What are your favorite non-spirit cocktails?

WildMagelet · February 2014

What are some of your favorite cocktails made with beer, wine, malts, or champagne?

jessicabessica · February 2014

Bellini! I am a fan of champagne cocktails.

emmyg65 · February 2014

Yes! Bellini or mimosa. You can make champagne cocktails with any kind of fruit puree.

ei34 · February 2014

I love white sangria. Ditto PPs that bellinis and mimosas are super popular, I don't care for them bc I don't like anything carbonated, but most people do!

jay788 · February 2014

Okay this maybe sounds a little weird, but I'm a fan of radlers (beer and lemonade).

WildMagelet · February 2014

That's 2 votes for champagne cocktails and a 3rd that acknowledges they popular

I love fruity drinks and carbonation so you won't hear any complains from me!

@eileenrob - I'm not a huge wine drinker but that also sounds yummy. I used to have a flavor of *cheap* dessert wine that I loved because it was a lot like drinking orange soda. Unfortunately they discontinued it several years ago and have no interest in re-starting production. (I think I offered to buy a palette, lol.)

@GARION - Not at all! I've had Lynchburg Lemonade, which is whiskey based but not a raddler. I'm not a beer drinker, but there is a local-ish ale we started buying in the summer that is a golden ale with lemon juice that I enjoy when we're cooking out.

I'll have to stockpile recipes to try out when the weather's nicer.

Knowing my luck I'll like *all* of them and just end up with a basic beer, wine, champagne, and a silly amount of fruit juices & purees behind the bar

BlueBirdMB · February 2014

Ditto all the PPs. Other suggestions:

Red and white wine spritzers.

What about a classic champagne cocktail? That's just sugar, bitters, and champagne. Very elegant. If the venue is super strict about no spirits, there are non-alcoholic bitters.

I'm not sure this has a name, because I made it up (nothing is very original though, so I'm sure this is a drink that already has a name). It's lemon juice, muddled mint, sugar, and champagne.

I would say sangria, but sangria usually has brandy.