Mocktails
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Pick a drink you actually want to make. We show the published recipe, the full shopping list, and what the source can—and cannot—tell you.
One drink, fully accounted for
Non-Alcoholic Gin and Tonic Recipe
The published 2:4 ratio, metric equivalents, and bottle yield.
A Non-Alcoholic Whiskey Sour
A published serve, clear optional elements, and the shopping math behind the bottle.
A Citrus Mint Highball Starts With the List
A fresh-looking drink becomes manageable once the base and garnish are separate.
Build the Highball Before You Buy a Shaker
Buy the tool that the documented method actually requires.
Non-Alcoholic Ghia Spritz Recipe
Ghia’s published glass, then the base, bubbles, and eight-drink basket.
Non-Alcoholic Margarita Recipe With Ritual
A three-liquid published recipe with its complete six-glass plan.
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Practical decisions, documented one at a time
A Ginger-Lime Highball Without a Spirit Alternative
A source-led ginger highball without a spirit alternative, with its unmeasured topper left honest.
A Simple Non-Alcoholic Paloma
One measured grapefruit-soda route, its full basket and a clear boundary around substitutions.
A Non-Alcoholic Old Fashioned and What the Recipe Requires
The short drink has a complete basket, and the bitters bottle deserves its own label check.
A Lime and Mint Lemonade Without a Spirit Bottle
A complete published method with no spirit alternative, and an honest gap where the lemonade pour remains unmeasured.
An Apple-Cranberry Sparkler With a Complete Mixer Count
One glass calls for two sparkling mixers. Count both before planning six.
A Snow-Globe Mocktail Without Guessing the Top-Up
Two frozen glasses and 4 fl oz of juice are specified. The seltzer top-up is not.
Two Seedlip Martinis With Different Shopping Lists
Two Martinis from one producer ask for different measures, tools and grocery lists.
A French 75 Needs a Sparkling-Wine Plan
One French 75 measures its sparkling topper; another leaves that pour open.
A Peach Bellini Has Two Quantities to Plan
A bottle's nutrition servings are not the same as the glasses in a Bellini recipe.
A Hot Toddy Needs One Recipe, Not Two Measurements
Two Ritual pages give different hot-toddy measures; choose one documented route.
A Cosmopolitan Can Be a One-Bottle or Two-Bottle Plan
Two producers' Cosmopolitans demand different bottles and cannot be blended into one recipe.
Two Non-Alcoholic Piña Coladas Need Different Groceries
Two published Piña Coladas use different coconut ingredients and equipment.
A Non-Alcoholic Daiquiri Has Two Different Measures
Two attributed Daiquiris begin with different pours; the shopping math follows each source.
A Non-Alcoholic Mai Tai Needs More Than a Rum Alternative
The rum alternative is only one part of Ritual's full Mai Tai basket.
The Classic and Tommy's Margaritas Are Two Shopping Lists
Classic and Tommy's Margaritas may share a name, but not a shopping list.
Four Raspberry-Mint Sparklers From One Cider Bottle
A published six-ounce cider pour turns one 25.4-ounce bottle into four planned raspberry-mint glasses.
Ranch Water Is Mostly a Sparkling-Water Purchase
Ritual's Ranch Water specifies more sparkling water than specialty base, approximately.
The Citrus Fizz Starts With a Cordial, Not a Spoonful of Marmalade
The marmalade must first become a strained cordial; the finished-glass yield stays unknown.