The ingredients are also sustainable – the honey comes from the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Huntleys Peninsula, the wild eucalyptus from south-eastern Australia – and there are no artificial flavours, preservatives or sweeteners. Created by Sydney bartender Giacomo Franceschi, this version is spiked with raspberry and eucalyptus for additional complexity and interest. While it’s not strictly a mead (which has booze in it), it’s still naturally fermented honey water that ends up gently fizzy, tart and tangy with a little hit of sweetness. Simple and brilliantly done, this is a seriously invigorating and delicious beverage. Proper stuff, serious beer, stacks of flavour, sessionable and just plain outstanding as an important alternative to booze. It’s so authentically an Aussie beer it feels like the kind of thing you’d spill on a pub floor to give it that “authentic smell” – although you wouldn’t waste any, as it’s so damn refreshing and good. Here are his eight top choices.Ĭrisp, refreshing, bitter and dry, a ripper lager in anyone’s language (and you don’t end up the drongo of the party after having a few too many). That means he tastes almost everything that gets released here, so we reckon he’s well-positioned to give us the tastiest alcohol-free drinks suggestions. A leading drinks specialist and noted drinks writer, Bennie co-founded Sydney bottle shop P&V Wine & Liquor Merchants, and is behind a number of local industry awards and events, such as Drink Easy and Rootstock. And it’s especially helpful as the alcohol-free drinks market gets more and more crowded. As Dry July – the annual fundraiser encouraging Aussies to go alcohol-free for the month and raise funds for people affected by cancer – swings round for another year, we thought it was a good time to get drinks expert Mike Bennie to share his favourite non-booze options with us.
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