PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Just because you’re avoiding alcohol for Dry January doesn’t mean you have to nix mixed drinks altogether.
Lee Noble, a cocktail class instructor at Art in the Age in Old City, said mocktails have become more popular over the years.
“Originally, it was just a bunch of sober [people], mocktail influencers, and then over the years, like the mocktail classes we’ve been doing now, we sell out with regular cocktail enthusiasts,” he said.
On Jan. 10, Noble will host a Dry January mocktail workshop called On the Wagon. Then to end the month, he will lead Off the Wagon, featuring low-alcohol cocktail-making.
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The popularity of his classes seems to mirror the growing popularity of nonalcoholic drinks in general, Noble said. “Good cocktail bars, a lot of big restaurants have a full mocktail list on their regular cocktail menu, as well as maybe non-alc wines and beers that are actually performing really well.”
These days, he said any good bartender should know how to mix a proper mocktail.
“It’s an extra drink in your repertoire for your cocktail expertise,” he added.
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