Dry January — the voluntary pledge to go without booze for 31 days — is as popular as ever. Especially with so many nonalcoholic beverages that have hit stores over the past 12 months, it’s becoming a lifestyle year-round for many. For others: In lieu of being 100 percent dry, some might opt for a Damp January or a Dry-ish Jan.
To help you sip through an alcohol-free (or less boozy month), Hilary Sheinbaum, author of The Dry Challenge: How to Lose the Booze for Dry January, Sober October, and Any Other Alcohol-Free Month, shares 10 delicious nonalcoholic cocktail recipes to try in 2024. (You can find select products locally throughout the Hamptons and try these N.A. cocktails at home).
Nogroni
Ingredients
• 1 oz The Spirit Of Gin
• 1 oz The Spirit Of Milano
• 1 oz The Spirit Of Vermouth Rosso
Method
1. Pour ingredients over 1 large ice cube in a rocks glass
2. Stir and garnish with a twist of orange
*Pro tip, make sure your Free Spirits are chilled before use
The Dream Mocktail
Ingredients
• 4 oz Giesen 0% Sauvignon Blanc
• 1 Tbsp apricot preserves
• .25 oz Orange Blossom Water
Garnish: Fresh Lemon Peel
Method
1. Add preserves, orange blossom water, and Giesen 0% Sauvignon Blanc wine to a cocktail shaker
2. Add ice
3. Shake, shake, shake
4. Strain into a chilled wine glass and garnish with a lemon peel
Mio Fresca
Ingredients
• 3 oz Mionetto Alcohol-Removed Sparkling Wine
• 1 oz Lemon juice
• 1 oz Agave syrup
• Fresh strawberries
Garnish: Strawberry Slice and Lemon Wheel
Method
1. Muddle strawberries in a cocktail shaker
2. Fill ¾ with ice
3. Add lemon juice and agave syrup to a cocktail shaker
4. Shake vigorously
5. Strain into a white wine glass over ice
6. Top with Mionetto Alcohol-Removed Sparkling Wine
7. Garnish with strawberry slice and lemon wheel
Curious Espresso 86
Ingredients (makes two servings)
• 3 oz Curious No. 8 (Black + Blue Amaro)
• 2 oz Curious No. 6 (Coconut Painkiller)
• 4 oz Cold brew coffee
• 2 bar spoons Blue agave syrup (or more to taste)
Garnish: Mint leaf
Method
1. Add ice and ingredients to a cocktail shaker
2. Shake vigorously for at least 10 seconds
3. Strain and serve in a coupe glass with mint leaf garnish
Freixenet Sparkling Spice
Ingredients
• Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Sparkling Rosé
• Seedlip 94
• Dried Blood Orange
• Garnish: dried citrus wheel
Method
1. In a rocks glass with ice, pour 2 oz of Seedlip Spice 94
2. Top with Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Rose
Garnish: dry citrus wheel
FLUÈRE Paloma
Ingredients
• 1.5 oz FLUÈRE Smoked Agave
• 0.5 oz Lime Juice
• Splash of Grapefruit Soda (on top)
Garnish: Grapefruit zest
Method
1. Build all ingredients in a glass over ice
2. Lightly stir
Breakfast Martini
Ingredients
• 2 oz Damrak Virgin
• 0.5 oz Lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp Orange jam
Garnish: Orange zest
Method
1. Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake with ice
2. Strain into a coupe glass
Zero-Proof Passion Fruit Margarita
(featuring the Twisted Alchemy Zero-Proof Margarita Kit)
Ingredients
• 1 oz Twisted Alchemy Three Citrus Margarita
• 0.5 oz Twisted Alchemy Passion Fruit Juice
• 1.5 oz Aplos CALME
• 0.5 Tbsp Agave Nectar
Garnish: Slice of lime
Method
1. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin
2. Add ice and shake well
3. Strain into glass over ice
4. Garnish with a slice of lime
Cherry Lime Delight
Ingredients
• 2 oz tart cherry juice
• .5 oz lime (juice of)
• .5 can of OLIPOP Cherry Vanilla soda
Garnish: Dehydrated lime or lime wheel
Method
1. Add tart cherry juice, lime juice and OLIPOP Cherry Vanilla Soda.
2. Mix well
3. Add crushed ice to the glass
4. Stir gently to combine the ingredients
5. Garnish with dehydrated lime or lime wheel
Sparkling Lemon Lime Shirley Temple
Ingredients
• 1 cup CELSIUS® Sparkling Lemon Lime
• 2 tsp Grenadine
• 1 Maraschino cherry
Method
1. Fill one glass with ice, about halfway
2. Add CELSIUS® Sparkling Lemon Lime to the glass
3. Top off with grenadine
4. Stir to combine for balanced cherry flavor
5. Add maraschino cherry for garnish