A Wine Expert's Guide to the Best Booze-Free Drinks

by Helen McGinn

Overview

Ever decided to go booze-free only to find the alternatives a little, well . . . boring? If you're embarking on a dry spell, this book is just the tonic (so to speak).

Drinks expert Helen McGinn shows you how to make the most of your time off the sauce with plenty of recipes for simple homemade mocktails, infusions and cordials, along with a guide to non-alcoholic wines, beers and spirits worth adding to your drinks cupboard.

Think of this book as a friend, with a (dry) sense of humour, to keep you company in style through your booze-free spell.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472147295
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	12/13/2022
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

HELEN McGINN is a drinks expert and international wine judge, writing columns for the Daily Mail and Waitrose Food magazine. She's the author of award-winning wine blog and bestselling book The Knackered Mother's Wine Club. Among other awards, Helen won Online Drink Writer of the Year in Fortnum & Mason's inaugural Food & Drink Awards in 2013. She spent almost a decade sourcing wines around the world as a supermarket wine buyer and spent the next half-decade pregnant. Helen is married with three children. And she's hopeless with a hangover.

Twitter: @knackeredmutha
Instagram: @knackeredmother
Facebook: knackeredmotherswineclub
Website: www.knackeredmotherswineclub.com

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Wine Face: A Thing? xiv

Store Cupboard Essentials xv

Glasses & Equipment xvi

Sweet Enough xvii

Ice, Ice, Baby xviii

Just the Tonic xix

Water, Water, Everywhere xx

Liquid Conversions xxi

Part 1 Mocktails & Infusions 1

Ginger & Basil Sparkler 3

Seedlip & Tonic 4

Pomegranate Sparkler 6

Simple Virgin Mary 7

Coffee Tonic 10

Elderflower Fizz 11

Homemade Elderflower Cordial 12

Pink Lemonade 14

Cucumber Water 15

Mosc-No Mule 17

No-Jito 18

Fellini 20

Almost 75 22

Light Sea Breeze 23

Shirley 24

Cos-No 25

Fresh Lime Soda 26

Watermelon & Coconut Surprise 27

Warm Apple Punch 29

Spiced Chai Latte 31

Part 2 Non-Alcoholic Wines, Beers & Ciders 33

Part 3 Ready to Drink 47

Part 4 How to Be a Good Non-Drinker 57

At a Party 58

When Pregnant 59

In Restaurants & Pubs 61

When You're Training 62

At Home 63

Part 5 What to Drink When You're Drinking 65

Cool Countries 66

English Sparkling Wine 67

Cool Là Là! 68

German Riesling 69

Brave (Cool) New World 70

Is There Any Such Thing as 'Healthy' Wine? 72

Skinny Wines 72

Organic Wines 75

Biodynamic Wines 76

Natural Wines 77

Orange Wines 78

One Last Drop … 79

Acknowledgements 81

Further Reference 83

Index 85

Editorial Reviews

I loved McGinn's The Knackered Mother's Wine Club, inspired by her award-winning blog. Here she explains how not to drink, suggesting mocktails, infusions, cordials, non-alcoholic beers and wines, and other adult soft drinks to help you actually enjoy Dry January . . . and any other dry spells you choose to embark on. Having just completed a very dull and dry August, I'm sold on this already.—Editor's Choice, Bookseller

I loved McGinn's The Knackered Mother's Wine Club, inspired by her award-winning blog. Here she explains how not to drink, suggesting mocktails, infusions, cordials, non-alcoholic beers and wines, and other adult soft drinks to help you actually enjoy Dry January . . . and any other dry spells you choose to embark on. Having just completed a very dull and dry August, I'm sold on this already.—Editor's Choice, Bookseller

My old friend and drinking partner Helen writing a book on teetotal tipples! Whatever next? But she does it with great wit and common sense, and almost persuades me that a booze-free January is a thing of beauty. Almost.

My old friend and drinking partner Helen writing a book on teetotal tipples! Whatever next? But she does it with great wit and common sense, and almost persuades me that a booze-free January is a thing of beauty. Almost.

An engaging new book . . . [Helen's] clever mocktails should get you through a dry January without too much pain.—Guardian Weekend magazine

An engaging new book . . . [Helen's] clever mocktails should get you through a dry January without too much pain.—Guardian Weekend magazine

The mocktails and infusions are savoury rather than sweet, and the recipes rely on ingredients with plenty of falvour (...) these are drinks you can make and enjoy the ritual of making, a little bit like opening a fine bottle of wine or mixing the perfect G&T.—Daily Echo (Bournemouth)

The mocktails and infusions are savoury rather than sweet, and the recipes rely on ingredients with plenty of falvour (...) these are drinks you can make and enjoy the ritual of making, a little bit like opening a fine bottle of wine or mixing the perfect G&T.—Daily Echo (Bournemouth)

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