“It's simply all about using fresh ingredients: fresh fruit, fresh herbs, fresh taste,” says bartender Effie Skiouris at Alpharetta City Center’s Never Enough Thyme. She says to add a San Pellegrino for sparkle and choose a flavor to compliment the juice, topping off the glass with a slice of the fresh fruit and voila! You will have a cocktail that’s lovely and light, just right for a healthy new year. Often, bartenders have a mocktail up their sleeve, using house-made simple syrups and sodas. Suggest a taste profile (citrus, ginger, fruit, bitter) and let your bartender take it from there. Make it a mocktail and join the crowd!
Effie's Sparkler
Never Enough Thyme
Alpharetta City Center
⅓ juice freshly squeezed from one large orange
⅓ Fever Tree Sparkling Pink Grapefruit soda
⅓ club soda
Fresh agave syrup to taste.
Garnish with a fresh slice of orange.
Red Rain
Carrie’s Conservatory
The Hamilton Alpharetta Hotel
1/2 glass of fresh squeezed orange juice
1 teaspoon lime juice
Soda water, plain or watermelon flavored
Agave syrup to taste.
Garnish with strawberries, mint or an edible flower.
