Mocktails - nice tasting alcohol free cocktails

blu3cat
blu3cat Posts: 1,016
edited May 2009 in The bottom bracket
Dear fellow Bike Radarites,

I have a bit of an issue.

I am going to be a father (fingers crossed) in about 4 months. Now the missus and I like a cocktail (and who doesn't), only problem is all of the alcohol free ones are a bit sh*t, and would be instantly made better with the inclusion of VODKA.

So any good recipe ideas for alcohol free cocktails?

The following ingredients are absolutely off limits as they taste gak.
Coconut
Pineapple
Mango

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would not feel guitly about quaffing a big manly cocktail :roll: if she has a decent tasting alcohol free one. (and yes you do have to have fruit, a cocktail stirrer and assorted other accessories otherwise it just doesn't count). :)
"Bed is for sleepy people.
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

FCN = 3 - 5
Colnago World Cup 2

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  • mmitchell88
    mmitchell88 Posts: 340
    blu3cat wrote:
    Dear fellow Bike Radarites,

    I have a bit of an issue.

    I am going to be a father (fingers crossed) in about 4 months. Now the missus and I like a cocktail (and who doesn't), only problem is all of the alcohol free ones are a bit sh*t, and would be instantly made better with the inclusion of VODKA.

    So any good recipe ideas for alcohol free cocktails?

    The following ingredients are absolutely off limits as they taste gak.
    Coconut
    Pineapple
    Mango

    Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would not feel guitly about quaffing a big manly cocktail :roll: if she has a decent tasting alcohol free one. (and yes you do have to have fruit, a cocktail stirrer and assorted other accessories otherwise it just doesn't count). :)

    4 months to go and you're worrying about all this now?? You do realise you're going to get plates and sh!t thrown at you when your wife has had no sleep after you suggest 'going for a little ride'. Drink now, man. DRINK! AS MUCH AS YOU CAN STOMACH.

    I'm really not joking.

    EDIT: Congratulations by the way!
    Making a cup of coffee is like making love to a beautiful woman. It's got to be hot. You've got to take your time. You've got to stir... gently and firmly. You've got to grind your beans until they squeak.
    And then you put in the milk.
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    4 months to go and you're worrying about all this now?? You do realise you're going to get plates and sh!t thrown at you when your wife has had no sleep after you suggest 'going for a little ride'. Drink now, man. DRINK! AS MUCH AS YOU CAN STOMACH

    I know, I just want to feel less guilty about getting plastered, and include the missus on the way.

    Oh and she's a terrible thrower :D
    "Bed is for sleepy people.
    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

    FCN = 3 - 5
    Colnago World Cup 2
  • LittleB0b
    LittleB0b Posts: 416
    You can make some quite nice stuff with lychee syrup* lime and mint. Elderflower coridal is also quite nice - and gingerbeer makes a good mixer.



    *buy a tin of lychees in syrup - and use the lychees for something else
    blog: bellevedere
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Virgin Mary?
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    passout wrote:
    Virgin Mary?

    like I said I'm gonna be a father.... :roll:

    sorry about that one :lol:
    "Bed is for sleepy people.
    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

    FCN = 3 - 5
    Colnago World Cup 2
  • toontra
    toontra Posts: 1,160
    Angostura bitters make mocktails taste a little more "adult". It's actually very nice just with lemonade.

    a serious case of small cogs
  • rjh299
    rjh299 Posts: 721
    Virgin Mule, definetly worth a try- not entirely sure whats in it but has mint leaves and ginger beer in. I prefer non-alcoholic version, not much of a drinker i guess.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    4 months? Ive got 3 kids, 5,9 and 10 years old, drink like a fish. Drink 'til you get thirsty again. Drink like Father Jack.

    Congrats by the way.

    Why dont you make an alchoholic one for you and a mocktail for the mrs? You could even try and not tell her what you are doing and put your future drunken antics down to "High Jinks"?

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