The Brightside
Optimist
This cocktail is made with Optimist, an alcohol- and additive-free botanical drink. A bottle of Bright, used here, pairs ingredients like lemon, orange, jasmine, and fennel with cinnamon leaf and other ingredients to create a clean spirit that drinks similarly to vodka. The fresh pomegranate works to balance the spirit, and club soda offers a fizzy but liquor-free finish.
This recipe, and others like it, can be found in the article "It’s Time to Put a (Good) Nonalcoholic Cocktail on Every Restaurant Menu."
How to Make It
1
Combine all ingredients except club soda in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
2
Shake and strain into a tall glass, over ice.
3
Top with a splash of club soda.
Ingredients
1 oz Optimist Bright
1 oz pomegranate juice
½ oz pomegranate molasses
club soda
Directions
1
Combine all ingredients except club soda in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
2
Shake and strain into a tall glass, over ice.
3
Top with a splash of club soda.
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