Summer libations are sorted with these 6 non-alcoholic cocktails: Italian Highball, Classic G & T, Gin Gin Mule, Pina Colada, Blackberry Smash, and Coffee Highball.
These six delicious non-alcoholic cocktails taste closest to the real thing, perfect for lazy afternoons. From an effervescent Italian Highball to a Classic G & T, a Gin Gin Mule which tastes like a mojito, an old-school Pina Colada, a fruity bourbon Blackberry Smash and a pick-me-up Coffee Highball there’s something for everyone.
Non-Alcoholic Italian Highball
The Italian Highball is an effervescence sensation. Combining the bubbles of tonic and soda to bring to life the Lyre’s Italian Spritz as a tastier and healthier version of a spritz.
Ingredients
60 ml Lyre’s Italian Spritz
60 ml premium bottled mediterranean tonic water
30 ml soda water
Directions
Add all ingredients in a glass. Stir, fill with fresh cubed ice.
Serve in a highball, large or stemless wine glass and garnish with an orange slice.
Non-Alcoholic Classic G & T
There’s nothing quite like a spring or summer afternoon enjoying a G & T with friends. Try this non-alcoholic classic with a twist.
Ingredients
45 ml Lyre’s London Dry Spirit
120 ml premium bottled tonic water
1 pink grapefruit slice
Directions
Add ingredients in highball glass, stir, fill with ice and garnish with a rosemary sprig and grapefruit slice.
Non-Alcoholic Gin Gin Mule
Take a mule and mojito with a good slug of Lyre’s Dry London Spirit and you’ll end up with the Gin Gin Mule. This modern classic was created in NYC’s Pegu Club and it’s a snappy, delicious highball so refreshing it’s truly memorable.
Ingredients
Directions
Add ingredients to a highball glass, fill with ice, stir. Garnish with a plump mint sprig and lime wedge.
Non-Alcoholic Pina Colada
Some say this iconic, tropical cocktail is making a comeback, maybe it never went away. White Cane spirit, coconut water, pineapple and a splash of sugar syrup. All these ingredients are sure to make your afternoons feel like Club Tropicana, so you can enjoy the sunshine.
Ingredients
75 ml Lyre’s White Cane Spirit
75 ml fresh young coconut water
20 ml white sugar syrup (1:1)
6 fresh inch pineapple chunks
Directions
Muddle or press the pineapple chunks in a shaker. Add the remaining ingredients, ice and shake hard.
Strain into a highball glass, fill with fresh cubed ice.
Garnish with a plump mint sprig and pineapple wedge.
Non-Alcoholic Blackberry Smash
Bourbon is usually reserved as a winter drink but the Lyre’s Blackberry Smash is one seriously fresh cocktail. This drink is riff on a Julep, and it’s loaded with fresh blackberries, fragrant mint, spicy ginger and American Malt. If you’re a whiskey lover this one’s for you.
Ingredients
2 Parts (60 ml) Lyre’s American Malt
½ Part (15 ml) white sugar syrup (1:1)
½ Part (15 ml) lime juice
4 blackberries
8 mint leaves
Directions
Muddle blackberries and mint with sugar syrup in a shaker. Add all ingredients and shake with ice.
Strain into an old-fashioned glass over fresh ice and garnish with plump mint sprig and blackberry on a skewer.
Non-Alcoholic Coffee Highball
Coffee and tonic. Who knew? Well, it’s a thing and it’s delicious. If you want an afternoon pick me up, this is a perfect cocktail. Think Espresso Martini highball, but lighter and fresher.
Ingredients
2 Parts (60 ml) Lyre’s Coffee Originale
4 Parts (120 ml) premium bottled tonic water
Directions
Add ingredients in a highball glass, fill with ice, stir and garnish with a lemon wheel.