Sapling Climate Positive Vodka (with local wheat)

Sapling Spirits is the world’s first climate-positive vodka, which plants a tree for every drink enjoyed. Made with British wheat, a unique code on each bottle tells you what tree was planted (and where).

For a bloody Mary, pour over ice, add lemon, a pinch of salt, tomato juice and garnish with a celery stick (use vegan Worcestershire sauce, for a spicy version).

Corks are too dense to recycle and are choking hazards, so send off in bulk to Recorked, if your local off license does not collect.

Check medication before drinking tonic water (contains quinine). Also avoid tonic water for pregnancy/nursing (and obviously avoid alcohol).

A recent study found that the average bottle of vodka uses 2.8kg of carbon before it reaches the customer. Made in London, this uses charcoal filtered water, to leave a hint of natural sweetness.

So far, the company has planted over 300,000 trees (both in the UK and abroad), and saved over 300,000 bottles from landfill.

The range includes standard vodka, plus a raspberry hibiscus pink vodka, which makes use of wonky raspberries, that would otherwise have gone to landfill. Hibiscus should be avoided for pregnancy, but then hopefully are not drinking vodka anyway?

There’s also a regenerative vodka, made with eco-farmed wheat that is a tasty mix of toffee, cereal, earth and chocolate orange!

Bars and restaurant buying wholesale use refillable 5 litre eco boxes, which saves 7 bottles from ever being created. The bottles are also made from 40% recycled glass, and use natural corks.

Other good brands of sustainable vodka

Vodka is a high-percentage spirit alcoholic drink that is usually made with wheat or potatoes. Rather than buy multi-national big brands, why not try some homegrown artisan brands?

Fatty’s Organic vodka is made in Dulwich, London.

Pure Organic Vodka was founded by an Essex boy, and includes a low-calorie version, and flavoured vodkas (caramel and peach/grapefruit.

Respirited is made with surplus grain and green energy, sold in recycled bottles with compostable closures and biodegradable recycled labels. Serve over ice with squeezed fresh lime and soda water.

Tipsy Wight makes hedgerow vodkas, from ingredients foraged on the Isle of Wight. Locals pick ingredients like sloe, wild cherry, plum, and crab apple each season. The range (most vegan) includes: