Advice on alcohol-free drinking is normally dispensed at the beginning of January, but it strikes me that it might be more useful at the end of the month. After all, if you have experienced the benefits of Dry January, you may want to continue, at least part-time. And if you didn’t, you may well be wondering if you should have done. Either way, you could probably do with a bit of inspiration.
There’s no shortage of products on the market these days, and the main problem with them is they don’t come cheap. Sipsmith’s excellent Freeglider, for example, which has been on promotion for £20 at Waitrose, has reverted to £22.50, while Seedlip’s orangey Grove 42, to which I’ve been converted thanks to my 12-year-old grandson, who used it to make a most impressive cocktail over Christmas (a G&T with Fentiman’s Valencian orange tonic and a wedge of lime), is back up at £26.50, having been on offer recently at £18.
