At the table
Alcohol-free drinks for dinner
Alcohol-free drinks dry enough to sit alongside food rather than fight it.
Drinking alcohol-free with a meal is where the sweetness problem becomes impossible to ignore. Wine works at the table because it is dry and acidic; nearly every default alcohol-free option is neither, which is why the food ends up tasting worse.
These are the drinks with enough acidity and enough restraint to sit beside a plate of food. Shrubs and bitter, tonic-led drinks are the strongest options.
Lime Rickey
Lime, a little sugar and soda water — three ingredients, and the driest long drink on the site.
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