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Mocktails don’t need to be dull: Celebrate NYE with spectacular non-alcoholic cocktail recipes

Your drinks don't need alcohol to be celebratory

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With increasing numbers of people choosing to forgo or cut down on alcohol, there’s a great opportunity to explore the world of mocktails. While non-alcoholic options used to be an afterthought at best at many places, now they are being crafted with love and care to show the complex flavors and interesting textures that can be achieved without alcohol.

If you’re looking for a celebratory but sober way to ring in the new year, then try out some of these spectacular mocktails, using recipes from some of the trendiest bars that incorporate luxury ingredients, carefully prepared syrups, and interesting flavor pairings.

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Island Time

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Served at: Dear Strangers (New York, NY)

Created by the Dear Strangers Bar Team

Ingredients:

  • ¾ oz Ginger Syrup
  • 2 oz Pineapple Juice
  • ¾ oz Lemon Juice
  • ½ oz Honey Syrup
  • Club Soda

Glass: Collins

Garnish: Mint

Method:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker, add ice, and shake hard– strain into Collins glass. Garish with mint leaf.

Golden Glow

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Served at: Cosmo (New York, NY)

Ingredients:

  • 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
  • 0.25 oz Lemon
  • 0.5 oz Sapphoria Bliss Royal
  • 3.5 oz Club Soda

Glass: Highball

Garnish: Fluffy Pineapple Foam, Beetroot Dust

Optional for garnish: 1.25 oz Fluffy Pineapple Foam + Beetroot Dust

Method:

Shake, Strain, Pour into a Highball & Garnish

Le Jardin

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Served at: Le Jardinier (New York, NY)

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz freshly squeezed cucumber juice
  • 1.0 oz pineapple juice
  • 0.5 oz lime juice
  • Fresh mint
  • Topped with Fever Tree ginger beer

Glass: Collins glass

Garnish: Fresh mint

Method:

Add a handful of fresh mint to your shaker. Pour in the fresh cucumber juice, pineapple juice, then lime juice and shake. Double strain into a Collins glass, add ice, and top with a splash of ginger beer. For the final touch, and a pop of color, garnish with more fresh mint. and enjoy.

Peter Piper

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Available at NoMad London (London, United Kingdom)

Created by the NoMad London Bar Team

Ingredients:

  • 6 spritzes of White Balsamic
  • 0.5 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Passionfruit Juice
  • 0.5 oz Black pepper
  • 0.75 oz Pineapple
  • 1.5 oz Pineapple soda

Glass: Rocks glass

Ice: Crushed ice

Garnish: Two pineapple fronds and black pepper

Method:

Place ingredients apart from soda into a shaker with a small amount of crushed ice.
Whip shake to combine and then pour into the glass. Add soda and top with crushed ice. Garnish with two pineapple fronds and black pepper.

TLV N/A

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Available at Mesiba (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

Ingredients:

  • 1oz Seedlip Garden
  • 1 oz Martini Vibrante
  • 2.25oz Pom juice batch
  • .5oz lime juice
  • .75oz sumac preserved lemon syrup

Glass: Top crushed, Bell glass

Ice: Crushed ice

Garnish: Sage + Mint Bouquet, half orange moon

Method:

Combine ingredients in tin and whip shake with crushed ice. Dump into glass

Kokomo

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Available at RT60 Rooftop Bar at Hard Rock Hotel New York (New York, NY)

Created by the RT60 Rooftop Bar & Lounge Team

Ingredients:

  • 6 oz pineapple coconut juice
  • Espresso
  • Mint
  • Crushed Ice

Glass: Collins Glass

Garnish: Mint

Method:

Pour pineapple coconut juice over crushed ice, and top with one serving espresso. Garnish with mint.

Spice and Everything Nice

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Available at: True Laurel (San Francisco, CA)

Created by Nicolas Torres, Co-Founder & Bar Director

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Seedlip Spice 94
  • 1 oz Chamomile Tea
  • 0.5 oz Pink Peppercorn Syrup
  • 0.25 oz D’Anjou r Vinegar
  • 0.03 oz Old Fashion Bitters

Glassware: Coupe

Chamomile Tea: Steep 2 cups of Chamomile Tea in 2Q of boiling water. Steep for 20 minutes, strain. Do not press.

Pink Peppercorn Syrup:

  • 1 pint Pink Peppercorn
  • 1 quart Syrup

Mash pink peppercorns in its own reusable ziploc bag (labeled in TB) and crush using wooden malate. Put the contents in a bag and seal with rich syrup.
Place in a bath for 3 hours at 70C

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