15 Drinks You Can Order If You Are Trying To Stay Sober
Sunday, Aug 30, 2020, 6:28 pm
By:James Fraser
What should you drink in a pub if you are a nonalcoholic person hanging out with alcoholic friends? This is always a big question. The popular choice will be soda or a mocktail. Iced tea or coffee can be a healthy alternative to soda. These choices are boring anyway. They constantly make you feel like you don't belong to the place. Your bartender can make so many tasty and refreshing non-alcoholic cocktails. All you have to do is ask him. Don't settle for less!
Check fifteen such nonalcoholic drinks you can order at a pub. Note that the bartenders in your country may not know these drinks. Some cocktails are popular in USA, and some in UK, and others in the other parts of the world. If you are really interested in a cocktail, note down the ingredients, and tell your bartender to make you one.
1.Saint Clement's Cocktail
Saint Clement's is a nonalcoholic drink. The cocktail's two primary ingredients are fresh orange juice and bitter lemon mixed in equal parts. Slices of lemon and orange can be added along with cracked ice. Gin goes very well with the drink just in case if you want this to be an alcoholic drink.
2.Virgin Collins
Virgin Collins is a classic gin cocktail. You can request the bartender to give it without gin as a non-alcoholic drink. The cocktail is a simple combination of lemon juice, soda water and sugar syrup. The sugar syrup can be replaced with elderflower cordial or any fizzy drink.
3.Iced Coffee
Ice coffee needs no special introduction. If you are the one who looks for booze-free drinks in a bar or pub, go for iced coffee. It is way better than drinking a soda.
4.Virgin (Bloody) Mary Cocktail
Bloody Mary is one of the most popular cocktails in the world. Virgin Mary is a non-alcoholic alternative to Blood Mary. The drink is a combination of tomato juice and Tabasco sauce. The drink is traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
5.Shirley Temple Cocktail
Shirley Temple too is one of the oldest non-alcoholic cocktails. It is made with ginger ale, grenadine, and garnished with a maraschino cherry. A Beverly Hills based bartender invented the cocktail in the 1930s to serve to then popular child actress Shirley Temple.
6.Virgin Mojito
It is the nonalcoholic version of the original Mojito cocktail. As you may already know, the cocktail is made with lime juice, sugar syrup, mint leaves and cracked ice. It is the most refreshing drink you can find in a pub or bar.
7.Nonalcoholic Beer
If you want to taste beer, but don't like consuming alcohol, you should check whether the bartender has some nonalcoholic beers to serve. They are called 'near beers', and taste pretty much like a real beer.
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8.Pink Lemonade
It is yet another refreshing drink, made using lemon juice and cranberry juice. All you need to do is add superfine sugar, water to lemon and cranberry juice, and refrigerate the drink until it's ready to serve. Garnish it with lemon slices.
9.Pimm's-style Iced Tea
You can find iced teas at almost all parts of the world. Don't settle for less! Ask for more varieties in iced tea. Pimm's-style iced tea is one such good variant made with elderflower cordial, fresh cucumber and berries. It is a non-alcoholic drink, and garnished in Pimm's style.
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10.Seedlip
It is the world's first distilled nonalcoholic spirit. It means it tastes very much like an alcoholic drink. Seedlip goes well with tonic water. It also can be a good alternative to gin or vodka in classic cocktails.
11.Orange Juice and Lemonade
A popular cocktail combination in UK, Orange Juice and Lemonade tastes as good as it sounds. Orange juice, Fever-Tree (brand) lemonade, sugar, grated lemon peel, grated orange peel and some water are used to make this lemonade.
12.Ginger Beer and Cranberry Juice
This is yet another crazy citrus combination. Ginger beer, fresh cranberry juice, mint leaves, lime and sugar are used to make this highly unique cocktail. This is a highly refreshing drink. It is popular in UK, but any bartender can make the cocktail, provided he has all the needed ingredients like ginger beer.
13.Virgin Toddy
This is the nonalcoholic version of the popular alcoholic drink Hot Toddy. This is the simplest of all the cocktails. You can even make it easily at home in a matter of minutes. Virgin Toddy is made with hot water, tea, lemon, honey and cinnamon stick. It is served hot. Though many bartenders around the world don't know this drink, they should still make it because the drink doesn't require any special ingredients.
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14.Soda and Bitters
Cocktail bitters can be found everywhere. A few drops of Angostura bitters added to soda water makes it a wonderfully refreshing drink. Although cocktail bitters are alcoholic, a few drops of them are too weak to cause typical alcohol effects on the body or brain.
15.Virgin Flip
Flip is a popular cocktail made with pineapple juice, apple juice, maple syrup, lemon and a whole raw egg. Most people don't know about this colonial era cocktail. If you are adventurous enough, ask your bartender to make you a flip (with or without alcohol based on your preference).
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