Make Alcohol Free 'The Only One For The Road' This Christmas
The Christmas season is nearly here, with parties, visiting family, and socialising on the cards for many of us. If you plan to drink and be merry, make sure that you have vested the responsibility onto someone who has not had a drop of alcohol to drop you home safely. Or you could also consider designating a driver, taking a taxi or make arrangements to stay overnight.
Drinking alcohol slows down your reactions and impairs judgement, making your driving unsafe and putting you, and others, at greater risk of accidents. It affects us all differently, one person’s safe limit is not the same as the next persons, our weight, size and what we have had to eat, are all factors. While a glass of wine may be ok for some, it may well be too much for others.
Whatever you decide to do, the message is clear, never drink and drive. This is also true for the morning after. Alcohol can take up to 24 hours or even longer to leave your system. You can still be over the limit and not safe to drive without realising. The law in Scotland states that drivers cannot exceed: 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, 22 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, and 67 milligrams per 100 millilitres of urine.
The only way to be sure you're not over the limit is to avoid drinking any alcohol when driving so make alcohol free ‘The only one for the road’ this Christmas
So, if you are going to drive, why not try a mocktail instead!
Mocktails are non-alcoholic mixed drinks meant to replicate cocktails, just without the alcohol. They can provide the same delicious taste as a cocktail, but without the headache the next morning, which is great news!
Whether you are the designated driver, a non-drinker or are simply looking for a new experience, mocktails create a great taste that is hard to beat.
Why not try a Shirley Temple – A Shirley Temple is the original mocktail and it's so easy to make! Add an extra squeeze of lime if you wish, or you can even use ginger ale 50/50 with a lemon and lime drink (such as Sprite or 7Up).
Prep: 2 minutes
Serves: 1
Ingredients
- 200ml/7fl oz ginger ale (or 100ml/3½fl oz ginger ale and 100ml/3½fl oz lemon and lime drink)
- splash grenadine
- 1 maraschino cherry
- wedge of lime, to garnish (optional)
Method
- Pour the ginger ale into a highball glass and pour in the grenadine.
- Add a maraschino cherry and lime wedge. Serve.
You can find lots more mocktail recipes on www.bbcgoodfood.com