Non-alcoholic spirits and canned cocktails, with mushroom extracts drawn out by ultrasound rather than ground in.
Little Saints makes two things: three non-alcoholic spirits in 750 mL bottles and 100 mL flasks, and a range of canned cocktails. Both carry extracts of Lion’s Mane, Reishi or Damiana, which is what the brand is known for — and how those extracts get into the bottle is the more interesting part.
Mushrooms are not ground and stirred in, which is the usual approach and the reason mushroom drinks tend to taste like mushrooms. Little Saints use ultrasound to draw the beta-glucans out of the Lion’s Mane and Reishi, and add that extract instead. It carries no flavor of its own. The Lion’s Mane is grown in California.
The spirits are built on oil-based extracts rather than flavored water, which is why they have some weight in the glass and hold up over ice instead of thinning out. Heat comes from capsicum, drawn from peppers, standing in for the bite alcohol would otherwise give. St. Ember’s sweetness is not added at all — it comes from palo santo, which belongs to the same family as fennel and mint. That palo santo is sustainably sourced, and one percent of proceeds goes to reforestation in Peru.
- Producer
- Little Saints
- Process
- Never Alcoholized
- Certifications
- Vegan-Friendly · Gluten-Free
- Sizes
- 750 mL, 235 mL and 100 mL
