In January I wrote two stories on new nonalcoholic products coming out or new on the scene. New Non-Alcoholic RTD Cocktails for 2025 New Non-Alcoholic Spirits For Cocktails For 2025 Click on over to see more detail, but the products are listed here: Aplos Ready To Drink Canned Cocktails Casamara... Read more →
I keep a close eye on new books on drinks (mostly cocktails and spirits rather than beer/wine), and I read most of them that come out every year. On this post I'll keep track of them. I probably won't include every cultural franchise tie-in cocktail book (Harry Potter, Star Wars,... Read more →
The mailroom here at Alcademics Global Headquarters has been working overtime receiving all the new samples. Here are four that arrived recently: Wilderton non alcoholic spirits has new packaging, a rebrand to Wilderton Aperitivo Co, and a new product: Citrus Aperitivo. It has “Lemon, yuzu, and blood orange combine with... Read more →
Here are new drink books coming out in 2024. These are just the cocktails and spirits ones, rather than beer and wine. I would imagine there will be a lot more toward holiday 2024 but this is plenty for now! Links are to Amazon and I may earn an affiliate... Read more →
The flavor of nonalcoholic beer is far ahead of that of spirits (and I think wine, but I know a lot less about wine both alcoholic and not). And now that it is, nearly all the largest beer brands have released nonalcoholic line extensions recently. Off the top of my... Read more →
This January I gave three tastings of nonalcoholic products to small classes. The goal was to talk about the category and highlight some star products. I've tasted dozens of NA cocktails and spirits and frankly a lot of them are very bad. And some brands have a whole line of... Read more →
I was invited to write a story for MSNBC.com about the coming new normal of casual sobriety, aka the end of Dry January. I made a bunch of points about generational drinking habits, parallels to vegetarianism, and flaws and challenges of serving nonalcoholic spirits in bars. Read the story here. Read more →
First there was nonalcoholic alcoholic seltzer. To help drinkers in their sober curious exploration, White Claw is introducing a new way of drinking. Introducing White Claw 0% Alcohol - a new, non-alcoholic premium seltzer boasting the complex taste and feel of a real drink. Made from ultra-refined seltzer and blended... Read more →