The Best Brands of Artisan No-Boozy Tipples

If you’re trying to cut back on the booze, here are some delightful artisan tipples, but all without the alcohol!

Pentire Drinks is an amazing company that makes beautiful botanical drinks (with no alcohol) on the Cornish coast. All the drinks from this company are vegan and gluten-free. The drinks are sold in easy-to-recycle bottles or cans.

Due to quinine, avoid tonic water for pregnancy/nursing and certain medical conditions (liver failure, blood thinners, antibiotics and anti-depressants). Avoid grapefruit and rhubarb tonic waters, if on certain medications (check paper inserts).

For cans, just pop the ring-pulls back over the can before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.

The Cornish coast has a unique climate, soil and air moisture, meaning key botanicals thrive here. Everything is sustainably-sourced and uses Fair Trade organic ingredients, sold in sustainable packaging. The botanicals are even rich in vitamins.

The company also donates to Blue Marine Foundation to help protect the world’s oceans. Everything is also made locally with seasonal ingredients, a wonderful way to support local agriculture, and keep jobs in communities.

There are three drinks in the range:

• Pentire Adrift is made from unique coastal plants with a fresh herby taste. Contains rock samphire, sage, lemon citrus and Cornish sea salt. Serve with light tonic, and a slice of lemon peel or sprig of rosemary.
• Pentire Seaward is a refreshing blend of sea rosemary, woodruff, sea buckthorn, wild seaweed and pink grapefruit. Serve with ice in a high glass, top with light tonic and garnish with a slice of grapefruit.
• Pentire Coastal Spritz contains natural bitter taste with coastal tones, blending the botanics with blood orange, sea rosemary and oakwood. Serve with soda or light tonic, and garnish with a wedge of orange and/or bay leaf. A nice local alternative to Italian negroni.

Pentire Margarita is a unique no-boozy tipple from the Cornish coast. Traditional margarita is made with tequila spirit from Mexico (it doesn’t have a ‘worm in the bottle’ but its cousin mezcal may do).

This creates a similar drink in zero waste packaging, using local botanicals and supporting artisan small crafters.

The margarita is sweetened with organic agave syrup, rather than sugar. Sold in bottles to serve 2 or 5 people, this contains lime, sea salt and a dash of Mexican chilli, for a fresh zingy ready-to-drink no-alcohol cocktail. To serve, pour 100ml into a rocks glass over ice, then garnish with a lime wedge and slice of chilli. Also sold in easy-to-recycle cans.

Talonmore (a Scottish no-alcohol spirit)

Talonmore (use code englandnaturally for 5% discount) is a spiced Scottish spirit, giving all the benefits of the traditional ‘hot toddy’, but without the alcohol. And with 28 serves in every bottle, this is good value too.

This vegan-friendly spirit is inspired by Edinburgh’s historic charm, a unique blend of complex and fiery flavours. Using a mix of rooted and plant-based ingredients, the lingering taste is fired by the spice of ginger and cinnamon, complemented by malty notes and fruit sweetness.

Talonmore has been rated no.1 no-alcohol spirit in blind taste tests, by Good Housekeeping and Men’s Health.

Key ingredients in Talonmore

Due to caffeine from tea, this drink is not recommended for pregnancy/nursing.

Brewed with Scottish water, it’s 0% ABV and includes:

• Ginger
• Prickly pear
• Hawthorn berry
• Assam tea
• Cactus juice

The ingredients blend are designed to replicate the experience of drinking a dark spirit (like whisky, rum, cognac or tequila reposado).

The unique distilling process does not use ethanol, so avoids the typical watery taste and weak smell of substitute.

How to Serve Talonmore

Talonmore is best serve neat on the rocks. Or use it in your favourite cocktail recipes.

Store Talonmore in a cool dark place before opening. After opening, keep in the fridge and consume within 45 days at correct temperatures. Shake the bottle, before opening! All packaging is easy to recycle.

Financial Incentives for Bartenders

Bartenders can join Talonmore’s Ambassador Community for referral discounts and financial incentives, across the UK.

No-Alcohol Botanical Drinks (Wiltshire)

Bax Botanics is an artisan company offering lovely herby botanical spirits from Yorkshire, made ethically with wild herbs and organic ingredients, all sent in zero-waste packaging.

By law, no drink can be called 0% alcohol (there’s a little alcohol in bananas and bread), but this is as low as you can go. Even the bottle labels are made from biodegradable sugar-cane.

The founders spend years learning about botanical flavours and now use their skills to create unique blends using herbs, roots, berries and flowers, for spirits and cocktails with complex tastes. Serve with tonic water, to make the drinks come to life!

There are two drinks in the range:

• Sea Buckthorn contains fragrant herbs, Seville oranges and has a warm ‘buttery baked’ flavour.
• Verbena is a light fresh herby flavour, with notes of citrus and menthol.

You can also buy both drinks in ready-to-drink cans already containing tonic water. Wholesale orders are welcome for restaurants, shops and hotels.

Sprigster Botanical Drinks from Wiltshire

Sprigster is a unique artisan company that produces botanically infused drinks in Wiltshire, inspired by English country gardens. These drinks are expertly crafted and bottled in-house by cooks and gardeners at a Victorian walled kitchen garden.

The signature infused drink is made with local fruits with no added sugar. Includes notes of ginger, rhubarb, fennel and hops, slow-cooked in apple-cider vinegar then blended with orchard apple reduction, and topped with Wiltshire spring water. Serve a single or double measure over ice, add soda or tonic water, then garnish with seasonal fruits and a sprig from the garden.

Garden Brut is a sparkling fizz alternative to champagne, made with English country garden ingredients, with an apple cider vinegar backdrop. Sprigster Hedgerow Blush is a pale pink sparkling fizz, with rhubarb flavours.

The Victorian walled garden is at the source of everything made. The south-facing layout and intelligent design of the beds, yield plump peaches and other fruits that make up these delicious no-alcohol tipples! Wholesale orders are welcome for shops, restaurants and hotels.

No-Alcohol Botanical Spirits (from Suffolk)

Herbarium is an artisan company that makes tasty alcohol-free botanical spirits in Suffolk.  Hand-crafted in copper stills, serve with mixers for a tasty yet healthy drink for special occasions.

There are just 2 drinks in the range:

• Herbarium Distillation 29 contains spice, jumper and citrus. Ideal as a cocktail mixer base.
• Herbarium Distillation 8 contains floral herbs of rosemary, lemongrass, lavender and hints of pink pepper for a punch of warmth. Again a good cocktail mixer, or just pair with soda or tonic water.

This brand was founded by two friends who liked going to the pub, but wondered if there was a way to create a gin-type drink, without the alcohol.

So they began experimenting and eventually came up with these two wonderful creations.  Wholesale orders are welcome for shops, restaurants and hotels.

Artisan Fruit (no-alcohol) Gin Alternatives

Atopia is a wonderful range of no-alcohol gin alternatives, made with fresh fruity and hedgerow-inspired flavours. Crafted in a copper still, these are crafted by master distillers, with generations of experience, suing natural botanicals.

The range includes:

• Hedgerow berry – a compote of berries, with notes of rosehip & a little spice
• Rhubarb & ginger – crispy juicy fruits with a warm ginger finish
• Spiced citrus – zesty flavours with a gentle spiced finish

A No-Alcohol Orange Rosemary Aperitif

Wilfred’s Aperitif is a delicious no-alcohol mixer drink, created by an engineer. At just 21 calories per serving, it’s made with natural botanicals and bitter orange, aromatic rosemary and a hint of rhubarb and cloves.

Wilfred created the drink after being inspired by his world travels. He sourced all the botanicals he could find including the aromatic English rose, before returning back home and creating the first ‘draft’ using his mother’s freshly-picked rosemary and his dad’s homemade marmalade!

This artistic blend coupled with an engineer’s mixing brain, created the drink you can enjoy today!

A Botanical Gin Alternative (from Devon)

 

Sea Arch Drinks come from Devon, founded by people who care deeply about the sea, land and sharing good times together. These drinks are made with care using fresh herbs, hand-harvested sugar kelp (a crinkly seaweed that often washes up on beaches, after rough seas) and samphire )often found around rocky Devon coasts and marsh flats).

Each sip feels light and crisp, like a walk along the Devon coast, when the air smells of wildflowers and salt. The range includes a rose raspberry flavour, both sold in eco-friendly bottles, or ready-to-drink mixer cans.

The brand name refers to a stone arch along the Devon shore. Which stands tall after centuries of wind and waves – a steady symbol of the natural world, and its power to endure.

A Latin-Inspired Drink from Bristol

Caleño (Bristol) is a Latin-inspired tropical drink in light and zesty version (nice with tonic and pineapple) or a dark spicy version (good with ginger ale and lime).

Designed for people who like to party, but without the alcohol. This is free from the sickly sweet artificial ingredients in similar brands.

Colombia has more bird diversity than anywhere on earth, and is the world’s second most biodiverse country for wildlife (after Brazil). One tenth of all the world’s species live in one of the world’s happiest countries.

A third of the country is made up on rainforest, where pink dolphins leap out of the water. The locals don’t drink the spirit above. Their national drink is made from sugar cane, that is very much not alcohol-free!

Persian-inspired Spirit Drinks (London)

Xachoh are Persian-inspired spirits and the birthplace of the founder’s family, where secrets have been handed down through generations to produce two drinks. Blend No 5 features tar anise and Blend No & features ginger root and mace (keep away from pets).

Persia is the ancient name for Iran. Despite not having good news in recent years, this ancient country is beautiful (and focuses high value on truth). The Persian version of Hell is caused ‘The House of Lies’.

Iran is not a democratic nation (having a ‘supreme leader’ like North Korea). If you do visit, never raise your thumbs up (this is rude in Iran, like giving the middle finger!)

We love Yogi Cameron. Born to an Iranian father and British mother, he was sent to the UK during the war, and did not see his parents for years, while at boarding school. Spotted on the street, he became a supermodel, before giving it all up to become a spiritual teacher of yoga.

Bold-Tasting (no alcohol) Spirit Drinks

Strykk is a unique range of no-alcohol spirits with bold tastes. Ideal for parties or alternative drinks to serve at restaurants and pubs.

The range includes:

• Not Aperitivo (bitter orange and sweet Prosecco-like notes, with wormwood & Quassia). Serve with one part soda or tonic over ice.
• Not Gin combines juniper, basil & rosemary
• Not Rum is made with vanilla, raise & oakwood for a spiced rum alternative.
• Not Vodka combines cucumber, coriander & warming pepper. Also in a vanilla vodka version.

Once open, store in the fridge and consume within 12 weeks. Before opening, store in a cool dark place. Wholesale orders are welcome for shops, restaurants and hotels.

No-Alcohol Gin, Whisky, Rum, Vodka & Tequila

CleanCo offers no alcohol alternatives to gin, whisky, rum, vodka and tequila. This indie brand (founded by Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews) invests in flavour geniuses, so the drinks taste like-for-like with alcohol versions.

Packed in recycled glass bottles with compostable packaging, Clean W is Halal-suitable and all bar Clean T is Kosher.