Mocktails!

[kendiefox]

I have trolled the internet and come up with a few mocktails that don't seem like total garbage. (and, oof, y'all, there are a lot of reasons other than pregnancy that a person might choose non-alcoholic, jussayin)


I saw this on Chris Perkins' episode of Between the Sheets, so, thanks Brian Wayne Foster, I guess?
Blushing Buck?
Ingredients
1 oz. pineapple juice
1 oz. lime juice
1/2 oz. ginger syrup
1/4 oz. honey syrup
Club soda
Cucumber
Mint

Instructions
Add juices and syrups to small mixing tin
Muddle 2 cucumber slices and 5 mint leaves in large mixing tin
Add ice to glass and shaker
After shaking but before strainer add club soda
Double strain into collins glass over cubes
Top with club soda, garnish with cucumber slice and mint



Cadeuces Colada
Another BWF recipe from Between the Sheets, this one for Felicia Day
Ingredients
1 oz. pineapple juice
3/4 oz. cream of coconut
1/2 oz. orange juice
1/2 oz. black tea syrup
1/4 oz. lime juice
3 cardamom pods
cinnamon

Instructions
Crack the cardamom pods in the mixing tin with the muddler
Pour ingredients into mixing tin
Add ice to mixing tin and whip shake before double straining over crushed ice into collins glass
Garnish with grated cinnamon and orange slice


And less time-and-ingredient intensive


juice of your choice
seltzer/club soda
combine, possibly over ice



Ginger beer (the non-alcoholic variety)
lime
dash of bitters

Comments

[inky_magpie]

these all sound tasty, thanks for sharing!

[kendiefox]

You're welcome! I mostly quit drinking, but I still like fun drinks, and I wanted some sort of list.

[inky_magpie]

Alcohol has never really sat well with me, I seem to be very sensitive to the taste of ethanol. Throw in gluten-intolerance and medication... *shrug*. I'm not sure if you're a pinterest using person, but I have a board full of ideas. I haven't followed any of the recipes exactly, but they all looked interesting.

https://www.pinterest.com/jaybelle/cooking-beverages/

[kendiefox]

Thanks! I'll check it out, but I don't use pinterest much.