Mixers/Non-Alcoholic
By definition, a cocktail is a mixed drink, and while there are plenty of cocktails composed entirely from alcoholic beverages, many of the best involve a mixer — a nonalcoholic juice, syrup, carbonated drink, or some other addition. A mixer’s job may be to twist the flavor of the cocktail in a different direction or to reduce the overall amount of alcohol in the cocktail — or both. While many mixers (like lime juice or simple syrup) can be easily made at home, there’s a cottage industry dedicated to ready-to-use mixers, ranging from artisan ginger ale to exotic, spiced syrups.
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The Pathfinder is an up-and-coming non-alcoholic brand with a unique production method. The core product, Hemp and Root, is fermented from hemp and then distilled. The non-alcoholic spirit is then infused with a variety of botanicals, including wormwood, angelica root, ginger, sage, juniper, saffron, orange peel, and Douglas fir. Note that though it’s made from hemp,…
Heineken 0.0 is one of the most widely available N/A beers on the market, and I suspect it’s popular for one major reason: It tastes just like regular Heineken, which can admittedly be a little funky-skunky, with aggressive maltiness and some cardboard overtones. Now Heineken extends the line with the goal of having a bit…
Iconic Rhineland-Palatinate-based brewer Bitburger is the latest operation to join the non-alcoholic beer movement, with this expression joining Bitburger Premium Pils as only the second beer from Bitburger available in the U.S. Very malty on the nose, this beer features a toasty, cereal-driven palate that evokes flavors of cracked wheat, white pepper, and grains of paradise.…
Wynk is a new brand of canned THC beverages, each simply constructed and designed for easy approachability. The company offers both sparkling waters/seltzers and a collection of lemonades, all packaged in 12 oz cans. Note that the THC dosage varies between the two lines: Seltzers each have 5mg each of THC and CBD. Lemonades each…
Rolling Loud is the world’s biggest hip-hop music festival, and Pit Punch is its official THC seltzer. The product is sold in 12 oz. cans containing 10mg of THC and no alcohol. Two flavors are on offer. Rolling Loud Pit Punch Fruit Punch Review Vibrantly sweet, this fizzy (yet translucent) concoction features all the trappings…
Cocktail & Sons makes some amazing artisanal syrups and mixers, and lately it’s put its first foot into the non-alcoholic spirits space with the launch of ZeroNero [red], a bitter amaro designed for solo sipping or for use in cocktails or with simple mixers like seltzer or soda. Listed botanicals include cloves, cassia bark, star…
As the wave of cannabis legalization washes over the United States, new variations of cocktails are emerging at a rapid clip. Here to help fuel the wave of weed-based innovation is Nowadays Cannabis Infused Beverage, a tart, fruit-forward infusion of low-dose or microdose cannabis that lends a refreshingly unusual flavor profile to the mixologists’ toolkit.…
First things first: That vibrant blue liquid is gin — not violet liqueur, not sloe gin, not something from the planet Zebulon. It’s a straight gin colored to be blue, thanks to the addition of butterfly pea blossoms to the distillate. Why make a blue gin? The British Columbia-based distillery explains: Victoria Distillers introduced Empress…
“Amarno” is not a typo. Rather, it’s a clever portmanteau of amaro and, well, no, part of the growing N/A amaro space. Dr. Zero Zero is a “100% Italian” product, and it refreshingly includes all of the ingredients on the label, which include water, sugar, extracts of sage, quassia, wormwood, Chinese rhubarb, orange, and caramelized…
Figlia is a New York-based brand of non-alcoholic aperitivi, designed by creator Lily Geiger specifically to curtail alcohol consumption. In her “about us” narrative, she explicitly cites losing her father to alcoholism, and that she herself doesn’t like the way alcohol makes her feel anymore. It’s a bold introduction to an interesting brand which so…