4 Non-Alcoholic Cocktails & Other NA Beverages To Enjoy This Sober October

It's that time of year again — Sober October! In honor of cutting out alcohol for the month — or all year around, if that's also your thing — Hilary Sheinbaum, author of The Dry Challenge, exclusively tells Morning Honey what her top non-alcoholic cocktails and beverages are during this season — and no, they aren't boring!

"Sober October is a really popular month (second to Dry January) to go without booze. For some, it can be a health-conscious reset before the holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Eve) and it can also be an opportunity to be more aware of day-to-day drinking habits!" she shares. "During Sober October, Dry January and any other alcohol-free month, I like to replace alcoholic bevs with nonalcoholic ones. If I'm going to brunch, I try to check the menus first. One of my favorite restaurants in Manhattan, Lamalo, has two N.A. cocktails on their menu made with Damrak 0.0%. And, if you don't want to pull up 100 menus before noon, a great tool to use is The Better Without app, which can help people find bars and restaurants with non alc offerings. I'm definitely not a professional bartender, but when I can, I'll try to make my own N.A. concoctions at home — or I just grab them out of the fridge. That said, right now, I'm loving these drinks..."

Scroll through the gallery to see the expert's fun concoctions below!

Ingredients

• 3 oz Free Spirits - The Spirit of Bourbon
• 0.75 oz Meyer lemon juice
• 0.75 oz simple syrup
• 0.25 oz aquafava (strained liquid from can of chickpeas)

Method

1. In an iced cocktail shaker, add all ingredients and shake well.
2. Strain over ice in a coupe glass.
3. Garnish with a meyer lemon peel.

Ingredients

• Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Sparkling White
• 1.5 ounces Green Apple Cucumber Sorbet
• Cucumber (for garnish)
• Mint (for garnish)

Method

• Using a melon baller, scoop 3 tiny scheres of sorbet and place in a coupe glass.
• Gently pour Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Sparkling White over the cocktail, allowing fizz to settle when needed.
• Garnish with fresh mint and cucumber slices.

Ingredients

• 1 Bottle Starla Sauvignon Blanc
• 1 Cup frozen blueberries
• 1 Cup frozen peach slices
• 1 Cup frozen mango chunks
• 1/2 Orange, juiced
• 3 Packets Stevia (sweetener of choice)
• Sparkling Water
• Lemon slices
• Ice

Method:

1. Add frozen fruit, orange juice and sweetener to a pitcher and stir gently.

2. Add wine and let it sit in the fridge for 4 or more hours.

3. When ready to serve, fill a glass with ice, pour over pink sangria and top with a splash of sparkling water.

4. Garnish with fresh lemon slices.

"I love this ready-to-drink beverage because you don't have to mix or muddle. Just pop open the top, and you have a well-balanced N.A. cocktail! If you want to get a little creative, you can add pineapple, fresh lime and a sprig of mint for a Pineapple Mojito. Yum!" Sheinbaum says.