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Gin & Botanical

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Juniper, citrus and whatever else went into the still. Non-alcoholic gin is the most convincing category on the shelf, and these are the drinks that show why.

In short

A non-alcoholic gin drink is a botanical spirit built with citrus, sugar and either soda or a hard shake — a Collins, a gimlet, a martini or a sour, made the same way as the original. Gin is the most convincing category on the shelf, because juniper and citrus peel are flavors that survive distillation without alcohol.

The recipes

Non-alcoholic gin and tonic in a balloon glass with ice, a lime wedge and a sprig of rosemary

Non-Alcoholic Gin and Tonic

Juniper, quinine, bubbles and cold. That is all a G&T has ever been, and every one of them survives without the alcohol.

Non-Alcoholic French 75

A gin alternative, lemon and syrup, shaken and topped with dry non-alcoholic sparkling wine. The drink you hand people at the door.

Non-Alcoholic Martini

Botanical spirit and vermouth, stirred until the glass hurts to hold

Non-Alcoholic Gin Sour

Gin alternative, lemon, a little elderflower and aquafaba, shaken twice for a silky foam. Vegan, with no egg.

Non-Alcoholic Tom Collins

Gin alternative, fresh lemon and syrup, topped with soda in a tall glass of ice. Long, light and hard to get wrong.

Non-Alcoholic Gimlet

Gin alternative, fresh lime and a little syrup, shaken hard and served up. Sharp, cold and three ingredients.

Non-Alcoholic Negroni

Equal parts gin alternative, bitter red aperitif and sweet vermouth, stirred over ice with an orange peel.

Dirty Martini Mocktail

A non-alcoholic gin stirred ice-cold with olive brine: salty, savory and bracing.

Three kinds of botanical spirit

Juniper-led

Closest to a London dry
Tastes of
Juniper, coriander, a crisp dry finish
Best in
Martinis, negronis, a proper gin and tonic
Watch for
Drier than most people expect

Juniper first, citrus behind it, and a finish that stops rather than lingers. This is the group that convinces skeptics, because juniper is a flavor rather than a sensation — it distills out and back in without alcohol having to carry it.

It rewards stirring and punishes warmth. In a martini or a negroni there is nothing else in the glass, so temperature is doing the work alcohol used to.

Le Petit Beret Natural Botanic Non Alcoholic Gin Alternative Product Image Front
Where to start

Le Petit Beret Natural Botanic Gin

Botanical and juniper notes in this aromatic composition with a dry profile.

$34.00

Citrus-forward

Easier to drink on its own
Tastes of
Orange, lemongrass, ginger, peel
Best in
Collinses, tonics, anything long
Watch for
Reads as a soft drink if you under-do the acid

Peel rather than juniper. Brighter, more approachable, and better where the drink is long and there is soda to hide behind.

They need more lime than you think. Without juniper's dryness the acid is doing the structural work — a gimlet made with one of these wants a heavier hand on the citrus than the classic ratio calls for.

Seedlip Grove 42 Non-Alcoholic Spirit Alternative 700ml
The long-drink bottle

Seedlip Grove 42 Citrus & Spice Gin

Three kinds of orange over lemongrass and ginger, with a peppercorn prickle at the end.

$31.99

Not imitating gin at all

Botanical on its own terms
Tastes of
Peas, rosemary, cassia, wattleseed
Best in
Drinks you are inventing rather than copying
Watch for
It will not behave like gin, and is not trying to

Seedlip Garden and the Brunswick Aces sapiirs are distilled botanicals that never set out to be a London dry. Green and herbal, or warm and spiced, depending which you take.

They are the ones people who never liked gin end up drinking. Nothing is being measured against a memory, which is the whole advantage of not imitating anything.

Seedlip Garden 108 Non-Alcoholic Spirit Alternative 700ml
Where it goes next

Seedlip Garden 108

Peas and hay with rosemary, thyme and spearmint. Herbal and green, and good in a Martini.

$31.99

Two things that fix most gin drinks

Shake harder than feels polite

A gin sour lives on its foam, and without alcohol there is less to build texture from. Ten seconds dry, then ten with ice — a weak shake is the commonest reason one of these tastes thin.

Use fresh citrus, and more of it

Bottled juice loses its lift within a day of opening. And these bases are less assertive than gin, so the drink wants slightly more acid than the classic ratio calls for.

Two drinks need a second bottle

The martini and the negroni. Everything else here is one bottle plus something from the kitchen.

Roots Divino Bianco Non-alcoholic Apertif Front Bottle Image
For the martini

Roots Divino Aperitif Bianco Vermouth

The closest thing on the shelf to a dry vermouth — there is no true dry one — and the bottle the martini is built around.

$37.99
Pathfinder Distilled Non-Alcoholic Spirit Hemp and Root – Premium zero-proof amaro-style spirit
For the negroni

The Pathfinder Spirit — Hemp & Root

Amaro-style and properly bitter. One of three equal parts, so nothing hides.

$39.99

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Make it yours

Make it drier

Choose juniper
A London dry style rather than a citrus one. Same build, a much drier drink.
Less sugar
Halve the syrup in a gimlet. The botanicals come forward immediately.

Make it longer

Top with soda
Any of these becomes a Collins with soda and a tall glass.
Make it a gin and tonic
Good tonic, plenty of ice, a fat wedge of lime. The simplest test of a bottle there is, and the tonic comes from the supermarket.

Add herbs or salt

Rosemary
Slapped once and dropped in. Suits juniper particularly.
Olive brine
Turns a martini dirty, salty and completely unbothered about being a mocktail.
Cucumber
Two slices muddled. Cool and green, and it suits the citrus-led bottles.
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Questions

Is non-alcoholic gin the most convincing category?

Probably, and for a structural reason: gin is defined by its botanicals rather than by the spirit underneath them. Juniper, coriander and citrus peel all survive distillation without alcohol, so a good bottle is doing the same job as the original rather than approximating it.

Juniper or citrus — which should I buy first?

Juniper if you drank gin and tonics or martinis, because that is the flavor you are missing. Citrus if you are new to the category or mostly want long drinks — it is easier to enjoy on its own and more forgiving in a tall glass.

Do I need vermouth?

For the martini, yes — it is a third of the glass rather than a rinse, because a non-alcoholic base needs it for structure in a way gin does not. Everywhere else on this page it is optional. There is no true dry vermouth alternative on the shelf; a bianco is the closest.

Why is my martini watery?

Not cold enough before it was poured. With alcoholic gin the spirit carries the drink even at a mediocre temperature; here the chill is doing that work. Stir thirty seconds against a full glass of ice, and put the glass in the freezer first.

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