Hilary Sheinbaum, journalist and author of “The Dry Challenge: How to Lose the Booze for Dry January, Sober October, and Any Other Alcohol-Free Month” shares some of her favorite nonalcoholic recipes and wines for a successful (and fun) Dry January.
First, recipes:
Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Sparkling Paloma
Created by Maureen Petrosky, Makes 1 drink
Ingredients
2 oz grapefruit juice
1/2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
3 Tbsp aquafaba (liquid strained from canned chickpeas)
1 oz simple syrup
2/3 cup Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Sparkling White, chilled
Method
In a cocktail shaker, half-filled with ice, combine the grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup and aquafaba. Shake, shake, shake until frothy. Add the Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Sparkling White to the shaker and stir once. Strain the cocktail into your glass. Using a spoon, take the froth that’s left in the shaker and top off the cocktail.
Damrak 0.0 Virgin Snapper
Ingredients
1.5 oz Damrak Virgin
4.5 oz Bloody Mary mix
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Method
Build in a highball glass over cubed ice. Garnish with your best brunch bunch additions (celery, bacon, hot sauce).
Giesen 0% Rosé Compote Spritz
Ingredients
2 oz Giesen 0% Rosé
6 oz Soda water
1 Tbsp Sugar
Seasonal berries or cherries
Method
Muddle strawberries and sugar together in a shaker. Pour Giesen 0% Rosé into the shaker and mix with ice until chilled. Pour into glass & top with soda. Garnish with cherries or berries.
The Free Spirits Company Cozy Season Sour
Ingredients
2.5 oz The Spirit of Bourbon
2 Tbsp Persimmon Purée (peel 1 super ripe Persimmon and mash up with a muddler)
1⁄2 oz Warm Spice syrup*
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Cara Cara orange slice
Mint
Method
Add all ingredients to an iced cocktail shaker and shake briefly. Pour out the cocktail into a rocks glass. Garnish with a Cara Cara orange slice and mint
*For Warm Spice Syrup: In a saucepan add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water and 1 Tbsp pumpkin spice mix. Heat until the sugar has dissolved. Allow to cool before use.
Next, Wines:
Starla Wines Red Blend
When it comes to low cal, low carb and low sugar wines that taste great, Starla Wines knows how to do it. Starla Wines Red Blend is a blend of Ruby Cabernet and Barbera grapes. Have a glass, or the whole bottle, without any bit of a hangover. Cheers to that! It’s also infused with French lavender and fig. Fancy!
Better Rhodes Better Whites Collection
If you’re looking to have a white wine tasting with friends, enjoy a few glasses at dinner throughout the month, or simply want to try a variety of nonalcoholic white wines on your own whenever (because you won’t get tipsy!), Better Rhodes Better Whites collection features six 750ml bottles from a variety of grapes. You can purchase once or sign up for a subscription and keep the vino flowing throughout Dry January and the months that follow!