12 Summer Mocktails to Keep You Happy & Hydrated

Picture this: it's a summer day. Your perfect summer day. Breezy and cool, sunny and hot, or with just a soft sprinkle of rain so you're forced to abandon yard work and enjoy a book inside. There's one thing that can complete this scene: a bevvy. No, there's no alcohol in these summer mocktail recipes. These mocktails are for all hours, any hour, any day of summer.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces lemon-lime soda
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2-3 dashes orange bitters
• Ice
• Ginger beer to top off
• Lime wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass or copper mug, add ice, lemon-lime soda, lime juice, and orange bitters.
2. Top off with ginger beer.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces rosemary simple syrup
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Ice
• Tonic water or club soda to top off
• Lemon wedge and rosemary sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, rosemary simple syrup, and lemon juice.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Top off with tonic water.
5. Garnish with a lemon wedge and rosemary sprig.

Ingredients

• 4-5 thick cut cucumber wheels
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 1½ ounces nonalcoholic gin, optional
• 3 ounces limeade
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Mint sprig and cucumber wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle cucumber wheels with simple syrup.
2. Add ice, nonalcoholic gin, and limeade.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Double strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
5. Top off with club soda.
6. Garnish with a mint sprig and cucumber wheel.

Ingredients

• 3-5 watermelon cubes
• 6-8 fresh mint leaves
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 1½ ounces nonalcoholic white rum
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Watermelon wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle watermelon cubes, mint leaves, and simple syrup.
2. Add ice, nonalcoholic white rum, and lime juice.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Double strain into a rocks glass over crushed ice.
5. Top off with club soda.
6. Garnish with a watermelon wedge.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces coconut water
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces nonalcoholic white rum, optional
• 1½ ounces cream of coconut
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Ice
• Pineapple wedge and cherry for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, coconut water, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, lime juice, and, if desired, nonalcoholic white rum.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a hurricane glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry.

Ingredients

• 5-6 fresh blackberries
• 1 ounce honey syrup
• 1 ounce nonalcoholic orange liqueur
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 3 ounces white cranberry juice
• Ice
• Mint sprig and blackberries for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle blackberries with honey syrup.
2. Add ice, nonalcoholic orange liqueur, lemon juice, and cranberry juice.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Double strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
5. Garnish with a mint sprig and blackberries.

Ingredients

• ½ ounce grenadine
• ¼ ounce elderflower syrup
• ¼ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Ice
• Ginger ale to top off
• Strawberry for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a coupe glass.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, grenadine, elderflower syrup, and lemon juice.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Top off with ginger ale.
6. Garnish with a strawberry.

Ingredients

• 5-10 fresh blueberries
• 4 ounces lemonade
• 1½ ounces nonalcoholic tequila, optional
• ¾ ounce blueberry simple syrup
• Ice
• Mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, blueberries, lemonade, blueberry simple syrup, and, if desired, nonalcoholic tequila.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Pour, do not strain, into a rocks glass.
4. Add additional ice or lemonade if desired.
5. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Ingredients

• 4 ounces chilled coffee
• 2 ounces coconut or almond milk
• ½ ounce vanilla syrup
• 2-3 dashes almond bitters
• Ice

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, chilled coffee, coconut milk, vanilla syrup, and almond bitters.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
4. Top off with additional chilled coffee if desired.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• Ice
• 3 ounces ginger beer
• Pineapple wedge for garnish, optional

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pineapple juice, lime juice, and simple syrup.
2. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
3. Add ginger beer.
4. Stir briefly to mix.
5. Garnish with a pineapple wedge, if desired.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces lemonade
• 3 ounces iced tea
• 1 ounce pomegranate juice
• 1½ ounces nonalcoholic vodka
• Ice
• Blueberries and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, lemonade, iced tea, pomegranate juice, and nonalcoholic vodka.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with blueberries and a mint sprig.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces grapefruit juice
• 1 ounce papaya juice
• ½ ounce orgeat
• Ice
• Berry club soda to top off
• Grapefruit wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, grapefruit juice, papaya juice, and orgeat.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Top off with a grapefruit wedge.