We asked owner of The Bitter Bottle Kaleena Goldsworthy-Warnock to share some of her favorite mocktail recipes.
Here’s what she said:
🍸Easy: Kombucha Margarita
Ingredients needed:
○ Kombucha of choice (my favorite this time of year is the lemon ginger or gingerade)
○ Agave
○ Lime
○ Salt (optional)
In a shaking tin, add:
○ 0.25 oz. Lime Juice
○ 0.5 oz. Agave nectar
○ Shake well and strain over ice into a salt-rimmed glass (salt optional). Top with kombucha and give a quick stir, then garnish with a lime wedge.
🍸Intermediate (prep intensive): Plum and Ginger Shrub-tail
For this, you need to make a shrub (can take up to 1 week). Ingredients needed:
○ 2 plums
○ 1 thumb of ginger
○ 1 cup apple cider vinegar
○ 1/2 cup honey
Directions:
○ Chop the plums and ginger up coarsely and add to a mason jar.
○ Cover the plums and ginger with honey and stir well (allow to sit for ~30 min.)
○ After 30 minutes, stir again and add 1 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
○ Seal the mason jar and shake daily until no more honey is visible at the bottom of the jar (2 - 3 days at the earliest). The longer you let this sit, the more flavor you will have!
○ When you’re satisfied with the flavors, strain out the botanical matter and bottle the liquid. (Refrigeration not necessary, but encouraged).
For the shrubtail:
○ Add 0.75 oz. Shrub to a glass full of ice (rocks glass)
○ Top with sparkling water (flavored is welcome!)
○ Garnish with citrus of choice (optional)
(ProTip: If it’s too tart, add a small amount of honey to sweeten.)
🍸Bitters and Soda
Yes, bitters are alcohol-based, but when you only add 2 - 4 dashes to a 5-8oz. glass of soda water, the drink doesn’t carry an alcohol content.
Find a bitters flavor you enjoy and spice up your soda!
