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All the sense of occasion, none or very little of the ABV. These are some of our favourite London breweries, distilleries, chocolate-makers and cocktail-slingers doing great alcohol-free options for when you want to brighten your night in, boozelessly.
All available for delivery, and all 0.5% alcohol or lower.
London s not short of kombucha breweries doing variations on the fermented, tangy tea but for something that feels fierce enough to make it a good substitute for the kick and heat of alcohol, Kompassion s Scotch bonnet is the one. Looks good in a champagne coupe, fizzes lightly like a celebration, and mixes well with non-alcoholic bitters if you want to get showy with it.
Beat Dry January with booze-free alternatives, from fizzy tea to CBD
Despite this being the most miserable January in living memory (™), droves of us are keen to give up even more of life’s basic pleasures. This is set to be the most widely-practiced Dry January yet, with various unscientific surveys claiming that anywhere between 6.5m UK adults (up from 3.9m last year) to half of all Londoners (!) are planning to quit the sauce this month.
If you’re one of them, here are some interesting booze-free options to help get you through the cold, dark, plague-ridden month ahead without the numbing certainty of hard liquor.
By Daniel Woolfson2020-12-18T00:01:00+00:00
Brits bought an extra 382.6 million litres of lager, ale and cider this year
It’s been a stellar year for Stella Artois. An extra 287.9 million litres of the UK’s favourite lager passed through tills as Covid-19 hit Britain, adding just under £105m to its value. That’s the largest gain of any non-tobacco brand – ahead of huge names such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
Stella’s not alone in its soaring success. Other big-name lagers are some of the highest-grossing brands in this entire Top Products report.
Take the £92m gains made by San Miguel, distributed by Carlsberg in the UK. Combine this with the fact Carlsberg’s core pilsner has achieved growth of £17.8m, and the once-beleaguered supplier is in a healthier position than it’s been in some years.