5 Must-Try Lyre’s Mocktail Recipes

Lyre’s won the 2021 Product of The Year Award for innovation, voted a consumer favourite of non-alcoholic spirits. The range of non-alcoholic spirits are gluten-free and vegan so that anyone can enjoy these popular drinks. The spirits are created with natural essences, extracts and distillates for a flavour punch. The Lyre’s Gin range comes in many flavours, such as a dry London Spirit with juniper and citrus or an Italian Orange with blood orange and red citrus with maraschino.

Here are some mocktail recipes to get you started with your sober drinking. Perfect for anyone doing dry July or the designated driver.

Lyre’s Contessa Negroni Recipe

This delicious concoction is a mouth-watering version of the famed Negroni. The Lyre’s Contessa replaces the heavy bitter amaro for the lighter, orangey Italian Spritz, and the Aperitif Dry substitutes the Rosso.

Ingredients:

• 1 Part (30mL/ 1 Fl Oz) Lyre’s Apéritif Dry
• 1 Part (30mL/ 1 Fl Oz) Lyre’s Italian Spritz
• 1 Part (30mL/ 1 Fl Oz) Lyre’s Dry London Spirit
• 2 drops tonic bitters (optional)

Method:

1. Stir briefly over fresh ice, garnish with a Lemon Slice.

Lyre’s Orchard Fizz Recipe

This cocktail is the essence of refreshing sunset drinks. The splendid combination of London Dry Spirit, Amaretti and Lyre’s Aperitif Dry is like biting into a fresh, crisp apple.

Ingredients:

• 30mL Lyre’s Dry London Spirit
• 30mL Lyre’s Amaretti
• 15mL Lyre’s Apéritif Dry
• 15mL cloudy apple juice
• Lemon juice
• 7.5mL maple syrup

Method:

1. Rapid shake with ice, strain, fill a glass with fresh cubed ice.
2. Garnish with a rosemary sprig, dehydrated apple slice orange peel.

Lyre’s Gin and Tonic Recipe

Ingredients:

• 45mL Lyre’s London Dry Spirit
• 120mL premium bottled tonic water
• 1 pink grapefruit slice

Method:

1. Add ingredients in glass, stir, fill with ice

Lyre’s Passionfruit Martini Recipe

Ingredients:

• 60mL Lyre’s Dry London Spirit
• 7.5mL premium vanilla syrup
• 30mL fresh passionfruit pulp
• 15mL Lime Juice
• Optional: 60mL Lyre’s Classico (a non-alcoholic homage to prosecco) (on the side)*

Method:

1. Shake hard briefly, fine strain. Serve Prosecco in separate shot glass

Lyre’s Festival Spritz Recipe 

Ingredients:

• 30mL Lyre’s Dry London Spirit
• 30mL Lyre’s Apéritif Dry
• 90mL premium bottled Mediterranean tonic water
• Thin cucumber slice
• 4 strawberry pieces

Method:

1. Add over ice, stir

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