{"id":28278,"date":"2020-05-28T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=28278"},"modified":"2020-05-28T14:00:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:00:41","slug":"buyers-guide-5-alcohol-free-drinks-to-light-up-your-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/buyers-guide-5-alcohol-free-drinks-to-light-up-your-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyer’s Guide: 5 Alcohol-Free Drinks to Light Up Your Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks have taken South Africa by storm making it much easier to enjoy a \u2018beer\u2019 or a glass of \u2018wine\u2019 with friends, while avoiding the negative health effects of alcohol. Normal alcohol products will be available during the lockdown period from 1 June, but if you\u2019re new to the alcohol-free and de-alcoholised drinks game and want to learn a bit more, here are our picks for the best alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks to enjoy during the lockdown period.<\/p>\n

Van Loveren Almost Zero<\/h4>\n

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There aren\u2019t many alcohol-free and low-alcohol alternatives for\u00a0wine<\/a>\u00a0drinkers to enjoy. Which is why Van Loveren as introduced Almost Zero\u00a0\u2014 a range of\u00a0low-alcohol wine-like drinks for the health-conscious wine lover. With a red, white, and Ros\u00e9 \u2018wine\u2019 on offer, the\u00a0wine-like drinks range with almost no alcohol offers wine lovers a low-calorie, low-alcohol alternative to wine. While Almost Zero looks like wine and tastes very much like wine, the de-alcoholised drink has less than 0,4% alcohol and 75% less kilojoules than normal wine.<\/p>\n

Heineken 0.0<\/h4>\n

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Drinks such as\u00a0Heineken 0.0<\/a>\u00a0not only appeal to non-drinkers but health-conscious consumers as well. With\u00a0half the calories of a standard Heineken beer, and roughly half the calories of your average soft drink, drinking Heineken\u00a00.0 is a no-brainer on a night out with mates. Even better news, you can take a few cans of this non-alcoholic beer onto the beach with you this summer and enjoy a cold one under your brolly with no fear of the authorities ruining your fun.<\/p>\n

The Duchess Alcohol-Free G&T<\/h4>\n

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This ready-to-drink\u00a0virgin gin and tonic<\/a>\u00a0is just as close to the real thing as you can get and has been crafted using\u00a0natural botanical extracts traditionally found in gin. It\u2019s a great choice for summer sundowners on the beach or a picnic in the park. Even better, it\u2019s sugar-free too and is ideal if you\u2019re looking for a healthier option to sip on these holidays.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Graham Beck Brut Zero<\/h4>\n

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Don\u2019t reach for the sparkling water when all your mates are breaking out those champagne flutes \u2013 pop a bottle of\u00a0Graham Beck Brut Zero<\/a>\u00a0instead. The low-sugar, low-calorie alternative to traditional MCC is sure to make any celebration just that little bit sweeter knowing it\u2019s low in calories too.<\/p>\n

Castle Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Castle Free is South Africa\u2019s first locally brewed 0.0% alcohol-free beer. This crisp, refreshing non-alcoholic beer was created to offer customers the same great Castle larger taste without the alcohol.\u00a0Castle Free<\/a> is brewed with the same local ingredients as the \u2018mother brand\u2019 Castle Lager and aims to stay true to Castle Lager\u2019s inherent real beer credentials \u2013 a well-balanced lager without sweetness, balanced with bitterness and astringency to make it a thirst-quenching beer.<\/p>\n

Browse a wide range of low-alcohol and\u00a0alcohol-free drinks<\/a>\u00a0as well as local wines, beers and spirits online with PriceCheck now:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Craving the taste of beer and wine during lockdown? These drinks should help tide you over until level 3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":28326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88,2849],"tags":[4604,6413,6412,4029,6408,6410,5590,6409,6411,3037,5589],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Beer-castle-free.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28278"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28278"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28323,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28278\/revisions\/28323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}