Non-Alcoholic Mixed Drinks aka Virgin Drinks/Mocktails

[Ματθιας]

For a number of reasons, I don't drink. (I'll be honest, I say and do things that are socially unacceptable or so I've been told.) So, no alcohol for me.

Anyway, say what you will about me, but I like a Roy Rogers. I was introduced to that drink as kid when my dad took us out to eat at what, in my 10 year old mind, was a high class restaurant in ABQ, The Big Valley Ranch Company, on payday or on special occasions - like a birthday.

As an adult I sometimes have a Roy Rogers to relive good childhood memories. I get funny looks from bartenders when I ask for one!

Do you all have any recommendation for "mocktails" that I can try?

 

[Marshwheeling]

The Virgin Mary is a classic. I don’t drink one often, but when I do, I have it without gin. You may prefer yours without vodka, as many people do.

 

[BigBoy99]

I don't drink any alcohol either. To me it is the most vile, terrible tasting substance. I can see why people mix other things with booze to try to cover up its awful taste.

 

[D Brown]

I don't drink alcohol because I don't like it. My idea of a good mixed drink is putting a small squirt of lemon juice in my ALWAYS un-sweetened iced tea.

 

[Mule Packer]

Never saw the need for alcohol. With me, all I have to do is drink two 7ups and I'm dancing on the tables and rippin' my clothes off.

If I want a little variety, I'll mix some cherry syrup, orange juice, and some ginger ale...and maybe if I'm feeling really wild, I might even toss in a maraschino cherry or two and maybe a slice of orange.

After one or two of those, I've got the lampshade on my head and I'm dazzlin' everybody with my repertoire of knock-knock jokes.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

Neither of us drink , it's been 32 years . We enjoy going down to Marco Island and staying at the JW Marriott . Sitting by the pool , nothing is better than a virgin pina colada or a virgin strawberry daiquiri . Maybe cause I'm a born and bred Florida boy , don't know what you Northern boys drink .

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The Virgin Mary is a classic. I don’t drink one often, but when I do, I have it without gin. You may prefer yours without vodka, as many people do.

That is hilarious!

Ivan

 

[TomkinsSP]

The Virgin Mary is a classic. I don’t drink one often, but when I do, I have it without gin. You may prefer yours without vodka, as many people do.

Juniper berry extract is easily found in the supplements isle, for a true no-alcohol gin experience.

 

[rkittine]

The Roy Rogers can always pass as a Jack and Coke, without the Jack, or a Lebra without the rum. Nicer looking for a man than a Shirley Temple. Virgin Mary's are good, but filling. When I was not to senior in my job and went to company functions I watched people drinking and saying all kinds of things they shouldn't have been saying, so I started just drinking Orange Juice with a wedge of lime so it looked like a Screw Driver. A Presbyterian can look like 50s HiBall and fruit drinks can be made to look like a Rum Punch.

Now if someone would just come up with an alcohol-less Single Malt Scotch I would be all in. So I guess I just need to try to watch what I say.

Bob

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Cocktails were developed to hide the nasty flavor of bootleg liquor. No liquor - no drink for me. It is just a sugary mess, might as well have a Coca Cola? Having lived in a fraternity house and tending bar in New Orleans and (Mafia run) Las Vegas (during the Jurassic Age), I have had enough of alcohol. I cannot handle the calories or behave correctly anymore under the influence. No longer nine feet tall and bullet proof, and one bad decision away from serious trouble, I have to admit that I have been extremely lucky and must reluctantly put alcohol in the past with a lot of fun stuff.

 

[500SNW]

So far I guess I'm the only one here who no longer drinks...because I almost drank myself to death a few years back. In fact, once I get started drinking I can't stop. No I don't stagger, throw up, pass out or any of that..I just need more more more. That's why i don't drink.

 

[bgrone]

Non alcoholic

Like several others here I no longer drink alcohol, 30years ago or so it was pointed out to me that I might live longer if I quit while I still had a liver and a semblance of sanity. When I did drink Anheuser Busch products were my poison of choice, as such I like an occasional O’Douls when I am at a social event where alcohol is the norm. Pepsi is my drink of choice normally but for extended periods it gets quite syrupy.

 

[STCM(SW)]

I never trust a man that won't have a drink.........

 

[bgrone]

Trust

I never trust a man that won't have a drink.........

Your loss

 

[Andy Lowry]

So far I guess I'm the only one here who no longer drinks...because I almost drank myself to death a few years back. In fact, once I get started drinking I can't stop. No I don't stagger, throw up, pass out or any of that..I just need more more more. That's why i don't drink.

You're not alone. I don't have an off switch. Coming up on five years sober, and in that time, I've never gotten up in the morning and wished I'd gotten drunk the night before.

 

[Andy Lowry]

For a number of reasons, I don't drink. (I'll be honest, I say and do things that are socially unacceptable or so I've been told.) So, no alcohol for me.

Anyway, say what you will about me, but I like a Roy Rogers. I was introduced to that drink as kid when my dad took us out to eat at what, in my 10 year old mind, was a high class restaurant in ABQ, The Big Valley Ranch Company, on payday or on special occasions - like a birthday.

As an adult I sometimes have a Roy Rogers to relive good childhood memories. I get funny looks from bartenders when I ask for one!

Do you all have any recommendation for "mocktails" that I can try?

There is such a thing as nonalcoholic beer, and some bars will have some on hand. St. Pauli NA is good if you appreciate hops, and plain old O'Douls is okay if you don't.

 

[rkittine]

The Non-Alcoholic Beer imports can be excellent. (They are really de-alcoholized and still have about .5 percent alcohol.

My favorite is Clausthaler, the Dry Hopped dark one rather than their lighter brew.

Bob

 

[Chromedhearts]

I understand and respect those of you that do not use alcohol; I have seen a number of lives ruined by alcoholism; careers, marriages and health, gone.
Since getting out of the Army some thirty years ago I haven’t been one to overindulge. My drink of choice is coffee in the morning and water the rest of the day. That said, on the rare occasion that I take a drink, it’s no virgin. In fact I’ll take a down right slutty, whiskey neat.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[mtgianni]

Bloody Mary Mix is good by itself. Orange juice and 7 up or diet Mt Dew is passable. A margarita mix and some soda can be a good date. If you want to not stand out it's all in what glass you drink it in. Apple juice in a whiskey glass was what Dean Martin used in all his shows. When asked to comment on it his replied "nobody can drink that much".

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

When I don't feel like drinking which is now most of the time. I drink a diet coke or club soda with a slug of lemon or lime. When I feel like drinking, I drink what I feel like drinking. No point in drinking non alcoholic beer as you still get the calories. I actually prefer a virgin mary as I feel the alcohol screws up the taste. If I'm morning drinking (only two times I ever do this-one when I'm at the camp after a hunt or the Thursday night /Friday before Mardi Gras when I've gone feral in the quarter)I really like a good milk punch or believe it or not mimosas