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Alcohol-free
Before alcohol, there is flavour.
I come from table-grape country. Long before whisky, rum or gin caught my interest, the first thing I learned to taste was fruit.
In a glass, that's still what I look for first: flavour, character, something to discover.
With or without alcohol, my expectations are ultimately the same.
A gin should let its spices and botanicals speak. A lemon liqueur can't just taste of sugar and lemon. A sparkling wine needs enough substance to stand on its own.
Alcohol-free doesn't mean story-free.
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How do I choose alcohol-free drinks at Distillicious?
Perhaps even more carefully than the others. 😄
Removing the alcohol changes a drink. Rather than trying to find exactly the same glass again, I'd rather discover what it has become.
An alcoholic and an alcohol-free version can start from the same place without necessarily telling the same story.
I'm perfectly happy with that.
I look for balance, substance and aroma. Sugar can be part of the picture, of course, but can't be the answer.
The first alcohol-free bottles to join the Distillicious selection were gin alternatives. Since then, the family has grown: aperitifs, alternatives to other spirits, sparkling wines…
A glass for everyone around the table
Not everyone wants to drink alcohol — or is always able to.
There's no reason for their glass to be boring.
You can love food, explore pairings, be curious about what's in your glass… alcohol doesn't have to be part of it.
That's where alcohol-free interests me most: when it stops being a substitute and becomes something I genuinely want to offer.
A small selection, for now
It could be much bigger.
It won't be, just for the sake of filling a category.
Finding an alcohol-free drink that isn't flat, overly sweet or lacking in character is still difficult.
So I taste, I search, and I get a few other opinions too.
Some bottles make the cut. Others don't.
The selection is still small. It grows with each new discovery.
If an alcohol-free bottle joins the Distillicious selection, I'd like it to be for exactly the same reason as all the others:
because there was something worth tasting.