Ultimate Mocktail Guide for Dry January

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Elevate your Dry January experience with our guide to crafting tantalizing mocktails that replicate your favorite boozy beverages. Learn insider tips from a seasoned bartender, and bid farewell to the fear of missing out on alcohol this month. Kickstart 2024 on a resilient note with our comprehensive Ultimate Guide to Mocktails. Cheers to a spirited and refreshing start!

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Dry January

Start 2024 in good spirits – by ditching the spirits.

The start of the new year brings an influx in health awareness at gyms and bars everywhere. People are tired of the holiday feasts and parties, seeking to start fresh on their resolutions.

The start of the new year always brings a wave of health consciousness through gyms and bars everywhere. Exhausted from the indulgence of holiday feasts and revelry, people crave a rejuvenating start to their resolutions. These mindful choices come with healthy benefits:

Perks of cutting back on alcohol:

Better Sleep
Higher Energy
No Hangovers
Fewer Calorie Intake
Lower Blood Pressure
Lower Blood Sugars
Mental Clarity

As a professional bartender, I am tasked with creating mocktails both on the fly and on the menu.

It’s a refreshing way to get creative, whipping up drinks that are imaginative and sophisticated. These are my tried-and-true mocktail favorites.

Whether you’re dry for health, diet, or lifestyle purposes, I have compiled some of the best mocktail ingredients Amazon has to offer.

This is

The Ultimate Guide to Mocktails

Table of Contents

Mixers
Non-Alcoholic Spirits
Garnishes
Accessories
Sources

Mixers

Strongwater Sparkling Ginger Beer

Made with natural ingredients and Colorado Rocky Mountain water, Strongwater Sparkling Ginger Beer packs a punch of earthy spiciness. It tastes like biting into actual ginger and cane sugar.

Perfect for recreating boozeless Moscow Mules with a shot of Seedlip Grove 42 and a splash of lime juice. **Bonus points for muddling mint and cucumbers.

Strongwater also make Sparkling Nordic Tonic Water, Sparkling Grapefruit Soda, and Sparkling Orange Blossom Tonic.

You don’t need a hangover to enjoy a Bloody Mary.

Miss Mary’s Bloody Mary Mix

Miss Mary’s Bold & Spicy Bloody Mary Mix is so good just by itself. I sip it on ice, straight from the bottle. I enjoy a Virgin Bloody with this mix nearly every shift I work.

It pairs amazing with shrimp, oysters, and other shellfish.

Other Bloody Mary mixes need a quick shake with pepper, hot sauce, olive juice, and other ingredients before serving. It literally feels like seasoning food. Miss Mary’s Bold & Spicy is a perfect balance with the right amount of heat.

Non-Alcoholic Spirits

Make your mocktails less juicy.

These alternatives can be shaken into tasty mocktails or mixed with your favorite juice and soda.

Seedlip Non-Alcoholic Spirits

I used to work at a bar that carried Seedlip boozefree bottles. They offer 3 staple flavors:

Grove 42 – Similar to a citrus vodka
Spice 94 – Like a citrus vodka, but with warm notes of clove and winter spices
Garden 108 – Similar to an herbal gin

With 0 calories, 0 sugars, and 0% alchohol, you’re getting all of the flavor and staying dry.

For gourmet Seedlip Recipes, check out their book:

Seedlip Cocktails: 100 Delicious Nonalcoholic Recipes from Seedlip & The World’s Best Bars

Ritual Zero Proof makes convincing alcohol alternatives. Award-winning for its taste and versatility to recreate classic cocktails as well as your own spin – without getting the spins 🙂

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Garnishes

For a complete list of garnishes, check out: The Gift of Presentation: A Bartender’s Guide to the Best Cocktail Garnishes.

Blue Henry’s Dehyrdated Citrus

Dehyrdrated citrus adds an elegant feel to your mocktails. Of course you can opt for a fresh slice of limes, lemons, or oranges, but the dehydrated slices give a little wow factor in your drinks presentation.

Edible Glitter

A little goes a long way. Add some razzle dazzle to your mocktails with these Edible Glitters. It comes with 10 colors to match any occasion all year round.

Pro-tip: You can also add a pinch of Activated Charcoal to your cocktails to turn it black. It also helps with detoxing.

Accessories

26-Piece Stainless Steel Cocktail Shaker Set

Comes with all the essentials: a 24oz Cocktail Shaker, Bar Spoon, Muddler, Ice Tongs, Strainer, Jigger, Corkscrew, and more – all displayed neatly on a chic wooden stand.

SodaStream for your soda water.

Cocktail Smoker Kit with Torch & Woodchips

Play with fire! I will never not plug Cocktail Smoker Kits for your home bar.

This set comes with 6 flavors of wood chips to play with variety. The smokiness gives your mocktail a sophisticated edge.

You can also use the torch for toasting fresh herbs like rosemary to unleash their aromatics. I’ve also garnished drinks with toasted marshmallows and melted sugar, thanks to this gadget.