Comments on: Mocktails for the sober and sick http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Day 5: Sober Tuck « 30 Day Healthy Habits Challenge http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-27676 Day 5: Sober Tuck « 30 Day Healthy Habits Challenge Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:08:54 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-27676 [...] In anticipation of the event,  I had looked up a couple of “mocktails” that I could enjoy, so that I wasn’t stuck drowning my sorrows in seltzer with lime all night.  So I grabbed some of the ginger beer from the Moscow Mules and made a Stormy Monday by mixing the ginger beer with soda water, lime, and Angostura bitters.  When I got jealous of the warm rum drinks my friends were imbibing, I tried a Mock Toddy, made with cayenne-dusted lemon, hot water and honey. (These are both drinks featured on the cocktail menu at the Eastern Standard that I discovered via Drink Boston). [...] [...] In anticipation of the event,  I had looked up a couple of “mocktails” that I could enjoy, so that I wasn’t stuck drowning my sorrows in seltzer with lime all night.  So I grabbed some of the ginger beer from the Moscow Mules and made a Stormy Monday by mixing the ginger beer with soda water, lime, and Angostura bitters.  When I got jealous of the warm rum drinks my friends were imbibing, I tried a Mock Toddy, made with cayenne-dusted lemon, hot water and honey. (These are both drinks featured on the cocktail menu at the Eastern Standard that I discovered via Drink Boston). [...]

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-18610 ljclark Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:32:22 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-18610 Not sure I follow you, Jimmy. It's just a cocktail without booze. Not sure I follow you, Jimmy. It’s just a cocktail without booze.

]]> By: Jimmy Osbourne http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-18571 Jimmy Osbourne Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:37:50 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-18571 I didn't understand from the article what is mocktail? Firtst of all I thought that it should be "coctail" not "mocktail" :) I didn’t understand from the article what is mocktail? Firtst of all I thought that it should be “coctail” not “mocktail” :)

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-6606 ljclark Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:33:09 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-6606 Glad to hear it, Gail. The sober need interesting drinks, too. Glad to hear it, Gail. The sober need interesting drinks, too.

]]> By: Gail http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-6602 Gail Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:25:49 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-6602 These sound delis..being clean n sober 26 years..cokes,cranberry juice,soda water gets boring I love the last one! Thanks! These sound delis..being clean n sober 26 years..cokes,cranberry juice,soda water gets boring I love the last one! Thanks!

]]> By: Mike http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Mike Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:05:58 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-1745 Vicodin & Gingie! Now that's entertainment, make mine a double! ;-D -LT Vicodin & Gingie! Now that’s entertainment, make mine a double! ;-D
-LT

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-1705 ljclark Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:17:41 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-1705 A reader named Matt wrote: Just read your mocktail article. Although I am quite a fan of boozy cocktails, I thought it was a great idea. I think alcohol usually makes drinks more complex and interesting because they involve more of your senses (the alcohol vapors as you inhale, the warming of the belly after a few sips) but it's nice to know you don't always need the booze to get a complex, interesting drink. Here is a recipe I got from Gourmet magazine a few years back that I feel that way about... http://www.epicurious.com/drinking/drink_views/views/230812 The combination of pineapple, celery and cilantro make it a very refreshing (and interesting) summertime drink. -Matt A reader named Matt wrote:

Just read your mocktail article. Although I am quite a fan of boozy cocktails, I thought it was a great idea. I think alcohol usually makes drinks more complex and interesting because they involve more of your senses (the alcohol vapors as you inhale, the warming of the belly after a few sips) but it’s nice to know you don’t always need the booze to get a complex, interesting drink. Here is a recipe I got from Gourmet magazine a few years back that I feel that way about…

http://www.epicurious.com/drinking/drink_views/views/230812

The combination of pineapple, celery and cilantro make it a very refreshing (and interesting) summertime drink.

-Matt

]]> By: MC Slim JB http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 MC Slim JB Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:56:56 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-1616 Sorry, that should read, "something you *do not* want to serve to someone on the wagon." I'm too used to temporarily editable comments on Chowhound. Sorry, that should read, “something you *do not* want to serve to someone on the wagon.” I’m too used to temporarily editable comments on Chowhound.

]]> By: MC Slim JB http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 MC Slim JB Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:55:28 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-1615 I think if you're putting 2 oz of Angostura bitters (90 proof) in your soda, what you have is not a mocktail but a highball, not something you do not want to serve to someone on the wagon. One summer quencher I make for designated drivers is seltzer, pomegranate molasses (my preferred substitute for Grenadine), a few gratings of fresh ginger, and the juice and shell of half a lemon over a lot of ice in a tall glass. I suppose I should come up with a name for it. That mock highball was inspired by a drink I created for a summer party last year, The Anastasia: my own fresh-ginger-infused vodka (I generally use Skyy or Smirnoff), pomegranate molasses, and fresh lemon juice, shaken over ice, strained into a chilled cocktail glass, garnished with a lemon twist and a lump of crystallized ginger. I think if you’re putting 2 oz of Angostura bitters (90 proof) in your soda, what you have is not a mocktail but a highball, not something you do not want to serve to someone on the wagon.

One summer quencher I make for designated drivers is seltzer, pomegranate molasses (my preferred substitute for Grenadine), a few gratings of fresh ginger, and the juice and shell of half a lemon over a lot of ice in a tall glass. I suppose I should come up with a name for it.

That mock highball was inspired by a drink I created for a summer party last year, The Anastasia: my own fresh-ginger-infused vodka (I generally use Skyy or Smirnoff), pomegranate molasses, and fresh lemon juice, shaken over ice, strained into a chilled cocktail glass, garnished with a lemon twist and a lump of crystallized ginger.

]]> By: Stephen http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 Stephen Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:37:18 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/04/17/mocktails-for-the-sober-and-sick/#comment-1586 martinelli's sparkling cider.....then use it anywhere you would champagne....more bar should have it so i can order it with gin. martinelli's julep....real serious.... then i can look like i'm behaving but then sneak some gin from my flask into it.... i probably go through a bottle of angostura exclusively devoted to soda water per week....with a two ounce pour you can get nice off of it..... martinelli’s sparkling cider…..then use it anywhere you would champagne….more bar should have it so i can order it with gin.

martinelli’s julep….real serious…. then i can look like i’m behaving but then sneak some gin from my flask into it….

i probably go through a bottle of angostura exclusively devoted to soda water per week….with a two ounce pour you can get nice off of it…..

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