New York (PIX11) In what started in the UK as part of a cancer benefit, has quickly become a global challenge. Sober October is the movement to not drink alcohol for the entire month. Nicole Young, a food and beverage enthusiast and founder of Frisky Whiskey is back at PIX11 to share a few non-alcoholic drinks people can drink during Sober October. She also discusses the emerging trend of wine and spirits without alcohol and mentions Spirited Away in Manhattan, America’s first exclusively non-alcoolic beverage retail store.
Recommendations:
Freixenet Alcohol-Removed Sparkling White (available at drizly.com)
Fluere Non Alcoholic Distilled Spirits: Spiced Cane and Smoked Agave (available at Spirited Away, 177 Mott Street, NYC)
Haus of Babylon Bitter Aperativ (available at Spirited Away, NYC)
Mocktail: Virgin Pumpkin Mule
-pumpkin purée
-lemonade
-ginger beer
-rosemary sprig for garnish
Mocktail: Blackberry Bellini
-muddled blackberries
-sparkling cider
-blackberry skewer for garnish
