# Substitutes for adult beverages

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitutes-for-adult-beverages/670054>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 30, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitutes-for-adult-beverages/670054 "2013-09-30T23:32:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitutes-for-adult-beverages/670054/21 "2013-10-02T21:52:44Z")

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Second,(or sixth?) Angostura bitters - technically alcoholic (44.7% in fact) but you add a few drops to a cloudy lemonade or whatever

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**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitutes-for-adult-beverages/670054/22 "2013-10-02T21:59:51Z")

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> [@Frazzled](#):
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> Thanks all for the suggestions so far! I have had some ginger beer and really like it! Last night I did tonic water, lime, and bitters. Surprising how similar that feels to a cocktail. I’m looking forward to trying a few more suggestions after my next trip to the store.

My sister is a recovering alcoholic in an industry where she does a ton of entertaining. Tonic and lime is what she drinks out because no one questions it.

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitutes-for-adult-beverages/670054/23 "2013-10-02T22:40:55Z")

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> [@Cartoonacy](#):
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> It may sound odd, but a tall glass of ice-cold club soda with a dash or two of balsamic vinegar is very refreshing.

South-Asian-style flavored “drinking vinegars” (diluted with soda water, or mixed into cocktails) are an up-and-coming trend in the US.

> **[Beverage Trend: Drinking Vinegars](https://seattlemag.com/beverage-trend-drinking-vinegars)**
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> Pucker up for this year’s trendy summer sipper: drinking vinegar. Perhaps the inevitable extension of canning or pickling, nonalcoholic drinking vinegars (sometimes called shrubs) are made by preserving seasonal fruit in vinegar with a little sugar,...

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitutes-for-adult-beverages/670054/24 "2013-10-02T23:04:43Z")

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I am in the same boat as you. I have no sweet tooth- none. Cherry 7-Up and tonic water? Both taste like sugar cubes to me.

I drink A LOT of sparkling water.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitutes-for-adult-beverages/670054/25 "2013-10-03T14:43:44Z")

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We call them “mocktails” and you can find lots of good [recipes for them](http://www.google.com/#q=mocktails).

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