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Ritual Zero Proof

A Chicago brand that builds the bite of a spirit from botanicals instead of taking alcohol out of one.

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Ritual Zero Proof starts from the opposite end to most of the shelf. Rather than making a spirit and stripping the alcohol out, the bottles are built from botanical flavors upward, so nothing is removed at the end. That is why the range is described as alternatives rather than as gin, whiskey or rum: each is designed to stand in for its counterpart pour for pour in a cocktail.

The hard part, by their own account, is the burn — the heat that alcohol gives a drink and that a botanical blend has no obvious way to imitate. Ritual say recreating it is the difficult trick at the center of what they make, and it is the one thing about their process they decline to explain.

The brand is owned by Diageo North America. The range runs to five bottles: a gin, a whiskey, an agave spirit, a rum and an aperitif, each made for mixing rather than for drinking neat.

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Frequently Asked Questions
How is Ritual different from a dealcoholized spirit?

It starts from the opposite end. Nothing is distilled and nothing is removed — the bottles are built from botanical flavors upward, which is why the range is called alternatives rather than gin or whiskey.

Are the botanicals on the front label the ingredients?

No, and Ritual say so plainly. The botanicals printed on the front describe what the bottle tastes of; the actual declaration is on each product page.

What does Ritual make?

Five spirits, each designed to stand in for a counterpart pour for pour in a cocktail rather than to be sipped. There is no Ritual wine and no Ritual ready-to-drink can.

How does a bottle with no alcohol in it give a drink any heat?

That is the hard part, by Ritual's own account. Alcohol supplies the burn and a botanical blend has no obvious way to imitate it, so building that heat back in is the problem the brand is organised around.

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