10 local alcohol-free drinks to stock up on this season

We’ve written about the non-alcoholic ‘alcoholic’ drinks trend before, and the movement has become so mainstream that even a festival called the Mindful Drinking Festival was hosted in Cape Town. Its ambition was to highlight the global mindful drinking movement that aims to make drinking non-alcoholic beverages more socially acceptable. There’s also substantial evidence showing that there’s been a shift, with younger people drinking less alcohol than before.

Many of us tipplers are now turning to alcohol-free beverages to recreate a sense of festivity, the responsible way.

“There is definitely a generational aspect to the change – Millennials certainly don’t drink as much as we did when we were younger,” Rosamund Dean, author of Mindful Drinking: How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life, told The Guardian.

Here are 10 delicious drinks that look alcoholic… but aren’t!

2. Darling Brew Non-Alcoholic Jinja Beer

3. Eight Vines 0.0% Alcoholic Sparkling Rose

4. Fibs Classic Dry Virgin Gin & Tonic

5. CASTLE Alcohol-Free Lager

6. Little Wolf Virgin Cider

7. Savanna Non-Alcoholic Lemon

8. Loxtonia Cider

9. Devils Peak Zero to Hero

10. The Duchess