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queeranddelicious
Use tonic water instead of soda water if you want to add bitter notes to compensate for cutting out alcohol
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
#3 I gotta ask, did they change the recipe to the sparkling white recently? I love this stuff, but last two I bought just tasted kinda bad.
wildfartingunicorn
I made hot mulled cider for the first time this past thanksgiving, so delicious!! And pretty easy to make
CaptMal
Boozy me would have disagreed, but I have learned that mocktails are important.
pyr666
strong preparations of ginger and/or cinnamon have a burning mouth feel and superficial warming effect reminiscent of alcohol
Dontforgettofloss
Sparkling water with a splash of juice for me!
Onlyhereforthelaughs
I just had a Pineapple Nojito on Friday. Was alright. Had a floral aftertaste near the end.
CrimsonShortOne
Mmm, mohito
PatSajaksHairLine
No alcohol, but you do have to kill a couple of mice for your Mule.
botlaw
I have to ask: ginger beer + soda water + ginger syrup + lime juice… Isn’t that just ginger beer + lime juice?
PatSajaksHairLine
Hahaha. Yes, but the mice don't like theirs premixed
CairoLen
This just makes me miss the fuck out of alcohol. :(
Rimbox
I can’t believe Cider is non alchoholc (Drink 2) yet I drank 8 cans of the stuff last night and heads banging. I should of stuck to alcohol!
Padawin
Cider has alcohol in it....
Rimbox
you obiously did not get the sarcasm @Padawin
doomsdayaddams
As a sober person, I enjoy having a festive drink on occasion. These all sound great!
MantisTobagganMD
These are just cocktails with fewer steps!!! ...Well done
OpossumReee
What's a soda water? It mentions it in every recipe
addAndy
Carbonated plain water
1337firewife
Carbonated water. Literally just bubbly water.
sometimesiliketocook
I am going to put these to good use this holiday season! Thank you!
gamblingpoet
Please remember if someone declines an alcoholic drink, don't ask why, just offer something non-alcoholic.
VitaminJay
Talos on a cracker this! Someone offered me a beer, I declined. It was early on in my recovery and then I had to out myself as abstaining.
annasbrew
Also if you haven't had an NA beer in a few years, they have come a long way. Especially if you like stouts or IPA's.
MyTalkingDogLied2U
Absolutely. I like one called Partake. They make a real nice IPA.
annasbrew
I've had their stout and enjoyed it. I'm intrigued by the peach gose too. I'll keep an eye out for their IPA-thanks!
MaternityTester
“Frozen blue berries, thawed…”. So, just blue berries?
MaxieMooo
I assume the fornation of ice crystaks ruptures the cells and releases juices, but then u could just crush them
syber11
This is so helpful thank you! I'm preggers and was looking for more fun non-alcoholic options.
grizzlywizard92
My pregnant wife thanks you
GoodJuJuuu
Hey my Muslim friends will love this, thanks for sharing!
VitaminJay
Hand on heart, mocktails got me through the worst of my withdrawal symptoms. 2 years, 27 days sober and counting.
wlfrnnr
Yeah man.
diesoz
HanSoslow
VitaminJay
I both love and hate that he made Lagavulin super popular. I used to be able to grab it for $20.
Shayceror
Same- some people say they are triggers, but that was not the case with me either. Fancy fun drinks are like fancy fun food.
babycoolredhead
Advice for someone who is too lazy for cocktails and drinks straight alcohol? Best "shot" I've found so far are the immune support shots.
HillOfBeans
I liked shots too. I did best by avoiding drinks and mixers of anything I’d enjoyed at a bar, and just had iced tea, and an occasional 1/
HillOfBeans
Pepsi or Coke with meals. But iced tea, Gatorade and water became my best friends. You’ll find what your comfort levels are. 2/2
DexterWantsToBattle
Same! How I did it is I slowly added less and less alcohol until it was just a mocktail !
VitaminJay
I made strong flavored mocktails, the kind designed to hide the alcohol taste. It scratched the itch without 'opening the wound', as it were
youwishyouhadaunicorn
I was just telling my GF that The only thing I miss about drinking was all the fun drinks. Gotta try these.
Redandpurpleunicorns
When I was pregnant I started just throwing Christmas spices into gently heated apple or orange juices. Make hydration fun with vitamins.
ilikepineappleonmypizza
Woah we are sober around the same time!
TocinoATX
Me too! Congrats!
ilikepineappleonmypizza
Sober part what what
avacc
2 years 44 days for me. Congratulations!
CrispyNougat
WaterIsTheRealAdultDrink.jpg
VitaminJay
Wuddup, Ronaldo?
VAsInVictor
So the mice in the Moscow mule… thawed? Frozen? Also: what do I use in stead of mice for a vegan version ?
Eldibs
Sam Vimes approves.
MrStickyCheeks
I just want the NA cucumber drink because it sounds delicious m
dollarstoredonuts
yay! faux-itos!
Copperbrat
My favorite sugar free mocktail, the Paloma: Small drizzle of Torani sugar free pomegranate over ice, half Fresca/seltzer, squeeze of lime.
imnotgoodwithschedules
Is cider something other than alcohol in the USA?
weirdscottishguy
This thread explains to me for the first time why some Brits imagine cider is non-alcoholic, when in the UK it is always alcoholic.
weirdscottishguy
We call the non-alcoholic stuff “apple juice“
kingkongkeom
Difference and why the US calls it different than the rest of the world is explained here: https://youtu.be/-R41YFcX8e4
poopsmiles
Cider is non-alcoholic. When its alcoholic we call it hard cider
diesoz
Yes, it's a type of apple juice essentially.
VitaminJay
Cider in the US is an unfiltered, unfermented apple juice. Hard Cider is that juice, fermented.
CyborgScribe
Then jack is cider frozen then with the ice removed from the top to increase the alcohol content.
VitaminJay
I have no idea what you mean. I picked up this deep freezer for storing potstickers! :D
megmegmegmeg
I wondered the same!
velvetdream
I thought that
TinyOctopus
For those wondering, Tiny Octopus points out that simple syrup is a 1:1 ratio of sugar to water, heated until sugar dissolves, then cooled.
sv1rr
It's also just a bland sweetener. Use raw sugar and bring some excitement to your palate. Slightly watered down honey also does the trick.
chefsoda
Chefsoda would add that there's no reason to heat the mixture & doing so muddies its taste. Just combine & shake a few times over an hour
EvilAbedsBoneSaw
EvilAbedsBoneSaw suggests mixing it up a bit by using brown sugar or coconut sugar in your simple syrup for fancier mocktail versions.
CameForNatalieDormer
We called that shit "demerara syrup" on the menu and really just confused customers... But it does make a better Old Fashioned, IMO.
CameForNatalieDormer
It was always funny when guests would ask if we made our bar's Simple in house. "Yes sir, I stirred the sugar water myself."
Blightsteel101
Blightsteel101 advises that you want a 1:1 ratio by weight rather than by volume. This guarantees a syrup of 50 Brix.
volch1tsa
Sounds pretty simple
SkalorLune
Also feel free to change up sugar types for them, I like to use cane sugar (the brown one).
ALurkerNeedsAName
This can be done on demand in the microwave! Was a game changer when I learned that.
korndogg83
Korndogg points out that a thicker 2-1 rich simple syrup keeps for much longer in the fridge and is only ~1.3 times as sweet.
Gayforbae
Someone watches How To Drink. ;)
icer190
And is superior in every form for flavor.
LiberalViking
It's double the sugar but 66% (2:1 ratio) is about 130% more than 50% (1:1 ratio) so yes 1.3x sweeter. Math is funny.
LiberalViking
130% OF 50% *
MotherEffinSatan
Wait, it goes bad?
SerenePrincess013
Sugar does go bad, if you don't keep it in the right conditions. Water does too, once you start adding stuff to it.
chefsoda
It'll actually grow mold of kept long enough, so just make smaller batches!
MotherEffinSatan
I got a store bought, will vheck label, ty!
chefsoda
Chefsoda notes that strong syrup will keep longer & is only slightly sweeter, but is much thicker & changes the mouth feel of cocktails
MrStickyCheeks
An I'm here to point out that not following the directions makes my username.
silverfoxxflame
Not-a-bartender-but-a-cook notes that a thicker syrup means you don't have to use as much in a drink, and can water it down less doing so.
chefsoda
That's true & actually a problem, as the drink recipes require the correct amount of water for balance. Reducing it makes a stronger drink,
chefsoda
but a less pleasing one. Like any flavor profile, it's balance. The greater volume also makes it easier to measure, much like kosher salt.
silverfoxxflame
(Also notes that if you supersaturate it too badly, the sugar will fall out of solution and you'll have to reheat it with more water.)
TheBeastlyBeauty
Ahh, but if you use 75% as much and then add 25% water, it will keep in the fridge but have the same mouth feel. For example: if a recipe
chefsoda
Right, but now you've made something standard, simple & quick, into a careful, multi step process. Simple syrup takes minutes to make &
chefsoda
easily lasts a week in the fridge. Any extra steps aren't warranted for something so quick.
TheBeastlyBeauty
Called for 1oz simple, heavy simple in a 2:1 ratio will be 0.5oz sugar and 0.25 water, then you just add the last 0.25oz water when building
TheBeastlyBeauty
The drink if you start with 0.75oz of the heavy simple. I formatted that weird, sorry. But I'm pretty sure the math checks out