These non alcoholic drinks are just as good as their boozy counterparts. Thanks to the millennial-driven wellness trend, more and more people are taking stock of their lifestyle and limiting (or avoiding) alcohol as a result. But luckily for those folks, now a days that doesn’t mean you’re obligated to stay at home. Bars and restaurants across the country have begun to accommodate the needs of every kind of ‘drinker’ with thoughtfully designed non-alcoholic drink menus and in many instances, these virgin drinks are just as good and interesting as their boozy counterparts. Delivering that sort of quality and complexity without any alcohol to hide behind requires the right ingredients. Flavorful components like fruit shrubs, kombucha, tonic, and syrups are usually part of the equation. In some cases, so are alcohol-free distilled spirits. Bartenders concerned with providing sober guests the same taste experience as co*cktail drinkers have been known to reach for bottles of Seedlip–a line of liquor alternatives made by first macerating herbs, vegetables, and other botanicals in neutral spirits and then boiling off all of the alcohol to produce a “soft” distillation. The results of that six-week process is something similar to gin, minus the alcohol. Seedlip is made in the UK and only recently has it become widely available in the United States. Now, you can have it at home for those nights (and days) when you want to enjoy a sophisticated drink without any of the buzz. Below are a few recipes (courtesy of Seedlip) to get you started. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add Seedlip Garden and sugar snap shrub to a highball glass over ice. Top with club soda to fill then give everything a light, quick stir. Garnish with a carrot ribbon. To make sugar snap shrub: Finely slice 1 cup of fresh sugar snap peas. Add all the bits and pieces to a large jar or container along with 1 cup of apple cider vinegar and 1 cup of white sugar. Muddle everything together and let them sit for 8 hours or overnight. When the proper time has lapsed, filter out the solids using a fine mesh strainer and/or cheesecloth. Store unused shrub in the refrigerator. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add Seedlip Spice and ginger ale to a rocks glass filled with ice. Give everything a light quick stir then garnish with an orange wheel. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients, including fresh herbs, to a co*cktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake to chill and dilute until the outside of the shaker frosts. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with fresh rosemary needles. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients to a co*cktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake to chill and dilute until the outside of the shaker frosts. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon twist. To make raspberry shrub: Add 1 quart of fresh raspberries, 1 cup of apple cider vinegar, and 1 cup of white sugar to a jar or other large container. Muddle everything together and then let the ingredients sit for 8 hours or overnight. After the appropriate time has lapsed, filter out the solids using a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth. Store unused shrub in the refrigerator. Add all ingredients to a co*cktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake to chill and dilute until the outside of the shaker frosts. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a single, twee fresh pea. To make the pea shrub: Combine 1 cup of peas, 1 cup of apple cider vinegar, and 1 cup of white sugar in a large mason jar or other container. Muddle the peas to mush them and leave everything to sit and infuse for 8 hours or overnight. When the proper time has lapsed, filter out the solids using a fine mesh strainer and/or cheesecloth. Store unused shrub in the refrigerator. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add Seedlip Spice, shrub, and soda to a highball glass filled with ice. Give everything a light quick stir then garnish with a grapefruit wedge. To make pineapple & ginger shrub: Add chopped fruit from a small pineapple to a large Mason jar or other container along with 1 ounce of ginger juice or 1 inch nub of finely sliced fresh ginger, 1 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup white sugar, and 1/2 cup molasses. Muddle everything together and leave the ingredients to sit and infuse for 8 hours or overnight. When the proper time has lapsed, filter out the solids using a fine mesh strainer and/or cheesecloth. Store unused shrub in the refrigerator. Yield: 1 co*cktail Lightly muddle mint leaves in shaker. Add all ingredients to the shaker, shake and train over ice. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients to a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lemon slice Yield: 1 co*cktail Combine all ingredients (except soda) in shaker. Shake. Strain over ice in Highball. Top with soda water. Stir. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients to a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lime wedge. Yield: 1 co*cktail Shake all ingredients and strain over ice into a rocks glass. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients to a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with fresh rosemary sprig. Yield: 1 co*cktail Fill glass with ice. Add all ingredients to glass. Top with tonic. Stir. To make rhubarb cordial: Combine 3 chopped sticks of fresh rhubarb, 8 oz hot water & 1 cup Caster Sugar. Leave to infuse for 2 hours. Filter & refrigerate. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add 2 leaves of basil and shake in jar with lid on. Add ice and garnish with fresh basil leaf. Yield: 1 co*cktail Fill glass with ice. Add all ingredients to glass. Top with tonic and garnish with lemongrass fan. To make lemongrass cordial: Combine 3 chopped ticks of fresh Lemongrass, 1 cup hot water & ½ cup Caster Sugar. Leave to infuse for 2 hours. Filter and refrigerate. Yield: 1 co*cktail Shake all ingredients and strain over ice into a highball glass. Garnish with mediterranean botanicals. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients to a highball filled with ice. Garnish with a dehydrated lime. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients to a goblet filled with ice. Garnish with tangerine zest. Yield: 1 co*cktail Shake all ingredients and strain over ice into a highball glass. Garnish with a grapefruit peel. Yield: 1 co*cktail Add all ingredients to glass. Garnish with celery stalk. Yield: 1 co*cktail Shake all ingredients and fine strain over ice into a mug. Garnish with lemon zest.
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Ginger & Spice Ale
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Garden Sour
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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Seedlip Swithel
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Mint Cooler
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Grove & Ginger Ale
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PaNOma
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Spice & Ginger Ale
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Garden Party
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Garden & Ginger Ale
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Rhubarb Spritz
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Picnic Smash
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Lemon Grove
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Mediterraneo
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Jungle Breeze
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Persefone
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Herbal Cooler
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MeMento Mary
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