6 Delicious Dry January Cocktails
January is the perfect time for renewal and self-reflection. It is also the month when some people choose to abstain from alcohol, hence ‘Dry January.’
People partake in Dry January for a variety of reasons because it is a great opportunity to recalibrate and prioritize your well-being. We’ve rounded up a few spirit-free for you to try out, whether you’re fully committed or just want to try something new. Check them out below!
Craving a unique virgin take on the mule this January? Beauty & The Butcher’s Skinny Hinny is the perfect mocktail for Dry January.
Photo by Grove Bay Hospitality
Skinny Hinny
by Beauty & The Butcher
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. of Seedlip Spice
3/4 oz. Sour AF Lime
1 oz. Mint Syrup
1 oz. Fresh Watermelon
2 oz. Fever Tree Ginger Beer
Preparation
Start off with a highball glass and crushed ice.
Add all ingredients with the Ginger beer being the last ingredient.
Pick a fresh mint spring and release the oils on the side of the glass and garnish with the mint spring and a thin lime wheel.
Stick with your New Year’s Resolution this year and join Makoto for a delicious mocktail. Tasting as refreshing as it sounds, you simply can’t go wrong with the Matcha Fizz.
Photo by STARR Restaurants
Preparation
Add mint and remaining ingredients (except soda water).
Fill shaker with ice, shake hard and fast.
Strain over fresh ice and top with soda water.
Wynwood’s hottest nightlife destination, Mayami, is serving the best mocktails for your Dry January. This simple agua fresca showcases the full force of hibiscus, a bright red flower that is full of flavor. The reason why hibiscus is called Jamaica or flor de Jamaica in Mexico. The little hibiscus flower is known for its signature tangy and herbaceous flavor, and of course, the rich red color it imparts on drinks!
Photo by Mayami
Flor de Jamaica
by Esteban Molano, Mixologist
Ingredients
Hibiscus Flowers
Sugar
Orange Zest
Water
Preparation
Combine hibiscus flowers, sugar, orange and zest and water in a large pot.
Simmer for 30 minutes, then remove from heat and let cool before straining out hibiscus flowers and orange.
Serve over ice and garnish with a dry orange slice.
Pair a refreshing Lychee Martini – sans alcohol, of course – with Toku’s unbeatable Modern Asian cuisine, including menu favorites, like the Peking Duck or an array of the freshest sushi and sashimi.
Lychee Martini
by Toku
Ingredients
Fresh Lychee Puree
Splash of Pineapple
Splash of Grenadine
Preparation
Combine the following ingredients over ice in a cocktail shaker.
Shake well until chilled, and pour into a glass over a fresh lychee.
Participate in Dry January properly at none other than Hakkasan. They have an assortment of virgin drinks to choose from, including a mocktail version of their signature drink, The Hakka!
Photo by The Fontainebleau Hotel
The Hakka
by Hakkasan
Ingredients
4 1/2 oz. Lychee Juice
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
1/2 oz. Passion Fruit Juice
3/4 oz. Coconut Puree
Preparation
Shake & Strain into a Collins glass.
Garnish with a skewered lychee.
Zesty Cherry
by Branja
Ingredients
3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
2 Cherries
Dash of Cherry Syrup
Ginger Beer
Preparation
Take a couple of the cherries, syrup and the lemon juice, and pulverize them in shaker tins with some ice.
The idea is to get a consistency similar to a slushy to pour into the glass, and then top with the ginger beer.
Add one last cherry on top!
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