If you don’t drink, or are the designated driver for the night, you don’t have to be saddled with shloer or some form of Elderflower presse.

Seedlip’s alcohol-free (and hangover-free) gin replacement is made from harvested natural ingredients and loses the sugar – but feels like a sophisticated replacement.

Founder Ben set up his copper distillery in a kitchen in the woods and has revived the art of 17th century apothecaries who distilled non-alcoholic herbal remedies.

The two bottles fall in with the seasons, Spice 94 has wintry notes with all spice, cardamom, oak and lemon and grapefruit, while the distinctly summery Garden 108 is much lighter with more experimental botanicals with pea and hay, and tinged with herbs from spearmint, rosemary and thyme.

Seedlip and tonic

50ml Seedlip Spice

​100ml Fever Tree Tonic

Serve in a highball glass and garnish with a Red Grapefruit or Lemon twist.

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Seedlip garden sour

50ml Seedlip Garden

​35ml Cloudy Apple Juice

​15ml Lemon Juice

5ml Cider Vinegar

Sprig of Rosemary & Thyme

Dash of Sugar & Egg White

Serve in a coupe glass and garnish with Rosemary needles

Seedlip raspberry martini

​60ml Seedlip Spice

​20ml Raspberry Shrub

5ml Dash of Sugar

Serve in a coupe glass with a lemon twist