Non Alcoholic Christmas Holiday Margarita
/A summertime non-alcoholic staple, warmed up for Christmas festivities with a Mezcal you won’t believe is zero proof.
Margaritas are not only for summer time. This mouthwatering winter flavoured non-alcoholic margarita will have you in sweet and salty heaven. Monday Mezcal is one of the best non-alcoholic tequila-style spirits available and it elevates this drink to true cocktail status.
What is non-alcoholic mezcal?
The easy way to remember this is that all tequilas are mezcal but not all mezcals are tequilas. Mezcal is kind of the umbrella term for spirits made in mexico from the agave plant. Tequila is just a different style of mezcal. I like mezcal more than tequila (in the non-alcoholic category) because of the smokier flavour.
Margaritas are the most popular drink in the U.S. and thankfully, there are a lot of amazing non-alcoholic tequila and mezcal options that can transform your alcohol-free margarita into something that truly tastes like the real thing.
Non-alcoholic (or zero-proof) tequila and mezcal is made through one of two processes that result in a liquid that replicates the unique, deep flavours of real tequila. Some producers start with full-proof distilled tequila and then remove the alcohol, whereas others may “build it”, as I say, from the ground up by macerating blue agave, liquid smoke, capiscum and other ingredients into a tequila-style beverage.
Ingredients
¼ cup cranberry juice
2 oz Monday Mezcal or Almave Mezcal
1 oz Dhos Orange Sec or Lyre’s Orange Sec (both non-alcoholic; for low-alcohol use real Triple Sec)
½ lime, juiced plus one wedge to rim the glass
dash of salt
⅛ cup club soda
Sugar or salt to rim the glass
Preparation
Run the lime wedge around the rim of your glass, and dip into sugar or salt.
Shake first five ingredients in a cocktail shaker with large ice and strain into a large chilled coupe glass or margarita glass.
Top with club soda.
Garnish with a rosemary sprig.
Cabo Can Wait Non-Alcoholic Margarita
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cranberry juice
- 2 oz Monday Mezcal
- 1 oz Lyre’s Triple Sec
- ½ lime, juiced plus one wedge to rim the glass
- dash of salt
- ⅛ cup club soda
- Sugar or salt to rim the glass
Instructions
- Run the lime wedge around the rim of your glass, and dip into sugar or salt.
- Shake first five ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a large coupe glass or margarita glass.
- Top with club soda.
- Garnish with a rosemary sprig.
