This week’s Club Soda podcast episode is from a live webinar we did back in November with the wonderful Tom from Wise Bartender. Laura and Tom take you through an introduction to low and no alcohol drinks, ranging from alcohol-free beers and wines to non-alcoholic spirits, and share much useful information on the way.It is best to listen so you can get the full benefit of the advice, though we have written a few key notes below. If you have further questions here are some answers to questions about alcohol-free drinks.Low and no alcohol drinks are not soft drinksLow and no alcohol drinks aren’t just soft drinks. They have been made for an adult palate. They’ve often been made in order to go with food, or for a particular occasion where you would have normally drunk alcohol. And they certainly are far more complex, with layering of flavours that you would not find in a soft drink. Many of the low and no drinks are completely sugar-free or low in calories. This isn’t like having pint of cola in the evening. These drinks can help you change your drinking habits, but they are also another dietary preference. Just like being vegan or vegetarian.Craft sodaStarting with sodas, there are brands like Square Root Soda who make really good sodas. They’re venturing into the adult category and they’ve got things like an adult GnT and an AF Negroni. They also do some collaboration shandies like the mandarin and ginger made with beer from Cloudwater. It’s almost like a new category of soda. The Square Root/Nirvana Beer collaboration is made with tayberry, a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry, and makes a fantastic sour.The many styles of alcohol-free beerStepping away from sodas into beer, sour is a really good place to start. The Big Drop Sour is not overpowering. The stouts are also really good to talk about. In the alcohol-free world these are amazing beers with body and character. Tom made brownies with the Drop Bear Bonfire Stout because it’s got a bit of smokiness to it. Mikkeller in Denmark even have a sour stout. This is like no beer you’ve ever tried before. It’s complete Marmite, people either hate it or love it. And if you’ve not drunk beer before, you will surprise yourself by finding there will be beer styles that you like. Like Lucky Saint lager, which is picking up award after award. Wise Bartender launched reviews on their website a while ago, and this was the top product at the moment.Read more here https://joinclubsoda.com/introduction-low-no-alcohol-drinks/Find Club Soda:The Club Soda Tasting Room is at 39 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RRFind us on Instagram

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