January tends to be a popular month for people to make changes for a healthier lifestyle, be it joining a gym, starting a new diet, or cutting back on alcohol. To cater to this trend, many catering companies, restaurants, and brands offer cocktails with healthy ingredients and less calories, as well as nonalcoholic mocktails. Most importantly, these alternative drinks don’t sacrifice flavor. Here’s a look at some guilt-free cocktail and mocktail ideas from Beauty & Essex, Patrón, Abigail Kirsch, and more.
Tequila brand Patrón has two reduced-guilt cocktail ideas for January. The first is a cucumber-coconut margarita, made with Patrón Silver, coconut water, lime juice, simple syrup, and slices of cucumber.
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New York-based catering company Abigail Kirsch offers three fruity mocktails for events. The first is the pom fizz mocktail, which has pomegranate, orange, and lemon juices mixed with sparkling cider.
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Abigail Kirsch’s peach rosemary mocktail includes peach puree, rosemary infusion, and sparkling soda.
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Abigail Kirsch’s also offers an alcohol-free mango mule with mango and passion fruit puree, honey syrup, lime juice, and ginger beer.
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Bar Mercado, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Atlanta, serves the Tomato King. The drink has fresh-squeezed watermelon, basil-infused agave, muddled cherry tomatoes, and fresh lemon juice, topped with club soda and a half tomato sprinkled with smoked sea salt.
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Civana, a wellness resort located just outside of Scottsdale, serves the Citrine. The cocktail features whiskey, simple syrup, 20 mint leaves, fresh carrot juice, and ginger beer.
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Atlanta-based Oak Steakhouse serves the From Nowhere. The alcohol-free drink includes lemon juice, Fee Brothers rhubarb bitters, soda, and basil.
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The Conservatory at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, located south of San Francisco, serves a mocktail called the Juniper Tree. The drink has elderflower tonic, juniper berry syrup, and lime.
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Sushi restaurant O-Ku in Atlanta serves the White Dragon mocktail, made with lychee, mint, and sparkling green tea.
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The New York and Las Vegas outposts of American restaurant Beauty & Essex serve specialty mocktails. The Platinum Peacock is made with two slices of cucumber, mint leaves, apple puree, pineapple juice, lime juice, and mint simple syrup.
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Beauty & Essex’s also serves a mint lemonade mocktail, made with lemon simple syrup, lemon juice, six to eight shredded mint leaves (not strained), and club soda.
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Beauty & Essex’s third mocktail, the garnet gimlet, includes white cranberry juice, strawberry puree, lemon simple syrup, lime juice, three shredded basil leaves, and a splash of ginger ale.
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Donetto, an Italian restaurant in Atlanta, serves a rosemary limonata, which has water, lemon juice, simple sugar, lavender bitters, and rosemary.
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Patrón’s second cocktail is the Detox Tonic: Patrón Silver, Fever Tree citrus tonic water, 10 mint leaves, a cucumber slice, and a cucumber ribbon and mint spring for garnish.
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Spanish eatery the Iberian Pig in Atlanta serves a dark green drink called the Dreamsters. It has cacao-infused almond milk, cinnamon matcha syrup, and tapioca pearls.
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