What’s in the Well-Stocked Holiday Pantry?
With the holidays coming up quick and a party or two scheduled for you to host, now’s the time to start thinking about the beverages you’ll be offering your guests. Since some party goers will be underage or choose not to drink alcohol, you’ll have to have a nice balance of booze-free and booze-filled beverages for people to partake in. You can get the festivities going with a well-stocked holiday pantry from Beverage Universe. Here are some good choices to have on hand.
Mixers
Drink mixers are important when making tasty holiday drinks for your party attendees. These are non-alcoholic ingredients that not only add flavor and bubbly sweetness to the drink but dilute it as well to reduce the ABV (alcohol by volume). Drink mixers reduce the potency of the cocktail so it can be slowly sipped and enjoyed.
Here are some excellent choices when it comes to mixers:
- Juices (lemon and lime, orange, tomato, cranberry, pineapple)
- Ginger ale
- Tonic water
- Bitters
- Simple syrup
- Grenadine
- Cola
- Cream
- Sour mix
- Club soda
- Lemon-lime soda
Whether you need cola for your rum and Coke or bitters for your Old Fashioned, we have plenty of basics to stock up on.
Flavored Seltzers
You’ll need non-alcoholic flavored seltzers to make bubbly and festive cocktails, or “mocktails” for the kids and non-alcohol-imbibing adults. Vodka, gin and rum make great additions to any seltzer in any flavor, such as lemon, lime, cherry, blackberry, cranberry, raspberry, strawberry, peach, triple berry and blood orange.
Non-Alcoholic Beer & Wine
New to the no/low beer scene? Do you have guests that like the social interaction of wine but don’t want the alcohol content? Are you hosting a holiday work party in the middle of the workday and don’t want people getting intoxicated for the commute home? Non-alcoholic beer and wine are the perfect solutions.
Here at Beverage Universe, we have a wide variety of non-alcoholic wine and even beer to choose from. We have all the best non-alcohol wine brands such as Vinada in singles all the way up to 24 packs.
For no/low alchohol beer, O’Doul’s has been around for decades and is familiar to most people. Then you have the lesser known brands such as Buckler or Kaliber that are quickly emerging onto the scene for their no/low products. And lastly, you have the established brands that are best known for their alcoholic beer but that also make no/low options, such as Heineken and Coors Edge.
Milk
We know, we know. Milk probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when planning your holiday cocktail parties, but it should be. Consider plant-based milk products such as oat milk and almond milk as the basis for your creamy cocktails such as White Russians, eggnog, mudslides, and white chocolate martinis. If you have lactose-intolerant guests who cannot tolerate dairy milk, plant-based milks are a lactose-free substitute that will be gentler on their stomachs.
Let Beverage Universe Help Stock Your Holiday Pantry
We’ve got your holiday pantry and fridge covered, and that includes spring water to keep everyone hydrated. Browse our varied selection and check out our bulk prices. You can even give us a call with any questions. We have the best prices around!