VinePair

JUNE 4, 2024

Bloating and burping are proof that life’s not always a gas. Seeking new audiences, companies are packaging hard teas, alcoholic refreshers, and fruit-infused vodka waters that deliver flavor, not fizz, making for smoother drinking. But prickly bubbles, which don’t tickle everyone’s fancy, and carbonation can trigger acid reflux.

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Dry Atlas

DECEMBER 26, 2023

From relaxation bevs to zero proof tequila, here’s what shows no signs of stopping. In March, Recess launched their Zero Proof Craft Mocktail collection , their first expansion into the non-alc category. More recently, Aura Bora released a zero proof olive oil martini.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The bar uses very few traditional modifiers in any of its drinks, because Adler didn’t want to be stuck with only the products that are already in a bottle on a shelf. The issue, he explains, is that when using an existing product, you’re bound to the alcohol, sugar, and water content in the bottle.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Some of these rare tipples were bottled right at the still, and personally transported back to the UK, ensuring that CINCOs collection of exclusive rare finds, is ever-evolving.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

These can include infusion (soaking the botanicals in water or a non-alcoholic liquid), maceration (a similar process to infusion but often using a gentle heat source to aid extraction), or distillation. Bottling: The final non-alcoholic spirit is then filtered, if necessary, and bottled.

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 20, 2024

Infusion and blending: ingredients are then infused or blended in a base, often water or a non-alcoholic syrup. Ingredients may be steeped, simmered, or cold-infused to extract flavors. Filtering and bottling: the final product is filtered to remove any undissolved particles, ensuring clarity.

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Dry Atlas

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Here, the non-alcoholic base is infused with a mix of botanicals, extracts, and other natural ingredients to replicate (as closely as possible) the taste profile of alcoholic tequila. This isn’t to develop the spirit like traditional aging, but rather to infuse the liquid with the woody, caramel, or vanilla notes often found in aged tequilas.

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Dry Atlas

APRIL 24, 2024

Through advanced distillation techniques and the infusion of smoky flavors, non-alcoholic versions aim to evoke the essence of the agave-based drink. These spirit alternatives are especially remarkable given that many of their alcoholic corollaries are high proof spirits, which are harder to replicate in a non-alc option.

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Dry Atlas

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Initially conceived as a medicinal liquor, gin has its roots in the juniper-infused spirits produced by monks and alchemists across the continent. As these soldiers returned to England, they brought back with them a fondness for this juniper-infused spirit. Taste test: if possible, attend tastings or purchase sample-sized bottles.

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Dry Atlas

APRIL 24, 2024

It’s one thing to make them in your kitchen, but it’s another when you’re figuring out pasteurization for one thousand bottles, let alone what we’re doing now with hundreds of thousands. I’d say that and shipping—how to ship glass bottles. A lot of people say “alcohol-free” and “zero proof.”

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

Price: $37 / 750 mL bottle The Free Spirits Company The California-based Free Spirits Company crafts five non-alcoholic alternatives to popular spirits bourbon , gin , tequila , red vermouth , and a red aperitif along with a collection of mocktails.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 3, 2025

Two Roads settled on a more cost-effective method of arrested fermentation, using lactose, or milk sugar, to lend silkiness to Road 2 Ruin Zero. Two Roads’ Road 2 Ruin Zero; Phil Markowski, the brewmaster at Two Roads Brewing in Stratford, Connecticut. Disclosure: Ive previously worked with Berkeley Yeast.)

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VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2025

Compared to beer and spirits, non-alcoholic (NA) wine has struggled a bit to pinpoint its identity in the recent rise of zero-proof options. This bottle, made from Grenache sourced from the south of France, offers notes of red berries and peaches, with bright bubbles and acidity that lift the wine on the palate.

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 18, 2025

In New Orleans, a city known for its boozy traditions, an unexpected development is taking root: non-alcoholic bottle shops. The latest addition, Cali Sober Market , offers a curated selection of alcohol alternatives, both THC-infused and not. Certain early movers have even closed their doors.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For instance, Gin & Juice, the RTD line of ready-to-drink cocktails from Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, are available Chicago-based Puttshack , a tech-infused mini-golf concept, and the movie house chain AMC Theatres. Menus across the country are infusing their drinks with functional mushrooms. Pittsburgh restaurant Scratch & Co.

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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

To be included in the canon, then, a drink should meet a few requirements: It should be easy to make, ideally with zero advance prep other than stocking the relevant bottles. No sous-vide infused, barrel-aged, fat-washed, clarified whatevers. This means no juice! It should involve just a few, easy-to-procure ingredients.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Prickly pear, with its sweet and tangy notes, can be used to create vibrant pink syrups and infusions, adding a refreshing and visually appealing element to your mocktails. Infusions, created by steeping botanicals in water or juice, extract their unique flavors and aromas.

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Dry Atlas

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

moment—proof that flavor complexity and pleasure can exist without alcohol. While there are exceptions, like Zeronimo and Oceano Zero, I believe the broader wine industry needs a major, phoenix-like transformation. Even after drinking well over a hundred bottles, I’m still impressed. That was my “Aha!”

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

For a long time, zero-sugar formulations lagged behind their conventional brethren, he says (“Red Bull really didn’t seem to care,” he adds). That’s gone out the window today, Riley says, and his TikTok is proof: Nearly every brand appears to tout a rainbow of options when it comes to flavors, acidity, and sweetness.

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