{"id":81263,"date":"2026-01-08T12:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81263\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:32:06","slug":"mixing-mocktails-for-dry-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81263\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixing mocktails for dry January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a reset after the holidays. Dry January has been gaining popularity. Newswatch 16&#8217;s Nikki Krize shares some alcohol alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 Dry January is a popular trend where people don\u2019t drink any alcohol for the month of January. Many bars in Scranton are embracing the challenge, offering mocktails to customers. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tease Lounge on Penn Avenue offers mocktails year-round. \u00a0Owner Joe Hetsko says most of their drinks can be turned into mocktails by using zero proof spirits. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bar is stocked with whiskey, gin, rum, and vodka alternatives. \u00a0But Hetsko says there are ways to make the drinks at home too. \u00a0The Tease Lounge is open Thursdays-Saturdays.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for a reset after the holidays. Dry January has been gaining popularity. Newswatch 16&#8217;s Nikki Krize shares&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-81263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}