Recipe of the day: 6 mocktails to survive the rest of Dry January

We are already halfway through January and if one of your goals for this month was to drink no alcohol during the month, well, you’re almost there in achieving your Dry January resolution. 

Studies have shown having a Dry January has its benefits such as weight loss and a decrease in blood pressure. 

Making mocktails can be a difficult task for some, especially if you are used to Martini, Cosmopolitans, gin and tonics. 

If your Dry January has consisted just of water, cold or hot beverages and you are looking for some mocktails to make, these will remind you of the classics. 

ALSO READ: How to beat FOMA (fear of missing alcohol) and embrace Dry January

The mocktail recipes below aren’t overly sweet and are perfectly balanced.

Dry January mocktails recipes

Lyre’s Penicillin

Ingredients 

• 60ml Lyre’s American Malt
• 15ml honey and ginger syrup
• 15ml lemon juice
• 30ml strong smoky tea

Method

Shake briefly with ice, strain over large ice cubes and serve in an old-fashioned glass.

Mocktail Mojito

Ingredients

• 75ml Lyre’s White Cane Spirit
• 30ml lime juice
• 15ml white sugar syrup 
• 8-10 mint leaves
• 30ml soda water

Method

Add all ingredients into the glass, fill with fresh ice cubes, stir, add soda and garnish.

Amalfi Spritz

Ingredients

• 60ml Lyre’s Italian Spritz
• 30ml premium bottle soda water

Method

Add all ingredients to a glass, stir, and fill with fresh cubed ice. Serve in a large or stemless wine glass.

These recipes are courtesy of Lyres.co.za

Espresso Martini

Ingredients

• 50ml Seedlip Spice
• 50ml Espresso
• 15ml Sugar Syrup

Glass and Garnish

• Coupe glass
• Garnish with three coffee beans

Method

Shake all the ingredients and double strain. Then garnish. 

Cosmopolitan 

Ingredients

• 50ml Seedlip Groove
• 30ml  Cranberry Juice
• 15ml Lime juice
• 10ml Sugar syrup

Method

Shake the ingredients three times, fine strain into the glass. Garnish with an orange disc.

Cape Citrus and Tonic

Ingredients

• 50ml Abstinence Cape Citrus
• Top with Fever-Tree Indian Tonic

Glass and Garnish

• Gin Goblet
• Garnish with a grapefruit slice and fresh rosemary.

Method

Build ingredients over ice.

These recipes are courtesy of Abstinence and Seedlip.