Caleño (a Latin-inspired drink from Bristol)

Caleno spirits

Caleño (Bristol) makes Latin-inspirated spirits for people who like to party, without the alcohol. The range includes:

  • White coconut
  • Dark & Spicy
  • Light and zesty
  • Mango and passionfruit

The founder has Columbian heritage, a country with the most biodiversity on earth (after Brazil). A third of the country is rainforest, where pink dolphins leap out of the water. Having said that, the locals won’t be drinking this spirit – their national drink is made from sugar cane, and very much not alcohol-free!

Avoid tonic mixer for some medical conditions and pregnancy/nursing (due to quinine). 

For cans, pop ring-pulls back over holes (pinch tops shut) before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped. 

Many people enjoy a boozy tipple, but some would prefer to drink less (or no) alcohol. No drink can be called zero alcohol really, as even fruit and bread have a little booze. So usually it’s something along the lines of 0.5% that is classed as no-alcohol (your body processed the alcohol too fast, to become blootered!)

Then there are people who can’t drink, due to being the designated driver. Our laws in England are pretty lenient compared to some (in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Estonia, you can’t drink any alcohol at all before getting behind the wheel).

England is considering making laws stricter to mimic Scotland, whereas Reform UK are against this policy, saying it will ‘hammer rural pubs’. What would help rural pubs is for them to offer good low-alcohol and no-alcohol options and provide better public transport (instead of being obsessed by car transport).

Do you drink too much booze?

The advice regarding how much alcohol to consume safely is confusing. So here is a super-simple guide to make it easy for you, without complicated ‘units’.

In a nutshell, the average healthy adult can consume safely:

  • 1 pint of beer or 1 glass of wine each day (one day alcohol-free)
  • 2 measures of spirits daily (again one day alcohol-free)

Note this is either/or (not all at once!)

So in plain English (you can mix and match these):

In a week have no more than:

  • 6 pints of beer or
  • 6 glasses of wine or
  • 14 measures spirits

Of course if you are having low-alcohol or no-alcohol alternatives, you can drink more. And that’s where the following spirits are also helpful.

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