Now trending: Low and non-alcoholic drinks that give the kick without the hangover
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Now trending: Depression and non-alcoholic drinks that requite the kick without the hangover
Forget Shirley Temples. Bartenders are burdensome mocktails with creative ingredients and a slew of non-alcoholic spirits that await and taste like the existent thing.
Data from Global Market Insights shows that the Asia-Pacific depression-to-no-alcohol (LNA) beverage market is estimated to grow more than than vii per cent from 2022 to 2025. (Photo: Don Ho)
13 November 2022 06:30AM (Updated: 04 Jul 2022 11:52PM)
Everybody goes to a bar to drink alcohol, right? Wrong. According to Bacardi'due south 2022 Cocktail Trends Report, 83 per cent of bartenders said that low-alcohol options were pop and "mocktail" bubbled up 42 per cent more than ofttimes on online searches in 2019. In the UK alone, the no- and low-alcohol spirits market is forecast to grow 81 per cent by 2022.
Europe and the US are manner ahead of the curve, but the Asia-Pacific region is besides communicable up fast. Data from Global Market Insights shows that the APAC low-to-no-alcohol (LNA) beverage marketplace is estimated to grow more than than vii per cent from 2022 to 2025.
The competition is definitely swizzling and Singaporeans' openness to new F&B ideas means that we often become start dibs on new releases. Concluding twelvemonth, Singapore was the start state in Asia to launch the Heineken 0.0 beer and the second after Japan to get ex-Noma chef William Wade'south not-alcoholic vino label Non.
This year, we were the outset, together with Hong Kong, to be the launchpad for Lyre'south, whose alcohol-complimentary spirits take an incredibly similar exciting profile to the classics they mirror.
Health and wellness concerns are the key drivers for this growth, but so are those who are abstaining for religious reasons or simply want to enjoy a drink without a hangover.
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Michael Han, director of drinkable benefactor Program B, which carries the world's outset distilled non-alcoholic spirit Seedlip, and Non, added, "Just considering people aren't drinking booze, it doesn't mean they want to compromise on the experiences they have. They expect the same qualities in non-alcoholic drinks as they would in a cocktail or craft beer – a sense of occasion, complex flavours, and considered presentation."
Confined that CNA Luxury spoke to – Ah Sam Cold Drinks Stall, Atlas, Barbary Coast, Don Ho, IB HQ, Jigger & Pony, Manhattan and MO Bar – say that while these drinks are non probable to overtake the real deal, there is a growing need for thoughtfully crafted choices.
ON A NON-ALCOHOLIC BAR-HOP
On a recent bar hop with Lyre'southward through three bars – Ah Sam Cold Beverage Stall, Don Ho and Manhattan – nosotros were impressed with the creative drinks that used spirits such every bit Lyre's White Cane Spirit (white rum), Aperitif Rosso (vermouth) and Amaretti (amaretto).
Ah Sam Cold Drink Stall'due south Head Bartender Russell Ong has observed more families with children having meals at the gastrobar. Then he came upward with the Grapefruit Spritzer and Lavander Mojito, and then that kids "tin take fun 'adulting' with their parents".
Other drinks such every bit Don Ho's Smooth Amaretti with almond milk, apple, passion fruit and mint, and Manhattan'due south New Element made with a Lyre'due south Coffee Originale, banana cordial, sparking kokosnoot water and chocolate bitters make sure that y'all tin still hang out at cool places on weekdays and still wait fresh for the side by side day'southward 9am meeting.
At Inferior The Pocket Bar, the speakeasy known for its rotational concepts and edgy cocktails, non-alcoholic options were previously off-the-record and bespoke. Now, the menu at its new Ann Siang Hill digs includes a "homebrews and highballs" section, where owner Joe Alessandroni takes a fermented approach with ingredients such every bit salt-cured citrus, passion fruit kombucha and sour tamarind, with the option of having them boozy or not.
Alessandroni said, "What sets cocktails apart from other types of drinks is the intensity of flavor that comes from using large, bold spirits as the foundation. The challenge was to recreate in-your-face up flavour and a full-bodied mouthfeel without the spirits. Otherwise you lot merely have a tasty lemonade. It is doubly important to nail the traditional season profile and texture of a traditional cocktail if nosotros're serving non-alcoholic drinks to cocktail lovers."
INCLUSIVITY, NOT EXCLUSIVITY
After all, information technology's about inclusive and convivial hospitality, where customers can have a good time with any friend they want, teetotallers and pregnant buds included. Jerrold Khoo, Bar Managing director of the Jigger & Pony group, said: "Some people may question the bespeak of ordering a non-alcoholic drink at a bar. But when you're in the mood to forgo the alcohol, at that place'southward no reason why you and your friends can't bask a dark out at one of our venues with our non-alcoholic options."
The group's Gibson Bar, Jigger & Pony and Italian eatery-bar Caffe Fernet, use Seedlip in mocktails such every bit Virgin Lobster Mary and Woo Woo.
Kamil Foltan, co-possessor of IB HQ, said: "You can concenter a new clientele and make great margins. You lot tin can also achieve some exceptional food pairings with non-alcoholic offerings, sometimes cleaner and more than frail than with alcohol."
Overcoming bad first impressions was undoubtedly the biggest claiming for bartenders. Jesse Vida, Atlas' Caput Bartender, shared: "The misconception around not-alcoholic options come from a bad reputation they have. Mocktails are considered average, often sugariness, total of fruit juice, an afterthought."
When Manhattan first opened in 2014, not-alcoholic drinks were generally composed of juices, syrups, cordials and soda, said Head Bartender Sophia Kang. "Skeptical customers simply became more open when the bar dabbled in quality ingredients such as freshly pressed juices, steeped infusions and quality tea."
Don Ho'southward Caput Bartender Kai Ng said that his guests initially needed to be convinced of the "price-to-performance value" and whether the bar'south mocktails were truly non-alcoholic. He said: "This is to exist expected every bit the non-alcoholic cocktail and spirit movement is fairly new so it's our duty to educate consumers and convince them by being creative with new techniques and products."
Wait more than options with the arrival of new players such as the newly-launched non-alcoholic aperitif Melati, which is currently beingness served at restaurants such as Odette, Esquina and Nouri.
Founder Lorin Winata says that the 26 Bali-sourced botanicals in the debut canteen are selected in consultation with an Ayurvedic specialist and a food scientist. "Melati is not only a 'replacement' for alcohol, it's a restorative product, which uses rare botanicals – such as chokeberry, sencha, red kampot pepper and star anise – that work together to help detoxify the liver, increase blood flow, spark digestion, and support general wellbeing."
Ah Sam's Ong said: "We believe the trend will continue upwards every bit there will exist an increment in both quality and quantity when it comes to non-alcoholic spirits and liqueurs. This allows bars to exist even more imaginative with the creation of not-alcoholic cocktails."
"Y'all can also achieve some infrequent nutrient pairings with not-alcoholic offerings, sometimes cleaner and more delicate than with alcohol." – Kamil Foltan
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Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/experiences/non-alcoholic-drinks-singapore-247061
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