The stigma around cocktail culture and drinking in general in America can be disheartening for those of us that love the taste. Just like our recent post on orange wine, it’s not that we want to numb out any feelings or get excessively drunk. We just love an iced cold glass of Sauv Blanc on a hot day, or a full bodied red wine to wind down with at night. If you were raised in a conservative drinking culture, it’s important to separate your enjoyment in alcoholic beverages and the shame that may be associated with the culture you come from.

With that said, there are limits and the US Health Guidelines states that 7 drinks a week for women and 14 drinks a week for men is the healthy limit. Taking a look at it through this perspective, we probably shouldn’t be drinking every night but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the ritual of having a cocktail or two. As our cocktail culture and mixology has grown in most urban areas of America, so have the non-alcoholic spirit options. Here are our 10 picks for alcohol alternative spirits and cocktails. No need to drink responsibly here! 5 cocktails later and you’ll still be walking straight lines and spelling the alphabet backwards.

Ritual Zero Proof - Ritual Zero-Proof alternative spirits deliver the taste, aroma and burn of traditional spirits without the alcohol or calories.

Whiskey Alternative - 10 Calories $26.99
Tequila Alternative - 0 Calories $26.99
Gin Alternative - 0 Calories $26.99

Seedlip - Seedlip is on a mission to change the way the world drinks with the highest quality non-alcoholic options. Three unique & complex blends - Spice 94, Garden 108 & Grove 42 - simply served with tonic or mixed to create sophisticated non-alcoholic cocktails.

Seedlip Garden 108 - $30
Seedlip Spice 94 - $30
Seedlip Grove 42 - $30

Arkay - No alcohol, sweetner, or sugar, Arkay was first created in Dubai and has been producing non-alcoholic spirits since 2012. Proven to give the same burn as an alcoholic drink, Arkay has over 30 different alternatives to whiskey, tequila, gin, rum, and more.

Kin Euphorics - With three main bottled mixes, Kin offers the Kin Spritz, High Rhode, and Dream Light are offered in a single bottle, 2,4, 8, and 16 packs, depending on which kind. Botanics, Nootropics, and Adaptogens create the mix you’ll be drinking adding health benefits to your mocktail.

Curious Elixers - Their tagline says it all “Shaken, not Slurred” Complex booze-free cocktails. Handmade with the best ingredients and no added sugar in the Hudson Valley. 4 bottled cocktail options, ranging from the taste of a Negroni to a Pineapple Margarita, to a Dark and Stormy.

Borrago - Borrago, an English based, clear alcohol alternative, sells one type of bottle; the Borrago #47 Paloma Blend. They’ve got a large array of cocktail recipes you can make with Borrago, including an Old Fashioned.

Lyre’s With an incredibly impressive display of alcohol alternatives, Curious Elixers also sells alternatives to liqueurs to create drinks like the Negroni. Sets are sold together making it even easier to drink your favorite cocktail without alcohol

Memento - Made in Italy, Memento has the aromatic flavors that when mixed, create the taste of a cocktail. “Each ingredient distilled separately, allowing each single component to maintain its individual identity, before being blended together to form a sophisticated bouquet.”

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