This article explores the art of making non-alcoholic cocktails (mocktails) that are just as flavorful and satisfying as their alcoholic counterparts. It shares tips from expert bartenders on how to balance flavors, prevent dilution, and create interesting textures without using alcohol.
Lucy Simon is a New York-based wine, spirits, and food writer has been with Food & Wine since the spring of 2021.Gone are the days of the sad mocktail — the cranberry cocktail topped with a bit of seltzer or a blend of every juice behind the bar.
A growing number of bartenders are paying just as much attention (or more) to their But when omitting alcohol from a drink you need to consider a range of factors: alcohol adds body and richness to drinks, it balances sweet flavors, and its astringency adds texture. When you omit it, you need to adjust your cocktail recipe to compensate accordingly. It's not rocket science, but a bit of good advice goes a long way. We asked bartenders to share tricks from the trade for making balanced and flavorful nonalcoholic drinks (mocktails, if you'd like) so good that you’ll want to order a second round. Unlike traditional cocktails made that use a spirit as a base, most nonalcoholic drinks are water-based or contain a high quantity of water through ingredients like fruit juices or teas. “When making nonalcoholic drinks, you need to prevent the drink from becoming overly diluted, which happens easily when stirring or shaking a drink with ice,' says Jessica King, owner of Brother Wolf in Knoxville, Tennessee..'To avoid over-dilution, keep your ingredients refrigerated prior to pouring. Keeping glassware chilled is also key to a refreshingly cold N/A cocktail that won’t taste watered down,” she says.Alcohol adds body, richness, and bite to a cocktail, all factors of which affect a drinks texture when consumed. Even nonalcoholic versions of spirits or aperitifs will have a different weight to their traditional spirited counterparts, so when mixing with them, texture must be addressed. “A base of nonalcoholic spirits and liqueurs generally yields a drink with less viscosity than one with alcohol, and it may taste a bit thin,' says Renato Tonelli, beverage training director at Dante NY
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