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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Mike Daw and David Ellis

Dry January: The best bars to drink in when you’re not drinking

Booze-free favourite: Seedlip is found in more and more London bars

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By now, the festive headaches have hopefully passed and the new year is well and truly underway. No more chocolate biscuits washed down with an Irish Coffee for breakfast; normal service has resumed, the emails are back. January is a time for reflection, recovery and, for a growing number, resisting alcohol.

The last few years have seen a rise in seriously high quality “low-and-no” alcoholic drink alternatives. Ingenious fermentation, distillation and preparations have led to a boom in booze-free drinks that go well beyond a watery beer or too-fruity mocktail.

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