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Category: Mocktails

  • More Nonalcoholic Wine

    Alright so after more tinkering in the kitchen I’ve come up with a sweet and a dry version of nonalcoholic wine. I make no claims for their gourmet qualities but they do at least taste like wine. Both should be safe for pregnancy. Here are the recipes. © https://www.newbookofdays.com 2025

  • Fruit Tea

    July 21, 2025 The idea here was to make sangria but not sangria. It was a base of sweet tea. I added:3 or 4 half slices of washed lemon, you know, they look like half moons1 apricot, washed, pitted and sliced (if you’re in the Marines or superstitious about apricots and their supposed bad luck…

  • The Fake Wine Attempts Continue

    March 17, 2025 by HTV9 Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been trying a mix of cranberry and grape juice, equal parts of each, or on their own, or diluted in a lot of water to help me drink more of it. So far so good, but it does not taste remotely like wine.…

  • Wine Analog 1

    Feb 6, 2025 by HTV9 This is not wine. It’s nonalcoholic. It consists of:1/3 c. pomegranate juice1/3 c. cranberry juice cocktail3 tbsp ginger ale1 tbsp black teaIt’s passable. Next time I’ll add some grape juice and skip the ginger ale in favor of 1 teaspoon of juice from grated fresh ginger. Since this has ginger…