Mixologist Alex Dando shares some delicious craft mocktail recipes with TABLE readers! No-Alcohol cocktails mean zero-sacrifice of fun and flavor while taking a break from the booze. They’re an easy way to enjoy a crafted beverage even whenever you don’t feel like having a buzz. These four recipes show you what a mocktail can be. They take advantage of non-alcoholic spirits, bitters, loose leaf teas, fruit juices, special reductions, and so much more. Say goodbye to dehydrating alcohol that leaves you groggy on those heat wave-type summer days.
In case you’re looking for ways to spice up your mocktail ingredient collection at home, check out our article on all the mocktail essentials to keep on hand.
4 Craft Mocktail Recipes
Nice Melons
Description
Take yourself to the beach with this mocktail!
Ingredients
- 2 oz pineapple juice
- .5 oz turbinado sugar reduction (1 cup turbinado sugar:1 cup water)
- .5 oz fresh pink lemon juice (regular lemon works too)
- 2–3 oz Topo Chico
- 4–5 Fresno chili and pink Himalayan sea salt compressed watermelon ice cubes
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients – absent of Topo Chico and watermelon cubes – in cocktail tin.
- Shake vigorously.
- Strain into collins glass with Topo Chico. Carefully place ice cubes into Glass.
Pop Style
Description
A popsicle treat and a beverage all in one!
Ingredients
- 2 oz pineapple juice
- .5 oz vanilla bean reduction (1:1)
- .5 oz fresh lime juice
- 2–3 oz Coconut La Croix
- 1 each Almond Milk Matcha Latte Popsicle (or other matcha popsicle)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients – absent of soda water – in cocktail tin.
- Shake vigorously.
- Strain into rocks glass with Coconut La Croix. Carefully place Popsicle into Glass.
Tea-Totaler Old Fashioned
Description
Tea makes for an elegant mocktail.
Ingredients
- 3 oz over-steeped earl grey tea
- .75 oz raw honey
- 3 dashes Regans’ Orange Bitters
- 2 dashes angostura bitters
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in mixing glass.
- Stir thoughtfully.
- Strain into rocks glass with fresh ice. Express orange twist, then garnish.
Garden and Tonic
Description
Two simple ingredients, one perfectly herb-infused beverage with a citrus twist.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Seedlip Garden 108
- 4–5 oz Fever Tree Aromatic Tonic
- Grapefruit for garnish
- Mint for garnish
Instructions
- Build in collins glass.
- Add ice.
- Garnish with seasonal citrus/aromatic herbs.
Recipes by Alex Dando
Styling by Ana Kelly
Photography by Adam Milliron
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