Grown up Non-alcoholic drinks

[JaninaDuszejko]

Can anyone recommend non-sweet non-alcoholic drinks that are interesting to drink. Want to have some fun alternatives when we have family visiting over Christmas and not just my kid's soft drinks.

I like the Belvoir range - some are a bit sugary but others not so much, pretty bottles and you can use the cordials to make nice mocktails.

Fevertree do some lovely stuff. The Mexican lime soda and blood orange soda are my favourites.

try the 'sparklingly sober' range.

think its in Aldi and the Co-op

If you don’t mind making your own, this cranberry and pomegranate punch is delicious and we enjoy this White Russian after dinner.
I’ve already tried the mulled winter punch from Belvoir and I’ll definitely be buying it again for Christmas Eve. We also drink No 1 raspberry and pomegranate kombucha.

The Real Kombucha company have great dry kombucha sold in sparkling wine bottles with cork and all. They are great bases for mocktails or to drink in champagne glasses.

I make a drink which is a mixture of their Dry Dragon, elderflower cordial, and a splash of cranberry served in coupe glasses. Grown up, not very sweet non-alcoholic alternatives are hard to find and I was very happy when I discovered their products.

San Pellegrino Chinotto is lovely

Nosecco is really nice sparkling wine alternative.

I'm planning to get some non alcoholic gin for Xmas day as well.

Seedlip is nice, but pricey. I’m currently really enjoying Fentimans Light Tonic which is quite a savoury tasting tonic. For something sweeter, I like ginger beer with a dash of Belvoir lime cordial.

Martini do a non alcoholic one, it’s a red colour and has a slightly bitter taste. I like it with lemonade.

Elderflower cordial and tonic is nice and refreshing.

Botanicals from m and s is nice.

Oh, lots of things to investigate. Thanks so much everyone.

M&S do a good non-alcoholic G&T ready mixed in a bottle.
These two are very good.
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/virgin_mojito_18243
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pomegranate_christmas_97061
Belvoir do a non-alcoholic mulled winter cordial - worth trying as an alternative to mulled wine. I’ve been at events where we served it - very popular!

This one. www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/belvoir-farm-festive-edition-mulled-winter-cordial-500ml

I like bitter lemon, or tonic water with ice & lemon.
Lime & soda but that's more of a summer drink for me.
My friend once found bitter cranberry which was gorgeous but I haven't found it for years.

Non-alcoholic orange punch

I make a drink using apple juice, lime cordial, ginger cordial, fresh mint and topped up with soda water. Ratios are probably something like 1/4 glass apple juice, generous slug of lime, slightly less generous slug of ginger to get to about half the glass, then topped up. You can top up with tonic water too probably to make it slightly different?