6 Mocktails For Dry January
Presented by
Perrier
Just because you decided to do Dry January this year doesn’t mean you’re sentenced to a month of water, tea, and too many sodas. Thanks to Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water, you can make January the month of the mocktail. Below you’ll find recipes for 0.0 ABV drinks featuring Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water’s iconic bursting bubbles, created by bars in LA, NYC, Chicago, and Miami. Make them at home yourself, or if you’re in those cities, order a kit and support a local business.
For more, check out their Instagram for a month-long Dry January series featuring original mocktail recipes from expert mixologists, and join the conversation using #SparkOriginality.
Miss Collins
photo credit: Emily Schindler
Recipe by Broken Shaker, Miami
Ingredients:
2 oz Perrier® Cucumber Lime Carbonated Mineral Water
2 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz watermelon juice
Fresh mint leaves
Cucumber slice
Crushed ice
Collins glass
Combine all ingredients except for Perrier® Cucumber Lime Carbonated Mineral Water in a Collins glass over ice. Activate mint leaves by clapping them between your hands, add to glass, then top with Perrier® Cucumber Lime Carbonated Mineral Water. Garnish with cucumber slice and mint sprig.
Gua-Ivy Gimlet
photo credit: Emily Schindler
Recipe by The Ivy, Los Angeles
Ingredients:
½ pink guava
5 mint leaves
1 oz lime juice
.75 simple syrup
Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water
Sugar
Crushed ice
Wine glass
Rim the glass with sugar, then muddle guava and mint in the glass with simple syrup. Add fresh lime juice and ice and top with Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water. Gently stir to combine. Garnish with mint leaves and two guava slices.
Magicians Potion
photo credit: Emily Schindler
Recipe by Black Rabbit Rose, Los Angeles
Order to-go kit here. The kit includes a bespoke magic trick conducted on Zoom and magical cards to foreshadow your coming year.
Ingredients:
1 oz turmeric-meyer lemon shrub
Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water
Blueberry tincture
Star anise
Lemon wedge
Ice cubes
Highball
Fill a highball with ice, add 1 oz turmeric-meyer shrub and star anise to the glass and top with Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water. Spray top of drink with blueberry tincture and garnish with a lemon wedge.
Lemon Drop Faux-Tini
photo credit: Emily Schindler
Recipe by Joy District, Chicago
Ingredients:
4 oz Perrier® Lemon Carbonated Mineral Water
3/4 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
Lemon wedge
Sugar
Martini glass
Run lemon wedge around edge of martini glass and quickly turn through sugar. Combine 4 oz Perrier® Lemon Carbonated Mineral Water, 3/4 oz simple syrup, 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice, and ice in a mixing glass and stir gently to combine without disturbing the bubbles. Gently strain the mixture into the coated martini glass and garnish with a sugared lemon wedge.
The TRB Temple
photo credit: Emily Schindler
Recipe by Tokyo Record Bar, NYC
Get your mocktail kit with the purchase of a Tokyo Record Bar Bento Box ($32) which includes a Hamachi sushi roll, braised daikon, kimchi, and glazed short rib over sushi rice with miso butter, and Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water original slim can.
Ingredients:
0.75 oz yuzu juice
1.5 oz of pomegranate cherry syrup (see below)
4 oz Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water
Rosemary sprig
Crushed ice
Collins glass
For the Pomegranate Cherry Syrup:
2 cups sugar
2 cups pomegranate juice
2 cups black cherry juice
1.5 oz rosewater
50 turns freshly cracked black pepper
For the pomegranate cherry syrup add two cups of sugar, two cups of pomegranate juice, and two cups of black cherry juice to a pot and bring to a boil. Add about fifty turns of fresh black pepper from a peppermill set to fine grind setting. Bring the pot to a simmer and let the mixture reduce for 40 mins. Let the syrup cool to room temperature. Once cool, mix in 1.5 oz of rosewater.
Fill a collins glass with ice and add .75 oz yuzu juice, 1.5 oz pomegranate cherry syrup, and 4 oz Perrier® Carbonated Mineral Water. Stir and garnish with rosemary sprig.
She Said Yes
photo credit: Emily Schindler
Mocktail from Sweet Liberty, Miami
A refreshing cocktail made with pressed grapefruit, cucumber, and lemon combined with hibiscus syrup and Perrier® Cucumber Lime Carbonated Mineral Water.