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I am your host, 11 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.479 Melanie Young, and welcome to another episode that I hope 12 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:53.439 will inspire enlighten you to live life to your fullest 13 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:57.039 and always on your terms. You can follow me at 14 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:00.399 Melanie Fabulous, check out my step stack at Melanie Fabulous, 15 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.520 and of course read my book for Less Fabulous You, 16 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:06.719 Lessons on Living Life on Your Terms, which you can 17 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.000 get on Amazon. We are going to talk about what 18 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.680 to drink when you're not drinking that's right? And what 19 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:18.599 inspired this well a lot of things. I just attended 20 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.280 Tales of the Cocktail, which is the largest gathering of 21 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.079 bar tenders and spirits industry professionals from around the world. 22 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:28.640 It was created in two thousand and three here in 23 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:31.920 my new home of New Orleans, which is the birthplace 24 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:34.200 of the cocktail and has it has some of the 25 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:38.640 greatest cocktail bars in the world, and it is where 26 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:43.480 the home of the Sazarak, the French seventy five, the Ramos, 27 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:49.560 Gin Fizz, Cafe Brulau, and other legendary cocktails. I have 28 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.159 been attending Tales of the Cocktail with my husband David 29 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.159 for many, many years. It is probably like my tenth 30 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:59.280 but in twenty ten I was the only, probably the 31 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.920 only teatotaler Tales because I attended after I had finished 32 00:02:03.239 --> 00:02:06.680 treatment for breast cancer and I was not drinking, and 33 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:10.520 I remember that there was really not a lot of 34 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.120 great options for me. There was coffee, there was tea, 35 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.599 there was soda, There was water and juice, and the 36 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:22.919 juices all had too much sugar, and I remember lamenting 37 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.360 the David, Gosh, there's just nothing for people who don't 38 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:31.280 imbibe and consume alcohol, and I want better options now. 39 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.680 We all remember when we were young and you go 40 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:35.520 out with your mom and dad or I would, and 41 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.240 they order you a Shirley Temple or a Tom Collins 42 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.159 so you feel sophisticated. And I still like a good 43 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:46.159 Shirley Temple in Tom Collins, but I wanted more, I 44 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:50.120 wanted better options. But here's the good news. Since then, 45 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:53.319 and that was two thousand and ten, we're now in 46 00:02:53.319 --> 00:03:00.000 twenty twenty five. The no alcohol movement you can call 47 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.599 what it is, but people who there's actually a thirty 48 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:06.879 percent of the US population adult drinking age population, choose 49 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.919 not to consume alcohol. Now it's actually at a higher 50 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:15.919 level than ever. Many people decided to stop consuming alcohol 51 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:18.919 after COVID nineteen because maybe they were consuming a little 52 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:21.879 bit too much during COVID nineteen. A lot of people 53 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:26.560 are older like me. I'm over sixty, and I don't 54 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:30.960 metabolize certain types of alcohol as well as I used to. 55 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:33.680 And I also have, you know, middle age gain or 56 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:37.479 actually senior age gay menopause belly, and I'm always trying 57 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.080 to lose it, and consuming too much of anything seems 58 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:44.039 to go straight to my belly. I do okay with wine, 59 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.960 that's a whole nother story. I do fine with wine. 60 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:51.400 I drink it with food, It's fine. But vodka, tequila, 61 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.319 gin who I can do I can become pretty weird 62 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:56.719 on all those things and not very nice, so I 63 00:03:56.759 --> 00:04:00.199 have to cut back. So here's the good news. If 64 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:02.400 you were in the same boat as me, Maybe you 65 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:06.039 don't drink because you're pregnant, or you're trying to become pregnant, 66 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:10.280 or you don't are unable to metabolize alcohol. Maybe you 67 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:13.759 had consumed a lot of alcohol and you have chosen 68 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:19.399 to stop drinking to change your lifestyle and behavior because 69 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:23.079 you liked alcohol a little too much. Maybe your religious 70 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:29.000 beliefs dictate that you do not drink alcohol for religious reasons. 71 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.720 Whatever your reason, it's your personal choice. And I absolutely 72 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:36.800 hate it when somebody says to me socially, why aren't 73 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:39.439 you drinking? Well, it's none of your business. Why aren't 74 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:41.839 you drinking? You should never say why aren't you doing anything? 75 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:43.879 Why aren't you eating? Why don't you eat me? Why 76 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.920 don't you drink? You never asked that question. Just say 77 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:50.079 what would you like to drink? What can I get you? 78 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.839 What are your preferences? And if you're entertaining at home, 79 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.720 you should always have some really great non alcohol options 80 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:59.879 for guests. This also goes whether you're doing a bra 81 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.279 I shower, or a wedding or any kind of event. 82 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:07.000 There should always be options that are good for people 83 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:09.360 who choose not to invite. You know, the last thing 84 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.360 you want is for someone to over indulge and then 85 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:14.519 go drive home, because I'm very much against drinking and 86 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.319 driving and it's against the law. So you need to 87 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:20.399 have options. But here's the good news. So I went 88 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.600 to Tails of the Cocktail this year with the soul 89 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:27.519 mission to find better low and low alcohol products. I 90 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.120 did this last year as well, and boyit, there's some 91 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.920 really great options out there. So I'm going to share 92 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.040 them with you. And I just want to say from 93 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.959 the onset, I have no commercial relationship with any of 94 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:41.959 these brands. I just happen to like them. I do 95 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:43.879 have to check my notes, so if I'm looking down, 96 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:46.839 I'm checking my notes for accuracy because it's a lot 97 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:49.439 and I'll always remember everything. But these are just a 98 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:52.160 few that I liked that I'm going to share with you, 99 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.279 and hopefully wherever you are you can find them in 100 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:59.040 your market. I'll also provide you a handy source website 101 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:01.560 where you can find all sorts of no and low 102 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:05.920 alcohol products. I'm going to start with no alcohol and 103 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.199 I'm going to start with what you just have at home. 104 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:11.519 For people who don't like to drink water all the time, 105 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:12.720 I mean, I don't know about you, but I get 106 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:14.959 really tired of just drinking still water. And I drink 107 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:18.399 at least eight glasses a day. So sometimes I'll add 108 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:25.399 crushed cucumber or berries or oranges or lime and lemon 109 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:27.959 to spike up my water. And lately what I've been 110 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.839 doing is I've been taking frozen fruit, like frozen strawberries 111 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:35.000 and blueberries that we have for smoothies in the freezer, 112 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:37.360 and I'll put them in my water so they're like 113 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:41.879 little mini berry cubes to make my water taste better. Well, 114 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:45.839 that's like level one. Level two is to go for 115 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:50.519 fizzy water that has some flavor in it. I again 116 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.800 no commercial relationship, but I went gaga over Topachka, which 117 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:56.920 was one of the sponsors of Tails of the Cocktail. 118 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:00.839 They have all sorts of really great flavor with waters. Now. 119 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.399 I like the blueberry met that was my absolute favorite. 120 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.279 I like Topachica because the bubbles are very very fine, 121 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:10.759 kind of like with the way I like my sparkling wines, 122 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:14.199 like champagne, very fine bubbles. I like that because I 123 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:18.319 have gastro esophagal reflux disorder and big bubbles make me burp. 124 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:20.160 And the last thing I want to do, whether I'm 125 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:23.040 talking to you or talking to anybody socially, is belch. 126 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.639 So I love the topuchico. They also make great mixers. 127 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:33.399 I also think that tea is a great iced tea, 128 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:37.240 herbal tea, green teas, those make great mixers. If you 129 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:41.439 want to create an alcohol free cocktail. We don't call 130 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:44.360 them mocktails because you're mocking something and we don't mock 131 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.600 We just have true, non alcohol alcohol free whatever you 132 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:52.079 want to call it, zero proof cocktails. Tea is a 133 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.720 great bass. I like green tea, iced is a bass. 134 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:59.639 Another one is coconut water. I love coconut water mixed 135 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:04.399 with other types of no or low alcohol products to 136 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:08.120 create that layer and level that you want that creates balance, 137 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.560 but lots of interesting flavors. And I have also discovered 138 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:15.000 some really terrific sparkling coconut waters, so I always keep 139 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:19.480 that in refrigerator. It's great for hydration. Also, the other 140 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:24.839 product I recommend is if you can find vegetable juices 141 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:29.800 or reduced sugar juices, they're great. I don't particularly like. 142 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.600 I like fresh juice period I'd rather squeeze my own 143 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.639 and make my own then go buy bottle. But she 144 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:40.000 usually has added sugar and sugar, and for me, sugar 145 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:43.440 mixed with any alcohol is combustible in my brain, I 146 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.960 don't do well. So those are some things you could have. 147 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.320 There's also coffee if you want to make coffee drinks. 148 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.759 A little tip is when I go traveling, I take 149 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.759 the little packets of nescafe that they have in my 150 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.159 hotel and I'll take them home with me and I'll 151 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:01.039 use those if I'm making people coffee drinks, coffee beverages, 152 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.000 and I also use it as a scrub on my 153 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:08.120 face with coconut coconut oil. So I often take all 154 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:10.840 the packages of teas and sugar, teas and coffee so 155 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.440 I can drink them later. So those are some basic 156 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:17.000 products you can have that are no alcohol options that 157 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:19.200 taste a little bit better than water, and you can 158 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:24.000 enhance with other products. So let's talk about that. As 159 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:27.360 I said about thirty percent, which is almost ten percent, 160 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:30.840 then it used to be of alcohol of adult age, 161 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:35.440 drinking age adults or not consuming or choosing to consume 162 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:41.519 less hard alcohol or any alcohol. So I'm going to 163 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:48.759 explain non alcohol versus low alcohol. A non alcohol apperteef, 164 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:52.399 for example, an aperteef is what you drink. You drink 165 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:55.720 before meal to aparto open up your palate to prepare 166 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.759 for your meal. It's very popular in Europe. They have 167 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:01.399 this what I call the mad hour where everybody gets 168 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:04.840 their apperol spritzes, their Campari sprints. Is they're spritzes which 169 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:07.679 are light low alcohol beverages and they have them before 170 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:10.039 they have a meal, and it's great. Everybody should do that. 171 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:15.600 A non alcohol operatife usually contains less than point five 172 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:23.200 percent alcohol by volume. Okay, point oh five percent. Let 173 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:27.919 me clarify that point oh five percent okay, So you 174 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:30.440 can look in the labels to see they're all required 175 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:36.759 to list what percentage they have. In comparison, in alcohols 176 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:40.759 and spirits have like forty to seventy percent alcohol by volume, 177 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:42.960 depending on what it is, so it's a big difference. 178 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.440 So low alcohol is usually in the spirit end around 179 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.840 twenty percent. Okay, So you've got o five for no 180 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.960 alcohol or less oh five percent twenty percent eighteen to 181 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:57.320 twenty percent lower alcohol, and then the regular forty to 182 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:01.320 seventy percent for spirits wine just as an example, just 183 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:04.240 so I bring that up. Wine on average is thirteen 184 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:09.480 point five percent alcohol by volume. However, some of the 185 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:16.679 great my favorite lower alcohol wines, Champagne, sparkly wine usually 186 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:19.840 eleven percent to twelve point five percent alcohol by volume 187 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:26.679 versus thirteen to fourteen percent. Another one is dry reaslings 188 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:30.360 Orvieto wines. The wines of Orvieto. I was just there 189 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:34.759 tasting their gurkettos. They're amazing. Eleven to twelve percent. So 190 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.799 many wines have lower alcohol. Here's a tip. If the 191 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:45.559 wine is made in a cooler climate, okay, a cooler climate, 192 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:50.480 higher altitude, there is likelihood it has lower alcohol by volume. 193 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:53.440 Hotter climates tend to have higher alcohol. It's a rule 194 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:56.200 of thumb. Of course, there's variations, but that's just a tip. 195 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:01.200 Vino Verity wines and Portugal rate lower alcohol all wines. 196 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.240 Same with Albertino from Spain, white wines crisp and white, 197 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:10.080 and the average alcohol by volume is eleven percent twelve percent. Okay, 198 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.080 so that's the wine end of it. I went in 199 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:18.399 down drink champagne, okay, eleven percent to twelve percent and 200 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:22.279 a good brute has minimal residual sugar. So here's what 201 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.279 I have found when I have been looking around for 202 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:30.200 no alcohol options. And I'm going to get to my 203 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:33.720 little tip sheet here down here the first one which 204 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.559 I love, and these were sent to me. It's called Amethysts. Okay, 205 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:39.120 I love the name already because I love amethysts. You 206 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.120 can see I have a beautiful purple painting behind me 207 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:46.039 that is from my gifted cousin, Hunt Slonem look him up, 208 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.960 Hunt Sloanem, and it's a beautiful purple painting that he 209 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.399 gave my mother, the Purple Lady. So naturally I have 210 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.519 a thing for amethysts. These are great. This is the bottle. 211 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.120 It's really attractive. It's got amethysts written on it, and 212 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:02.480 there's four different kind So this is a no alcohol 213 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:08.919 botanical beverage that you can mix with your coconut water, 214 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:12.440 your tea, your sparkling beverage, or you can make it 215 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:18.000 into a low alcohol apartef sprints it. It's no alcohol, 216 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:22.679 it is botanical. There's about thirteen calories no sugar. Love 217 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:26.919 that and it was started by two brothers who worked 218 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:31.120 in the Craft whiskey distillery. In Bluffton, South Carolina, beautiful 219 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:34.039 place if you haven't been, and they wanted to create 220 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.600 a no alcohol product because they had read that at 221 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.799 the time, roughly twenty percent of the population had chosen 222 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.360 not to consume alcohol. Now we're at thirty percent, so 223 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:48.759 this is a big movement. So they created these organic 224 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:54.799 brands called Amethyst. They have four blens i'll call them. 225 00:13:54.879 --> 00:14:03.879 One is blueberry ginger mint, and one watermelon lime, lemon 226 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.320 cucumber serrano. That one has a bit of a bite 227 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:11.039 in the back, so watch it. And grapefruit basil. The 228 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:14.279 one I have is the lemon cucumber serrano. That's got 229 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:16.000 the bit of the bite. I tell you, this one 230 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.000 is really good with tomato juice. Then you have a 231 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:24.799 no alcohol bloody marry. Very good tomato juice are really 232 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:30.159 really good bloody marry mix. This one is the grapefruit basil. 233 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:33.960 I love this one. It's really good with juice or tea. 234 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:37.360 I like the basil because I happen to love herbs 235 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:41.360 in my beverages. I think the more products should have herbs, 236 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:45.960 and of course I love this blueberry ginger mint ginger. 237 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:49.159 When I was going to chemotherapy, everybody told me to 238 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:52.039 drink ginger tea. So ginger tea. I brew ginger, I 239 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.720 drink ginger tea. I still love ginger. I think it's 240 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:58.360 very soothing on the stomach. I love this combination of blueberry, mint, 241 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:02.399 and ginger. Probably mixes all together and make a great cocktail. 242 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:05.799 So they're called amethysts. The retail price suggested as twenty 243 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:10.399 nine ninety nine. They also provide on the website a 244 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:16.279 recipe for turning these into freezer pops using fresh blueberries 245 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:20.799 and a gaby and the botanicals and coconut milk. It 246 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.679 sounds really great. Speaking of coconut milk is another great 247 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.960 mixer if you want a creamier type of cocktail. So 248 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.159 that's amethyst and on average thirteen calories in one point 249 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:38.240 five ounces, so thirteen calories, no sugar, totally botanical. I 250 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:40.480 love this product. I wish I did have an affiliation 251 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:44.559 with them. I think they're awesome. Okay, moving quite along, 252 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:48.360 I also found I'm finding these interesting products that are 253 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:52.039 like pint based and barley based. Actually, I'm going to 254 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.399 pull this one up. This is one that came to me. 255 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.440 It just came to me. It's called grass. I guess 256 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:02.159 grassy like grass gra C g R A S S I. 257 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:07.200 It's organic barley water with vitamin C D and zinc. 258 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:12.159 This one is lemon, grass and ginger. I like it. 259 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:17.000 There's also a cucumber mint. This one citrus ment. Here. 260 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:20.279 It's actually the one. I'm drinking citrus mint right here. 261 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.960 Citrus mint. This is a little bit of sugar. It's 262 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:30.399 got roughly eight eight grams of added sugar, so still low, 263 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.039 but it has it. It's thirty five calories in a 264 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:38.960 sixteen ounce serving. It's a little grassy tasting. My husband 265 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.840 David said he tasted hey, but I actually like it. 266 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.559 It's like water but enhanced with a little bit of 267 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.600 herbaceousness in it. I think these are good though, and 268 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:52.840 it was developed by people who wanted to have healthier, 269 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:57.919 functional beverages with lower sugar. So grassy organic barley water. 270 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.240 I have no idea what the price point is. They 271 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.440 were just sent to me and I'm still tasting them, 272 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:03.960 and they're so good. I may have to have a 273 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:10.599 sip right now because I'm thirsty. Young citrus mint mint 274 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:14.480 is so amazing. So that's another fun product I've just 275 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:19.960 discovered now, Pathfinder. I discovered this one it Tails with 276 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:23.559 the Cocktail. Last year Tails with Cocktail thankfully started a 277 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:26.680 no and low bar. And I love going and trotting 278 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.039 in there and tasting everything and beating all the people 279 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:32.359 because you learn the most interesting stories and taste some 280 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:34.920 products you like and some you don't. I like Pathfinder. 281 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:41.359 It is a fermented and distilled hemp based liquid that 282 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:44.319 can be used as a spread. So it's herbal. It's 283 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:47.720 an herbal elixir, a herbal lickor like in tomorrow. 284 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:47.880 Now. 285 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:51.160 What's great about herbal lixers is they're also really great digestives. 286 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:52.799 If you had too much to eat and you want 287 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.319 to sell your stomach, they make really great digestives. This 288 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:59.599 is fir made from hemp and copper pot and it's 289 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.799 got an alchemy of wormwood, which is kind of like 290 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:06.039 what they put into pasty, so that's kind of interesting. 291 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:12.119 Angelica root, ginger, sage, juniper, saffron, orange peel, and wild 292 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:18.200 crafted Douglas fur. It's got very intense herbaceous character. I 293 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:23.359 would drink this spritzed with just club soda or some 294 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:27.599 topa Chica fizzy water. I would also probably try it 295 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:31.880 with this grassy product. I haven't Yeah, because I don't 296 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.880 have any, but I think it would be really interesting, 297 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:40.240 so it's called Pathfinder. I also tasted a product at 298 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:43.119 this year's Tales of the COCKTAILK Giffords g I F 299 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:48.279 F A r DS. These are let me inclute my notes. 300 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:52.000 These are syrups that are sweet, but they're not like 301 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.079 you know, high fruit dose corn syrup. They're derived. The 302 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:59.559 sweetness is from French sugar beets, so it's gonna be sweet, 303 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:02.319 but it's made from beees. These are French made products, 304 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:05.519 lactose free, gluten free, and vegan. They have a three 305 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:09.000 year self live. They're great for zero proof cocktails or 306 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:13.359 low abb alcohol bove i Am creations. I liked the 307 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:16.759 Pompeo Moose was my favorite. I also had a really 308 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:20.039 great elderflower cocktail. I think the one that I liked 309 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:23.400 the most was pineapple. They had mixed it with coconut 310 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:26.759 milk and some herbs, and it was the most refreshing 311 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.960 cocktail with just the coconut milk or coconut cree maybe 312 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:34.440 in pineapple, kind of like a no alcohol peanut colada. 313 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:36.759 But then they added RBS to it, which is made 314 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:40.240 it fabulous. Again. They have ginger as well. Gingers like 315 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:42.960 the product of ginger and elderflower are like the end 316 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:46.519 products right now, and mint and blueberry. I'm finding so 317 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:50.359 that product is called Gifford's g I F F ar Ds. 318 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:53.160 They are distributed in the United States. I tasted all 319 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.960 the other cocktails. I think they're just awesome. You would 320 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:01.000 mix those. I think they make a great sprints Okay 321 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:04.839 in the I like amorros and formose. Formoth is a 322 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:07.279 great product if you want to have a low alcohol 323 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:12.319 by volume. Sprits for moose are I'm still exploring these. 324 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:15.359 They're a type of bitter. They're very you know driver sweet. 325 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:18.799 Formoth for mooth is used in Martini's. I've been trying 326 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:22.599 them just on ice with a slice of lime, and 327 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:25.480 once I did it with frozen grapes is my little 328 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:29.000 ice cubes. It's really good. I'm still exploring these and learning. 329 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:31.160 But some of the best for moose I've ever tasted, 330 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:37.799 or from France, Italy and Spain just really awesome products. 331 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:40.000 And I really would love to go over to France, 332 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:42.359 Italy and Spain just drink for mouth and learn more. 333 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:47.119 So with that in mind, the other is the Amorrow's 334 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:52.599 it's wonderful more digestives that are very popular, often as 335 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:55.759 an after dinner drink, but I like them sprits to 336 00:20:55.799 --> 00:21:00.960 give that herbaceousness character to a low alcohol cocktail. Opious, 337 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:05.759 not to be confused with opiom Opius from Opious Distillery, 338 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:12.599 is a no alcohol a type of amorrow. Okay, no alcohol, 339 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:15.440 we're still It was found in twenty twenty by two 340 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:22.279 quote restless cocktail enthusiasts who wanted to create a non 341 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:25.440 alcohol option for those people who choose not to drink 342 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:29.000 because it's a big market and a big marketing opportunity. 343 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:34.160 They wanted something that had good quality, that was all 344 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:37.799 natural and really great flavor. They gave me a whole 345 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:43.319 long discussion about how they do this alchemistic alchemy and 346 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:47.839 reviving old recipes and batching and mixing all these different spices. 347 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.079 It was very quite intense, but at the end of 348 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:53.839 the day, it's all about the proof in what I tasted, 349 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.720 and these are really terrific products. There's four styles. The 350 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:59.039 first one's cold and this is a very new product, 351 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.720 so I don't know if you'll see your market yet, 352 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:05.400 but hopefully you will. Opious. I tasted rubetto Rubetto has 353 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:10.519 it's a lixer basically orange peel, Gentian shinato, which is 354 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:12.599 a type of Italian orange. I had to look it 355 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:16.400 up and rhubarb. This is like notes of orange and 356 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:19.640 Gentian and a little bit of bitter. Really, I would 357 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:23.559 just pop some pub soda or sparkling water in that 358 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:28.279 and sip it as a spritz. Next one was called Amorrow. 359 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:32.400 It was angelica, lemon, peel, coriander, and almond, my personal 360 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:35.279 favorite because I love anything that has a nutty characteristic 361 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:39.400 to it. It was like lemony, nutty. Again, sprits it. 362 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:44.720 The third one was called Negretto, made with sugar beets. Again, 363 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.000 sugar beets. We talked about them in the Gifferts. French oak, 364 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:52.039 roasted coffee beans. Okay, this one. If you wanted the 365 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:57.160 aversion of an alcohol free espresso martini, this is your product. 366 00:22:57.559 --> 00:23:00.599 Find an alcohol free voga. Not going on this show 367 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:05.720 because I didn't taste those, but I'm really delicious and sultry. 368 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:08.799 I got notes of toffee and French oak. I would 369 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:11.000 actually just put it in my coffee and spike it 370 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:12.680 up and make it really good, or pour it over 371 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:16.039 ice cream because I think These would be really good 372 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:18.640 over ice cream because you can cope with all these products, 373 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:22.039 you know, pour them over pancakes. And the last one 374 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:25.480 was called Albeto alb e do O. It was Fennel 375 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:31.079 juniper Cardamin Clothes loved this product. I love Fenel based 376 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:35.960 ani spased products. I've been a drinker of parano or 377 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:39.880 ricard and herb sent for years. I drink that as 378 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:42.359 an app para teef, particularly when I'm in Falfa, France 379 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:47.599 with some water, and I love that appeeling mouthfeel that 380 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:51.119 is not sugary. Again, these are really great apt paratifs 381 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:54.160 to open up your palate before dinner, or if you 382 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:58.119 can enjoy them as digestives to relax and digest your 383 00:23:58.160 --> 00:24:02.119 mail and have that last sip of the night really delicious. Again, 384 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:04.519 it's called Opious. I don't have the bottles here, but 385 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:10.839 they're beautiful, square and very elegant looking. Ritual is a 386 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:16.559 type of alcohol free dark rum with notes of honey, banana, 387 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:21.319 bitter orange, cinnamon, annis and really great for creating an 388 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:26.440 alcohol free mohito or dakri, you know, so freeze it up. 389 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:30.839 There are a lot of alcohol free options in the 390 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:35.160 rum gin Scotch category. I didn't taste a lot because 391 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:38.279 there was just so much, but I did taste ritual 392 00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:41.319 mixed in the beverage. It was really good. Now Here 393 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:45.839 was the last product I tasted in the alcohol free 394 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:47.920 The Tales of the cocktail was also one of the 395 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:52.359 most interesting. It's founded by a woman. It's called Tomo 396 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:58.160 Tomo Tobala. It's a non alcohol distilled a gave spirit. Now, 397 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:03.440 gave is what you have when you drink agave products 398 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:10.079 like tequila, so margaritas and any kind of product like that. 399 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:14.240 Agave is from Mexico. It's a plant. It takes years 400 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.759 to grow. It's this one is made from the one 401 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:21.519