8 non-alcoholic cocktails, perfected
“Perhaps a common misconception about non-alcoholic beverages, also known as mocktails, is that they are inherently boring, lacking the flavor complexities found in cocktails. Or, they are too juvenile, limited to sugary sodas, fruit juices and syrups. But that’s far from the truth. Salon Food recently spoke with Anthony Caporale, Director of Spirits Education at the Institute of Culinary Education, who shared his favorite ways to turn popular cocktails into elevated mocktails.
“’If you want to master how to remove something from a drink, master how to use it first,’ Caporale says. ‘You’ve got to understand cocktail chemistry before you can successfully remove the alcohol and make mocktails.’”