Recipe · Mocktails
A Documented Non-Alcoholic Margarita
One attributed three-ingredient serve, with the salt, ice, tools, and six-glass basket made explicit.
Illustrative still life, not a photograph of the attributed recipe
A margarita-style drink can arrive with a long shopping list before you have chosen a recipe. Ritual Zero Proof publishes a short one: its Agave Spirit Alternative, fresh lime juice, and agave nectar. We use that exact liquid ratio below. It is Ritual’s recipe, not a formula The Dry Glass developed or tasted.
Ingredients
- 2 fl oz (about 59 ml) Ritual Agave Spirit Alternative
- 1 fl oz (about 30 ml) fresh lime juice
- ½ fl oz (about 15 ml) agave nectar
- Ice for shaking
- Salt for a rim and a lime wedge or slice, if using the published garnish
Method
- If you want the salt rim, prepare the glass before mixing.
- Add the three liquids to a shaker with ice.
- Shake, then pour into a cocktail glass as Ritual directs.
- Finish with the lime garnish if desired.
A shaker and a way to measure the three pours are the working tools. A small plate for the optional salt rim and a citrus juicer can help, but neither is a new specialty ingredient. Ritual’s instructions say to pour rather than specify a fine strain or a particular ice-filled serving glass, so we do not quietly rewrite that service as a tested variation.
What six drinks need
Six times the published recipe is 12 fl oz Agave Alternative, 6 fl oz fresh lime juice, and 3 fl oz agave nectar. That is about 355 ml, 177 ml, and 89 ml respectively, before losses. Ritual lists its Agave Alternative as a 750 ml / 25.4 fl oz bottle. At 2 fl oz per drink, it supports 12 complete base pours, rounded down. Six drinks therefore need one such bottle, but not necessarily the full bottle. The source does not specify the number or juice yield of whole limes; buy for the measured juice volume, not a guessed fruit count. Salt, garnish wedges, and ice also need a place on the list.
For a small gathering, this route has one specialty bottle and two grocery liquids. That is the practical advantage we can document. It is not a claim that its flavor beats a two-bottle version.
Before you substitute
Ritual’s page mentions other sweeteners as possibilities, but its measured recipe uses agave nectar. A different base or an orange component makes a different recipe with different alcohol statements and bottle math. Our one-bottle versus two-bottle comparison keeps those paths separate instead of treating them as interchangeable. Check the exact alcohol statement on the product you use; a category name alone does not establish 0.0% ABV.
There is no physical test, taste verdict, or claim that scaling six single drinks proves a large-batch preparation. If you serve a group, keep the recipe’s measured units and make the drinks by its stated method.
- Ritual Zero Proof — How to Make a Virgin Margarita
- Ritual Zero Proof — Agave Spirit Alternative product information
Product information was checked for the US market on September 23, 2026. Check the exact current label before buying; package, availability, and storage instructions can change.