Over the last few months, it's become clear that the non-alcohol movement is not a trend or passing fad—it's here to stay. So if your bar hasn't started to offer non-alc options alongside your cocktails (and we're not talking soda or water), what better time than the holidays.
The non-alc movement is all about empowering your guests with choices, so we've rounded up a few non-alc holiday recipes for you to add to your holiday menus so that everyone gathering this season has a quality option on the menu!
Maple Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz Mashville Whiskey Alternative
3 - 4 Dashes of Angostura Bitters (or you can use alcohol-free versions)
1/2 tsp Maple Syrup
Orange Peel
Maraschino Cherry (optional)
Directions:
First, make your orange peel by slicing a thin strip off of your fruit. Set it aside. In a rocks glass, add ice and then stir the Mashville, bitters, and maple syrup. Rub the inside of the orange peel around the rim, then give it a twist to add a little citrus zest to the drink. If you want to enhance the flavor of this cocktail, you can muddle an orange slice and a Maraschino cherry first and add the syrup and liquids afterward.
Peppermint Cookie Mocktail
Ingredients:
½ oz. Monin® Peppermint Syrup
½ oz. Monin® Cookie Butter Syrup
2 oz. Pomegranate juice
1 oz. Lime juice
Top with Club soda
Directions:
Fill serving glass full of ice. Pour ingredients into serving glass in order listed. Pour mixture into mixing tin and back into serving glass to mix. Add mint sprig and candy cane garnish and serve.
Cranberry Margarita
2 oz Durangold Tequila Alternative
2 tbsp Fresh Lime Juice (squeezed, if possible)
1 ounce alcohol free orange liqueur
1/2 cup cranberry juice
Sugar (for the rim)
Lime Wedge for Garnish
Directions:
Rub the inside of a lime peel around the edge and stick it into a dish full of sugar. Next, pour all of the liquid ingredients into a cocktail shaker with some ice. Shake thoroughly until chilled, then strain into the margarita glass. We recommend adding a lime wedge as a garnish, but you can also use a cranberry instead.
Snowflake
Ingredients:
½ oz. Monin® Peppermint Syrup
½ oz. Monin® White Chocolate Sauce
4 oz. Milk
2 shot(s) Espresso
Directions:
Fill serving glass full of ice. Pour ingredients into mixing tin in order listed. Add ice from serving glass. Cap, shake and pour back into serving glass. Add marshmallow, mint, peppermint, and whipped cream garnish and serve.
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