paloma

Created by Naren Young for Dante

Ingredients:
2 oz. Grapefruit juice
½ oz. Salted rosemary syrup*
Perrier as needed

Salt the rim of a highball glass. Combine grapefruit juice and salted rosemary syrup over ice in the glass. Top with Perrier. Garnish with a grapefruit slice.

*Salted rosemary syrup
Ingredients:
70 oz. Water
30 oz. Sugar
3 Rosemary sprigs
3.5 oz. Maldon salt

Bring to a low boil. Turn off immediately and allow to cool. Strain and store in the fridge. Lasts 2 months.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Rehydrator

Created by Bryan Dayton for Oak at Fourteenth in Boulder, CO and Acorn in Denver, CO

Ingredients:
2 oz. Aloe juice
1.25 oz. Real cranberry juice (no sugar)
0.5 oz. Lime juice
0.75 oz. Honey syrup
0.25 oz. Cherry syrup (or grenadine if cherry not available)
Lime wheel

Shake and strain all of the ingredients into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel and serve.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Eastside

Created by John McCarthy for Greydon House in Nantucket

Ingredients:
1 oz. Cucumber
1 oz. Lime
Sparkling water as needed
Cucumber slice
Mint sprig

Combine cucumber and lime over ice in a highball glass. Top with sparkling water. Slap the mint sprig and insert.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Vanilla Soda

Created by Brad Nugent for Porter House Bar and Grill

Ingredients:
2 oz. Chamomile vanilla syrup
3 drops Vanilla extract
Club soda
Orange wedge

In a pipe glass filled with ice, add the syrup and top with club soda. Top with the drops of vanilla extract and garnish with an orange wedge to serve.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Mangu Chao

Available at Chao Chao

Ingredients:
3 oz. Mango kaffir shrub*
Club soda as needed
Lime wheel

Salt the rim of a highball glass. Pour shrub over ice in a the glass. Top with club soda. Garnish with a lime wheel.

*Mango kaffir shrub
Ingredients:
2 cups Mango
1 cup Kaffir lime leaves
2 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Mirin
1 1/2 cups Rice vinegar

Bring to a simmer then strain.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Mexican B.B. Gun

Created by James Horn for Añejo, Tribeca

Ingredients:
1 oz. House-made grenadine
1 oz. Fresh lime
Soda water as needed
Lime wedge

Combine grenadine and lime over ice in a highball glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with a lime wedge.

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9 Mocktails to Drink this January

These yummy non-alcoholic cocktails from top bartenders will help you in your quest to stay sober this month

Written by Rachel Wallace

Nopaloma

Created by Percy Rodriguez for The Vine

Ingredients:
2 oz. Fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
1 oz. Fresh squeezed lime juice
¾ oz. Flat lined agave nectar
Fennel-citrus salt
Q Tonic club soda as needed

Combine the grapefruit juice, lime juice and agave nectar together in a strainer and shake. Rim collins glass with fennel-citrus salt and add ice. Pour mixture into the glass and top with tonic.