Alcohol Substitutions

alcohol substitutionsIf you recipes calls for using an alcoholic beverage, what can you use instead?

Most Commonly Used Substitutes

Beer or Ale - non-alcoholic beer, chicken stock, beef stock or mushroom stock
Port - grape juice with a little lime zest or cranberry juice with a little lemon juice added or orange juice
Red Wine - Concord grape juice, red wine vinegar, or non-alcoholic red wine
White Wine - white grape juice with a little white wine vinegar added or non-alcoholic white wine
Sweet White Wine - white grape juice with a pinch of powdered sugar added.
Champagne - ginger ale, sparkling cranberry or white grape juice or sparkling apple cider
Coffee Liqueur - espresso, non-alcoholic coffee extract or coffee syrup

 

non-alcoholic substitutionsOther Commonly Used Substitutes

Amaretto

- almond extract
Anisette - anise italian soda syrup or fennel
Bourbon - vanilla extract, orange or pineapple juice or peach syrup
Brandy - brady extract
Chambord

- raspberry juice, syrup or extract

Cherry Liqueur - syrup form a can or jar of cherries
Cherry Brandy - same as Cherry Liqueur
Cognac - juice from peaches, apricots, or pears
Cointreau - orange juice concentrate
Creme de Cacao - non-alcoholic vanilla extract and powdered sugar
Creme de menthe - spearmint extract diluted in a little water
Kahlua - coffee liqueur
Rum - white grape juice, apple juice or apple cinder flavored with almond extract
Sherry - vanilla extract, orange or pineapple juice or peach syrup
Vodka - white grape juice or apple cinder mixed with lime juice

 

 


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