[HN Gopher] What makes a great mocktail? (2018)
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What makes a great mocktail? (2018)
Author : amarcheschi
Score : 13 points
Date : 2025-01-30 22:13 UTC (46 minutes ago)
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| zamalek wrote:
| I have found kombucha to be unreasonably good at adding an
| interesting mouthfeel to cocktails. It's reminiscent of alcohol,
| but definitely not a perfect imitation. Grapefruit juice is also
| a regular ingredient of mine.
| blinded wrote:
| Agreed.
| Etheryte wrote:
| Grapefruit has a flavor kick for sure, but I would strongly
| advise against putting it into cocktails, at least without
| being very upfront and clear about it. Grapefruit has very
| strong interactions with such a large number of drugs, that
| even just the interactions themselves have a separate page on
| Wikipedia [0].
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| [0]
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit%E2%80%93drug_intera...
| bigstrat2003 wrote:
| Why recreate the burning sensation, by far the worst part about
| drinking alcohol? This seems like something where you could do
| better than the original by leaving out the unpleasantness. I
| guess maybe people actually like that (taste is subjective and
| all), but I personally hate it and it's why I don't drink much at
| all.
| A_D_E_P_T wrote:
| Angostura bitters are seriously magical. They improve everything.
| A few dashes are basically non-alcoholic, too.
|
| The best mocktail, which even a grown man can enjoy without
| feeling silly, is as simple as bitters + tonic.
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