Go Hangover-Free With These 18 Creative Mocktails

Cocktail Week continues with...mocktails.

by Katie Chudy Oct 24, 2014, 1:00pm EDT

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by Katie Chudy Oct 24, 2014, 1:00pm EDT

Let's take a break from the booze, shall we? Here's a list of creative cocktail-inspired beverages and house-made sodeas that don't contain any alcohol but do contain plenty of fun and interesting flavors.

The Tip Tap Room

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Rosemary-Yuzu Limeade - Combines rosemary, lime, and yuzu. Want more? Try the Island Hopper (orgeat syrup, pineapple, lime, orange, and house grenadine), The White Thai Affair (Thai coconut milk, scotch bonnet chili, ginger-lemongrass syrup, and fresh basil), or the Lavender Lemon Sparkler (fresh lemon, mint, and lavender). [Photo: Cal Bingham]

138 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02114

(857) 263-7614

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Estragon Tapas Bar

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Virgin Moor's Last Sigh - It’s not listed on the menu, but the default "mocktail" option at Estragon is a non-alcoholic version of their Moor’s Last Sigh, containing cucumber, mint, lime, cardamom-clove syrup, a pinch of salt and paprika, ginger beer, and soda water. [Photo: Facebook]

700 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118

(617) 266-0443

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Hungry Mother

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No. 70 - Contains mint, lemon, soda, and peach bitters. Or there's the No. 73 - pineapple, ginger beer, lime, and cinnamon. [Photo: Facebook]

233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave, Cambridge, MA 02141

(617) 499-0090

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Myers + Chang

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Two house-made sodas are available, the raspberry-lychee soda and the pineapple-ginger soda. [Photo: Cal Bingham]

1145 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118

(617) 542-5200

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Merrill & Co

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Chai Tea Soda - House-made and delicious. The second virgin choice is a Luxardo cherry phosphate. [Photo: Katie Chudy]

1 Appleton St, Boston, MA 02116

(617) 728-0728

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Cuchi Cuchi

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Various Mocktails - The menu indicates which cocktails can be adapted without alcohol, from the French 75 to the Blackberry Cosmo. [Photo: Yelp]

795 Main St., Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 864-2929

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Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar

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Various - There are a lot of choices for non-alchocol drinks at Lolita, like the Lime Coconut (coconut milk, fresh citrus, mint, and fruits over ice) and The Vinedo (white and Concord grapes, fresh berries, and orange).There's also the Prickly Pear (prickly pear, pineapple, lime, orange, and pineapple juice). And any mojito can be made without the rum. [Photo: Facebook]

271 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA 02116

(617) 369-5609

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Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar

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Lemon-Lavender Fizz - Fresh lemon, lavender syrup, and soda. Or guests can try the Blueberry Mint Collins, which has blueberry puree, mint syrup, lime, and soda [Photo: Katie Chudy]

381 Summer St, Somerville, MA 02144

(617) 629-9500

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Deuxave

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Wes Special - Try this season mocktail with cranberry, house-made lemonade, and vanilla simple syrup, topped with ginger beer. [Photo: Facebook]

371 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02115

(617) 517-5915

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Commonwealth

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Strawberry Cream Soda - Combines homemade strawberry vanilla syrup and soda. [Photo: Meg Jones Wall]

11 Broad Canal Way, Cambridge, MA 02142

(617) 945-7030

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Island Creek Oyster Bar

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The Abigail’s Delight - Combines house soda of fresh pineapple and homemade orgeat. Also on the menu, The Lizzie Swizzle, which is "layered and cold, sweet and sour." [Photo: Facebook]

500 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02115

(617) 532-5300

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Wink & Nod

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Various Cocktails - “We have all fresh juices, and I deliberately keep our house syrups free of alcohol so we are capable of doing all sorts of interesting ‘Adult Beverages’ that are non-alcoholic,” says bar manager Brian Mantz. [Photo: Katie Chudy]

3 Appleton St, Boston, MA 02116

(617) 482-0117

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Bistro du Midi

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Verte - Muddled cucumber, green tea, lime juice. [Photo: Facebook]

272 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116

(617) 426-7878

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Backbar

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Various Cocktails - There are also some interesting mocktails available. Currently, look for Verbena Peach (roasted peach juice, verbena tea, and poblano pepper syrup) and Apple Celery Spritzer (fresh apple cider, celery syrup, sparkling water). [Photo: Official Site]

9 Sanborn Ct, Somerville, MA 02143

(617) 718-0249

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Craigie on Main

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There's Sozin’s Comet (vanilla rooibos tea, housemade pineapple syrup, lemon, and ginger soda) or the Vermilion (fresh citrus, date molasses, sour orange sherbet, Thai chili, and club soda). [Photo: Cal Bingham ]