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.

You'll want to enjoy this nonalcoholic mule riff more than just once in a blue moon.

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.

Pluck fresh herbs from your garden and plant them straight into your glass for a refreshing summer mocktail.

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.

You'll be the most hydrated one on your block after just one of these mocktails.

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.

So you cut up some watermelon the other day, and you're wondering about the other fun ways you can incorporate it into your life. The answer: mojito mocktail.

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.

You don't need rum to have a good time with your piña colada. Is nonalcoholic rum a great addition? Sure, but you can still sip your way to a good time without it.

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.

It's time for a picnic, be it on the deck, in the living room, or at the beach. Not a blackberry person? Then go ahead and use raspberries or blueberries instead!

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.

Shirléy rhymes with rosé when it comes to this drink name. It's not summer if you don't é-all day in some form or another. Of course, if you're really looking to take it easy, you can enjoy a nonalcoholic rosé with a splash of sparkling grape juice.

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.

The summer blues happen for all sorts of reasons: rainy days, sun burns, the 93rd consecutive day of lawn work. The remedy? We'll give you one guess.

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.

Summertime is the best time for iced coffee - that's just science. Of course, you could make a whole iced coffee flight, too.

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.

What time is it? It doesn't matter. This mocktail is one that's for island time, and it's always island time.

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.

You don't need to be a fabulous golfer or even a skilled mini-golfer to enjoy a twist on the Arnold Palmer. Will it make you a better golfer? ... Maybe.

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.

It's time to hang loose with a fizzy and bubbly summer mocktail.

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.

Lean into the sunshine of summer, or even those dreamy summer storms, with a summer mocktail in hand. Spicy ginger, juicy watermelon, and tropical pineapple all await you. Grab the SPF and slide into the sunshine while sipping on a mocktail.