Ginger, cinnamon, heat
Spiced mocktails
Ginger, cinnamon, clove and chilli-led alcohol-free drinks — warmth without alcohol.
Spice is the closest thing to a direct substitute for alcohol's warmth. Ginger in particular does something no other alcohol-free ingredient manages: it produces an actual physical heat at the back of the throat, which is why ginger beer is the backbone of so many alcohol-free drinks.
Warming spice — cinnamon, clove, allspice — works differently, through aroma rather than heat, and comes into its own in hot drinks.
Shirley Temple
Ginger ale and grenadine with a maraschino cherry — a bright, fizzy classic mocktail.
Ginger Lime Fizz
Ginger beer, lime and soda over ice with mint — a spicy, fizzy CocktailHQ original.
How this list is built
Recipes tagged with the spicy taste profile, or built on ginger beer, ginger ale, ginger syrup, cinnamon, cloves or a hot sauce.
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