Capital Eats guide to the best local non-alcoholic drinks

PUBLISHED: JULY 28, 2022

Atypique No Alcohol Cocktails

Here’s some summer day drinking of a different kind. I found these lovely Atypique No Alcohol Cocktails at Rapido in Aylmer. You may be familiar with Rapido as the great beer store carrying more than five hundred brews, but they also do a standout job in the gluten-free and non-alcoholic categories.

These are a few examples of well-made ready-to-drink “mocktails” for when you don’t want the sugar or the fatiguing effects of booze.

The gin and tonic really does a good job of capturing the bitter, fruity profile of a classic G & T while the spiced rum and cola is a sure-fire hit for any cola lover and has that added layer of appeal in that it approaches an Italian chinotto (bitter herbs) soda in the finishing flavours.

The margarita was less successful. While all are made with natural ingredients there was something almost synthetic tasting in the margarita recipe. It needs a little something.

That’s the other beautiful thing about Atypique, you learn as you taste these terrific mocktails, that no soda actually needs more that 15 to 19 grams of sugar per 355 ml. can, to be delicious. Compare that to the average soda which clocks in at 38 to 42 grams per can.

A final note on an experiment: shockingly I was without gin and so I added an ounce of vodka to the gin and tonic beverage and boy did it do the job. I even fooled myself. Kudos to Atypique for actually caring about this market segment.

PUBLISHED: AUG 11, 2022

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