Curious No. 5 Booze-Free Cocktails

I was skeptical about a booze-free old fashioned, but the smoked cherry chocolate note actually comes through and it doesn't taste like juice. Four bottles of two each means I can keep a couple chilled for when friends who don't drink come over.

My usual Friday wind-down drink got an upgrade. The smoked cherry chocolate note in these is subtle, not syrupy, and having 4 bottles means I'm not rationing them. Tastes like an actual old fashioned, minus the next-day fog.

I brought a bottle to a dinner party and the non-drinkers were genuinely thrilled to have something better than soda. The old fashioned flavor holds up on its own over ice, no weird aftertaste like some alcohol-free options. Four bottles disappeared way faster than I planned.