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Replace Your Go-To Summer Cocktails With These Equally Delicious Mocktail Alternatives
Bright, refreshing, and alcohol-free.
by
Anna Buckman
April 16, 2022
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Craving a spritz? Try the Three Spirit Fierce Spritz, which simply calls for two ounces
Three Spirit Livener
and one ounce pink grapefruit juice. Add ingredients to a large ice-filled wine glass, and top with
kombucha
or lemonade. Stir and garnish with a grapefruit slice.
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For a booze-free version of the classic
Woodford Spire
, combine one and a half ounces unsweetened tea, two ounces lemonade, and one ounce cranberry juice. Serve in a tall glass over ice and garnish with a lemon twist.
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This
clean (i.e. alcohol-free) Paloma recipe
calls for two ounces
Clean T
and four ounces grapefruit soda. Add to a tall glass, then take a lime wedge and squeeze the juice into the glass; add a
small
pinch of sea salt. Fill the glass with ice and garnish with a thin wheel of fresh grapefruit inside the glass.
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For the
Ba-NO-na Daiquiri
, add a roughly chopped ripe banana to a blender with two ounces
Clean R
and juice from two lime wedges. Add ice, then blend ingredients together until smooth (starting on low speed then finishing on high). Pour into a cocktail glass, and garnish with a banana slice.
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Craving a Grapefruit Moscow Mule? Try the Sour Flower instead for a fun twist. Add one and a half ounces
Figlia
and ginger beer each to a glass with ice, give it a stir, and top with sparkling water. Add a squeeze of fresh grapefruit juice and garnish with a grapefruit slice.
Courtesy of Figlia
Replace your spicy watermelon margarita with the Taste of Summer by Jordan Moton of
Sullivan’s Fish Camp
. Simply combine one and a half ounces sparkling water, three and a half ounces watermelon juice, a half ounce lime juice and agave each, and three slices jalapeño in a glass with ice.
Courtesy of Sullivan’s Fish Camp
To make this “very berry” Cosmo alternative, shake two ounces
Amethyst Blueberry Ginger Mint
and one ounce cranberry juice with ice and strain into a coupe. Top with ginger beer, and garnish with blueberries and mint.
Courtesy of Amethyst
The Anonymous Unanimous by Billy Rockefeller of
The Longboard
is sort of like a spicy, booze-free twist on a Bee’s Knees. To make it, add equal parts lemon juice, spiced honey, and orange juice to a copper mug with crushed ice. Top with lemongrass ginger beer.
Courtesy of The Longboard
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