Grown up non-alcoholic drink

Tonic water with ice and a slice of lemon? Nobody will know there isn’t a Gin in there!

Water, even sparkly does it for me, slice of lemon or lime, sorted

Elderflower pressé is what we usually default to.

Not sure what it’s called but there’s a refreshing sparkling elderflower drink that’s a good substitute for wine.

Snap! Septima. That’s the one. ?

Many hotels etc do 'Mocktails' which look identical to the real thing. Why not ask when you are there?

I am concerned with your statement "keeping a clear head"

How much wine do you drink that it impacts your judgement?

Blimey Hithere slightly judgmental, if you don’t drink much you can even feel one glass.

Soda and lime does it fit for me. Long drink and not too sweet.

Hithere

I am concerned with your statement "keeping a clear head"

How much wine do you drink that it impacts your judgement?

One alcoholic drink will impact your judgement- whether you acknowledge it or not.

I like sparkling water and elderflower cordial.

Lime & soda if I want a long drink or ginger ale. I also like ginger beer and lime but that may be an acquired taste. ?

I drank, Nosecco, at my son's wedding. I can't really tell the difference from the real thing now. It looked as if I was toasting with champagne like all the other guests, instead of with a non alcoholic drink.
All major supermarkets sell it now.

Yes, I’ve heard of Nosecco. My neighbour has given up alcohol ……she drinks Nosecco. She tells me that M&S do a non-alcoholic wine , which is quite nice

I had a both Beck's and Moretti non alcoholic beers, on holiday the other day. They were very like the real thing. However, the Nastro Azzuro one, I have tried in the past was awful.

I would prefer the real thing, but my meds prevent drinking alcohol. I don't usually miss it, but now and again, I have a desire for a dry Italian white wine.
At least I have a clear head at functions.

Septimia

Elderflower pressé is what we usually default to.

My choice of non-alcoholic drink

Lime and soda, no ice, slice of lime..

I stopped drinking for all of last year, although have had the occasional drink this year. I would say that most of the non alcoholic beer is good especially Moretti but it is quite hard to find a decent non alcoholic wine. I havent yet found a decent red one.

Ginger Ale on rocks-looks like you have a little bourbon in it.

There are non alcoholic beers, wines and even gin

Tonic water with ice and a slice looks like G&T
Ginger ale could pass for whisky
Sparkling elderflower looks like champagne
Flat elderflower looks like white wine
I suppose Ribena would look like red!
But why pretend? Many people do not drink for very valid reasons- health, medication (antibiotics) or because they are driving
Why hide it?
(Personally I find the non-alcoholic wines a bit eurgh and Nosecco is a No-buy again for me. )

Different venues have different things on offer, so the chances are you will have to see what is available and choose on the day.

I don't drink alcohol, and find that there is a huge variation from places offering a wide range of non-alcoholic 'grown up' drinks to those where the best you can hope for is a diet Coke or an orange juice.

You will find that everyone has an opinion, though - nobody bats an eyelid if you have a G&T or a glass of wine, but if you decide that you want something other than squash you will be told not to 'pretend', or be asked why you aren't drinking, or why you want something a bit different from sweet children's drinks. It's strange, but it happens every time.

I don't like Nosecco, but there are other brands of non-alcoholic fizz that are acceptable, and some N/A wine is quite good nowadays. Otherwise, I go for soda water with ice and a slice, or a shot of Seedlip if they sell it.

I love the odd Guinness but trying to cut out alcohol. Their 0% in cans is great!

M&S sell a drink called 0%, it’s non alcoholic but tastes like a G&T. Serve chilled and even better with ice and lemon.
The best bit is it’s £3 a bottle.