8 Holiday Mocktails Every Host Should Know

The Recipe:

• 2 ounces Seedlip Grove 42, Non-Alcoholic Spirit

• 1 ounce white cranberry juice

• ½ ounce lime juice

• ½ ounce simple syrup

• Sugar-coated cranberries (optional)

• Rosemary sprig

Place a martini glass in the freezer. In a shaker with ice, add Seedlip Grove 42, white cranberry juice, lime juice and simple syrup. Shake well. Remove glass from freezer. Strain mixture into chilled glass. Garnish with a skewer of sugar-coated cranberries and a rosemary sprig.

Alcoholic Version:

Replace the 2 ounces of Seedlip Grove 42 with 2 ounces of Ketel One Vodka. Prepare in the same method as above.

The Recipe:

• 1 slice fresh ginger

• 1 teaspoon white sugar

• ½ pinch cinnamon

• 2 ounces freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

• 2 ½ ounces Fre Sparkling Brut, Alcohol Removed Wine

Muddle ginger, sugar and cinnamon in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add grapefruit juice, fill with ice, and shake well. Strain into a Champagne flute and top with Fre Brut.

Alcoholic Version:

Replace the 2 ½ ounces of Fre Brut with 2 ½ ounces of Haton Champagne Brut Classic Champagne. Prepare in the same method as above.

The Recipe:

• Salt

• 1 ½ ounces Ritual Zero Proof Tequila Alternative

• ½ ounce agave syrup

• ½ ounce non-alcoholic triple sec

• 1 ounce lime juice

• ¾ ounce fresh cranberry juice

• Fresh cranberries

Rim a glass with salt and set aside. Add tequila alternative, agave syrup, non-alcoholic triple sec syrup, lime juice and cranberry juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into rimmed glass over fresh ice. Garnish with fresh cranberries.

Alcoholic Version:

Replace the 1 ½ ounces of Ritual Zero Proof Tequila Alternative with 1 ½ ounces Mayorazgo Silver Agave Tequila and the ½ ounce of non-alcoholic triple sec with Charles Regnier Triple Sec. Prepare in the same method as above.

The Recipe:

• Honey

• Cinnamon sugar (equal parts cinnamon and sugar)

• 2 ounces apple juice

• 1 ounce lemon juice

• 2 ounces Fre Chardonnay, Alcohol Removed Wine

• Vanilla simple syrup*

• Apple slices

• Cinnamon sticks

Vanilla Simple Syrup

• 1 cup water

• 1 cup sugar

• 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

For vanilla simple syrup: Add water and sugar to a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and add vanilla bean. Let steep for several hours. Strain into a jar or bottle. Will keep, tightly sealed and refrigerated, for up to one month.

For mocktail: Rim a glass with honey and then dip in cinnamon sugar. Set it aside. In a shaker with ice add apple juice, lemon juice, Fre Chardonnay and simple syrup. Shake well. Fill rimmed glass with ice and strain mixture into it. Garnish with apple slices and cinnamon sticks.

Alcoholic Version:

Replace the 2 ounces of Fre Chardonnay with 2 ounces of Perimeter Chardonnay. Prepare in the same method as above.

The Recipe:

• 1 ½ ounces Ritual Zero Proof Gin Alternative

• 1 ounce lime juice

• ¾ ounce cranberry juice

• ½ ounce simple syrup

• Fresh rosemary sprig

In a shaker with ice, add gin alternative, lime juice, cranberry juice and simple syrup. Shake well. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a fresh rosemary sprig.

Alcoholic Version:

Replace the 1 ½ ounces of Ritual Zero Proof Gin Alternative with 1 ½ ounces of Balfour Street Gin. Prepare in the same method as above.

The Recipe:

• 2 ounces Seedlip Garden 108, Non-Alcoholic Spirit

• 1 ounce apple juice

• ½ ounce lemon juice

• ½ ounce maple syrup

• 3 ounces soda water

• Apple slices

In a shaker with ice, add Seedlip NA Garden, apple juice, lemon juice and maple syrup. Shake and strain into a highball glass with fresh ice. Top it off with soda water and garnish with an apple fan.

The Recipe:

• 1 ounce Ritual Zero Proof Whiskey Alternative

• ½ ounce maple syrup

• 3 to 5 dashes of angostura bitters

• Orange peel

• Maraschino cherry

In a mixing glass with ice, add whiskey alternative, syrup and bitters. Mix with a bar spoon until well chilled. Strain over ice. Garnish with orange peel and cherry.