Alcohol-free cocktails or also called mocktails. You've probably heard of them or even ordered one. Especially with tournée minérale, an awareness campaign that recurs every year in which the Foundation Against Cancer and The Drug Line call to not drink alcohol during the entire month of February. Then the mocktail is the ideal solution to still enjoy a delicious drink, without always having to drink water.
Coming up with a mocktail: that's simple, right?
It is becoming a real trend and bartenders are getting more and more creative in preparing these drinks. But you may not realize that it is often more difficult for a bartender to create a drink without alcohol than with alcohol.
Why is it that it's harder to come up with a drink without alcohol than one with? First off, you only have a limited number of ingredients you can work with. Fortunately, that is quietly starting to change, as more and more non-alcoholic spirits are coming on the market. Gin, rum, tequila, ... can often be found today in their alcohol-free version as well. The makers try to preserve the identity of the spirits and mimic it with alcohol-free products.
Although this process is still in its early stages, it is interesting to see how fast the development of these alcohol-free spirits is going. We are going to welcome many more interesting products to the market. Also at Craftails we offer some mocktails: the mocktail Ambrosia has a sweet touch, while Ipanema is a mocktail with a touch more spice.
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