Frustrated with nothing nice to drink I said to my husband, Will, “Why can’t someone produce an alcohol-free G&T?” So, he did.
Will, then a hobby distiller, and now certified, started making them for me after I found myself waking up at 3 am, unable to sleep, and realising that alcohol was the cause. Like all good Kiwi business stories he started in the kitchen and we now have the World’s first alcohol-free distillery.
There are a million different reasons for wanting a little less alcohol, but not many truly satisfying alternatives to that complex bitter-sweet botanical palate and aroma you get from a gin and tonic. When I might have craved the taste, but wanted to cut back on alcohol, the sweet alternatives more often than not left me choosing water instead.
