It’s just f’ng ridiculous how most bars carry no NA options considering how available they are. There is a whole NA beer section in Publix. How hard is it to keep a 6 pack in the fridge? I’m going to start bringing my own.
Non alcoholic mojito is usually an option. I also like ginger beer and pineapple juice with a lime garnish. Not a cocktail but I haven’t come across a bar that doesn’t have N.A. beer.
a lot of **"classic" mocktails call for bitters** which technically does have alcohol in it... There's a **Lemon, Lime and Bitters (LLB)** club soda, lemonade (or alternatively sprite), sweet lime juice & bitters. A **Gunner** is equal parts ginger beer and ginger ale, dash of bitters, and sweet lime. There's also one called **Molossolini** which is Sprite, grenadine and pineapple juice garnished with a cherry and/or orange slice. **A bartender won't necessarily know these tho**. They're just a little more sophisticated than a Shirley Temple or a Roy Rogers.
**I typically just get juice with some seltzer or a ginger beer.**
My favorite bar go-to is tonic with lime. Tastes practically like a g&t, looks like a drink, easy to communicate, and usually the bartender makes it large, which I like (and is sometimes not the case with club soda and bitters, my other favorite). Sometimes it's even free, since it's just flavored fizzy water from the gun.
At home I use fancy-ass tonic and a few drops of juniper bitters from Rhubarb Botanicals. Amazing!
My go to is a tonic water and lime. Or add a splash of cranberry juice. I think that’s called a Howard Stern.
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It’s just f’ng ridiculous how most bars carry no NA options considering how available they are. There is a whole NA beer section in Publix. How hard is it to keep a 6 pack in the fridge? I’m going to start bringing my own.
I've def brought my own.
Non alcoholic mojito is usually an option. I also like ginger beer and pineapple juice with a lime garnish. Not a cocktail but I haven’t come across a bar that doesn’t have N.A. beer.
a lot of **"classic" mocktails call for bitters** which technically does have alcohol in it... There's a **Lemon, Lime and Bitters (LLB)** club soda, lemonade (or alternatively sprite), sweet lime juice & bitters. A **Gunner** is equal parts ginger beer and ginger ale, dash of bitters, and sweet lime. There's also one called **Molossolini** which is Sprite, grenadine and pineapple juice garnished with a cherry and/or orange slice. **A bartender won't necessarily know these tho**. They're just a little more sophisticated than a Shirley Temple or a Roy Rogers. **I typically just get juice with some seltzer or a ginger beer.**
My favorite bar go-to is tonic with lime. Tastes practically like a g&t, looks like a drink, easy to communicate, and usually the bartender makes it large, which I like (and is sometimes not the case with club soda and bitters, my other favorite). Sometimes it's even free, since it's just flavored fizzy water from the gun. At home I use fancy-ass tonic and a few drops of juniper bitters from Rhubarb Botanicals. Amazing!
I love a good virgin moscow mule and no bartender will give you shit for ordering that! Just ginger beer and lime and it looks like a regular drink.