Alcohol free drinks thread! What are your favourites?

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Hello

I can’t find the really interesting thread of a few years ago where lots of people listed and reviewed their favourite AF drinks. So I wondered if there might be interest in doing the same sort of thing again.

Please tell me your favourite alcohol free drinks? Whether that’s drinks you have because you’re pregnant or are otherwise unable to drink, to save a bit of money, to have a break from alcohol or when you’re designated driver, or any other reason. Can be as basic as a really nice squash or concentrate with fizzy water, or as fancy as fermented kombucha type thingies and begins…

I would love to hear ideas :)

RCG

Non alcoholic beer - probably a brew dog one. Although often in a pub there's not much choice and it will be a lager type which I'm getting used to - I was always a "real ale" drinker.

If I'm at someone's house then I'll have fruit juice, but I'd rather have a coffee! Except that's now decaff so they probably won't have that either!!

A couple of Christmases ago dh bought me some non alcoholic gin. It was horrible!! Although it was lavender - something I associate with dabbing behind my ears rather than eating, so maybe other NA gins are OK!!

Dalstons cherry, they also do a rhubarb flavour which is very nice too.

Sodafolk are also nice, love the cream soda

I’ll second Tanqueray alcohol free gin. Especially with Fever Tree tonic.

Contrary to my name I do like a day off here and there!!

There was a similar thread lately.

Can't go wrong with a soda stream - try with various posh cordials, fresh cherry juice, fresh lemon and lime.

Current fave non-alcoholic alternative is a sparkling drink called Bolle - great for booze free celebrations/pregnant friends. It's really refreshing and doesn't leave an after taste. Plus the guy that created it is some kind of wine scientist!

Also like the various kombucha based drinks currently on the market - great for fizz and flavour.

Oh yes and sodafolk - the black cherry one is delicious!

I like sanbitter and tonic. It’s a bit like AF Aperol.

At the moment I love Aldi's Peach Limeade and Lucozade Pink Grapefruit. They remind me of the old Archers Aquas from the early 2000s! And they are low cal too!
I also like Kylies non alcoholic sparkling rosé and most elderflower mocktails

Koppaberg non-alcoholic perry is really nice.

Crodino is delicious, tastes just like aperol. Sanbitter is good too. I like shandy using non-alcoholic beer and lemonade- very refreshing!

Lime and soda is cheap and cheerful when out.

San Pellegrino are also nice blood orange is my favourite.

Also like j20 but I always have to water them down I find them quite strong

I like becks blue. And just soda water.

Virgin Pina Colada

Belvoir Elderflower Presse with lots of ice, delicious!

I like a Shirley Temple

I really enjoy a lot of the non-alcoholic IPA/lagers - Brewdog, Brooklyn, Peroni, Ghostship all do nice ones.

I had Aldi non-alcoholic Prosecco the other day and that was the best one I’ve had.

Otherwise I’ll go for either a sparkling water or a lemon san peligrino

The Brew dog multipack of four non-alcoholic beers are by far the best in my opinion. A decent range from Citrus beers via hoppy ones to cloudy ones.

Save: ASDA cherries and berries squash with sparkling water.
Splurge: San Pellegrino orange whatever its called.
I'm a recovering alcoholic and always have the guilty fear with AF versions of normally alcoholic drinks 😕

After having to give up alcohol for medical reasons, my choice of tipple always used to be a slimline tonic with ice and lemon. And now, joy of joys, Gordon's brought out an alcohol-free version of their gin last year.
Ahhhhhhhhh..............mmmmmmm.............

Seedlip Non-Alcoholic Gins are lovely 😊

I honestly just like water the most, I live in Scotland and we do have great tap water though.
If I'm out and about I sometimes have an oat milk chai latte but that's about it.

I'm so boring, really, you don't want to invite me to your party!

POM. Interesting and mouth-filling.

G-no-T. So just tonic .

But dress it up with whatever ice and garnish you’d have with. G&T. Still very much a treat!!

Make that T-no-G !!

Tanqueray AF is delicious, I don't really notice the difference