Dry January may be disappearing in the rear view mirror, but plenty of us are swearing off booze for good, or at least for a month or two longer.  So for the benefit of all designated drivers we’ve enlisted the help of two of London’s finest mixologists, Gianni from St James’s Hotel & Club, and Jakub from Casita Andina and Ceviche, to make us a selection of cocktails using Seedlip non-alcoholic distilled spirits that are so good you don’t even miss the booze.

1.Virgin Negroni

A righteous take on the perennially revived stylish mid century Italian classic

The Method:

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The Ingredients:

Seedlip Spice 94 – contains cascarilla bark, a natural stimulant and fever reducer.

Non-alcoholic vermouth

Ice

Chinotto – Italian soda made with the bitter juice of the myrtle-leaved orange tree

Orange zest

2. La Mora

A latin boozeless take on the classic Bramble, with the classic combo of sweet blackberry, crushed ice and bitter spirits. Yes, spirits in a non-alcoholic beverage? What devilry is this? It is the work of herbal distillation wizards at Seedlip. It’s hard to believe a non-alcoholic drink can give you anything like the heady hit that a sip of gin or vodka does, but this stuff really does come very close.

The Method:

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The Ingredients:

Seedlip Spice 94 – distilled non-alcoholic spirit with Jamaican pimenta (aka allspice), cardamom, oak and citrus

Fresh lime juice

Ice

Homemade blackberry cordial – Blackberries’ purple anthocyanin pigment is believed to have anti-cancer properties

1 fresh or preserved blackberry to garnish

3. Apple Midori

The Method:

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The Ingredients:

Ice

Seedlip Garden 108 – Distilled non-alcoholic spirit with pea, hay, spearmint, rosemary and thyme.

Matcha green tea syrup

Apple juice

Lemon juice