Can you suggest non alcoholic drinks that taste like alcohol?

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Just that really. Trying for a baby and like a drink for the social element but won’t drink alcohol so wonder if there’s any alternatives you could recommend?

M&S do an alcohol free Bucks Fizz which is surprisingly good.

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not AF but very very low

The drydrinker website has a huge range now. I agree alcohol free wine is disgusting but several beers are really tasty, I prefer the Belgian ones.

If you want a really long drink ginger beer & alc. free beer with ice is very refreshing.

Have bought a few of the 'spirits' (Seedlip, Cedar's etc. ) but really balk at paying more than the price of a decent bottle of gin for them. If you're missing swimming in a pool then Seedlip is a good substitute for a mouthful of pool water... Feragaia and ginger ale is my favourite but you need a dribble of it - not the 50ml they recommend on the label, at £28 a small bottle they are having a laugh.

Going to try the juniper in tonic tip, thanks for that.

If you're missing swimming in a pool then Seedlip is a good substitute for a mouthful of pool water...

This!!!

Also agree with pp about kombucha, but some brands better than others.

Not to put a dampener on things but isn’t tonic to be avoided in pregnancy because of the quinnine? I was gutted when I was pregnant and read that as it was my go to non alcoholic drink. Happy to be corrected.

I started drinking tonic when pregnant because I read the quinine helped with leg cramps. Bit late now as child in question is 12 but I have never heard it's not advisable in pregnancy.

I like Freixenet sparkling 'prosecco'-the rose is particularly nice

Beira Moretti 0% is brilliant, as is erdinger, the big Sainsbury’s do a miniature or Seedlip ‘gin’ to try before you spend a bomb on a big bottle, fevertree Mediterranean with a splash of elderflower cordial comes quite close to white wine for me

I thought it was to be avoided in quantities over a litre a day.

I drink a lot of plain tonic water with slice of lime (and sometimes some juniper berries, they definitely add to the gin-ny taste), either all night if I am driving, or like my 40th when I was going from 5 (straight from work) until early hours so alternated G&T with plain T all night.

We've also started to enjoy seedlip with tonic.

Proper elderflower cordial with sparkling water is very refreshing and grown up.

In terms of beer, we like:
Wicklow Wolf's AF pale ale (grey tins)
Peroni
Erdinger
Leffe (only found in Netherlands, can only get alcohol version here)
Heinekin OO was ok and a lot better than Bucks and Kaliber used to be, but a little "tinny" as some have remarked

When PG, I used to look out for lower % wines, and allow myself 1 small glass per week (under GP guidance), on the basis that a relaxed MTB was far better for Baby than a stressed out MTB. (Pretty stressful job at the time).

We also had visited Cuba while I was PG, so alcohol free mojitos were nice and refreshing (just the mint, sparkling water and no rum).

Oooo @blahblahblahetcetc the juniper berries in tonic is an awesome plan!! 🙌🙌🙌

Brooklyn special effects beer is my fave!

The Haymans small gin is really nice. It come with a little thimble which is 5ml. You would need 5 potions mixed with tonic to be the equivalent of just one pub measure. It has a tiny bit of alcohol per glass but a really lovely strong fragrant flavour so you really feel like you get a sort of alcoholic kick but without the alcohol.

Oh and my husband likes Becks Blue and the brew dog low alcohol beers too- his favourite is Nanny State

Great thread op, I've been wondering what good non alcohol substitutes are out there, so I'm place marking for later.

Very expensive, but Fortnums do a sparkling tea, it doesn’t taste like tea and is lovely.

I like grapefruit and soda, it doesn't feel like a soft drink and certainly not sickly sweet like a lot of soft drinks become if you have more than one

Becks Blue is rank. However I don't like normal Becks so 🤷🏻‍♀️

Fizz lime cordial is nice and refreshing and Stowford Press 0.5% cider is lovely, as is 0.5% prosecco from Tesco.

The nicest a non alcoholic beer I found when pregnant was San Miguel 0%.

I have tried so many AF wines over the years, and as recently as January (for dry January). They are all revolting, unless you have a really sweet tooth and normally like sweet wine.
If you like dry wine, there's no AF version.

For beer, Beck's Blue.. that's the most dry, and nice and hoppy.

Becks Blue and Franziskaner alcohol free hefeweizen are both good.

Oh, and punk af from Brewdog is great too

Flavoured sparkling water or tonic & lime codial served with ice and a slice, are my go to pregnancy bevvies. Peach flavoured sparkling water - took me right back to Archers and lemonade 😂

I also don't dislike:

Frexienet Rose (non-alc) sparkling wine.

Non-alc Koppaberg Pear Cider

Seedlip non-alc 'gin' and tonic - tastes nothing like gin but is OK when you remove the gin association.

Another vote for Kopperberg pear cider - it is really nice.

Just make sure you get the non alcoholic version - it will say on the label!