For Bitter For Worse was inspired by Shelley and Jeff Elkovich’s long, sparky marriage and love for celebration. When they made the choice to drink less alcohol, they were frustrated by the lack of sophisticated options. They are innovators and flavor-chasers who set out to make the kinds of drinks they enjoyed - cocktails they were proud to serve their friends. This led to delicious drinks containing no added flavors—“natural” or otherwise—and are low glycemic and low carb, sweetened with pure ...
Aug 05, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Amanda Thomson, CEO and Founder of B Corp Certified Thomson & Scott, was raised on a plant-based, no sugar diet by her health-conscious mother and always had a keen interest as to what’s in her food. She is now leading the global shift to alcohol-free drinking by recently launching game-changing Noughty - the first top quality alcohol-free, organic, vegan, halal, low sugar sparkling. Made of 100% organic grapes, Thomson & Scott prides themselves on using only the best grapes for our Noug...
Jul 29, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Better Rhodes is the place where anyone and everyone trying to find tasty alcohol-free options can come and find the best that the AF market has to offer. Better Rhodes was born when founder, Chris Becker, couldn't find more than a few alcohol-free options. Even once he found them it was very expensive to buy a 6-pack from each company. This is where Better Rhodes comes into play. They are an online marketplace that strives to give you the best alcohol-free options from all over the globe in one...
Jul 22, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Over a decade ago Ted Fleming, Founder & CEO of Partake, gave up alcohol due to a medical condition but missed the taste and discovery of new craft beers. But more than that, he missed the social connection that comes from sharing a drink with a colleague after a hard day's work or joining in to celebrate special occasions with family and friends. So a friend suggested that he try non-alcoholic beer. The problem was most of the non-alcoholic beer he tried tasted awful, and there was almost n...
Jul 01, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Wilderton Founders Brad Whiting and Seth O’Malley came together for a new vision of distilling. Brad, a liquor industry veteran, longed for drink options that would celebrate the complexity and experience of a traditional spirit but that paired better with an active lifestyle. Seth, an expert distiller, had a passion for botanicals and was feeling constrained by the limited flavors celebrated in spirits. When the two connected, the answer was clear: they set out to create distilled spirits rooted...
Jun 24, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Spiritless started from a simple premise — that you can make a cocktail that isn’t a cocktail, one that everyone can enjoy. Creating a non-alcoholic spirit in the birthplace of bourbon isn’t for the meek and mild. But the Spiritless team’s history of entrepreneurship, coupled with their decades of full-proof spirits experience, told them it could be done. Their early efforts at distilling non-alcoholic spirits were mixed, at best. (If you’re picturing a PVC pipe and a popcorn machine, well, you’...
May 27, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Element Shrub started in 2013 when Charlie and his wife Angela were involved in a small, non-profit that foraged local fruit. Through this organization, they learned various techniques to preserve fruit. Around the same time, Angela was pregnant with their first child and began craving something that had the complexity of a cocktail but that was healthy, made with real ingredients and, of course, had no alcohol. One day, after harvesting 400 pounds of crabapples, they were looking for recipes fo...
May 19, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Mocktail Club provides all natural ready-to-drink premium crafted cocktails with superfruits, tannins, rich flavors, as well as prebiotics and antioxidants. Mocktail Club is perfect for people who want a healthier lifestyle and alternative to alcohol but still want the kick. Mocktail Club emerged when Pauline Idogho, Founder & CEO of Mocktail Club, was looking for exciting and healthy non-alcoholic options, but found limited options with rich and interesting flavors. In her quest to maintain...
May 07, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 5
TÖST is a dry sparkling beverage that provides the celebratory air of Champagne without the alcohol. It’s made of an all-natural blend of white tea, white cranberry, and ginger and lets you enjoy both the health benefits of sparkling water and the thrill of sparkling wine. TÖST got its start at some of the country's finest restaurants and hotels and quickly became a favorite of chefs and culinary experts who appreciate its quality, versatility, and style. They started hearing more and more about...
Apr 30, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Emree Woods could have never anticipated that her first pregnancy in 2017 would inspire the non-alcoholic beer brand, Rightside Brewing . While not being able to drink during her pregnancy, she realized there were no authentic tasting non-alcoholic beer brands, only the big brands that had been around for seemingly forever. She saw an opportunity in the non-alcoholic brewing space for a great tasting craft option. Health and wellness were always a priority before and after her pregnancy, and dri...
Apr 21, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Have you been in situations where you wanted a tasty drink, but you didn’t want to “drink?” The founders of Mocktails were searching for something beyond the usual offering of water and super-sweet sodas and wanted something fun but not too sweet — and, of course, clean, convenient and great-tasting. Mocktails was born to solve this problem so you can say goodbye to cranberry and seltzer, super sweet artificial sodas, and syrupy chemical cocktail mixers, and say hello to a premium drinking exper...
Apr 14, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Monday Gin is a zero alcohol spirit that helps you stay sharp and enjoy drinks you love sans the hangover you hate. Made in small batches at their Southern California craft distillery, Monday is committed to bringing people the best alcohol free drink experiences possible. Their ethos believes products should delight without downside and we’re proud to support groups of go-getters with a drink that doesn’t let them down. They created Monday to please your palate, squash social stressors, and sup...
Apr 09, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Julia Bainbridge is the author of Good Drinks: Alcohol-Free Recipes for When You're Not Drinking for Whatever Reason and editor who has worked at Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, Yahoo Food, and Atlanta magazine, and a James Beard Award-nominated writer whose stories have been published in Food & Wine, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Playboy, among others. Julia spent a summer driving across the U.S. going to bars, restaurants, and everything in between in pursuit of the q...
Dec 23, 2020•35 min•Ep. 14
H2OPS produced America’s first craft brewed sparkling hop water. A refreshing carbonated water that is made with generous amounts of Northwest hops and no yeast, grains or sweeteners. H2OPS naturally has zero alcohol, zero carbs, and zero calories carbs and calories. H2OPS uses a variety of craft brewing techniques like dry hopping to coax out all the hoppy goodness of their select Northwest hop blend to create a refreshing sparkling water with subtle and complex flavors of grapefruit, lemon, li...
Dec 18, 2020•30 min•Ep. 13
GHIA is a new non-alcoholic apéritif inspired by the Mediterranean and made entirely of botanical extracts that give you all the highs of life without the booze. GHIA tastes like summer on the rocks, featuring notes of nostalgic florals, earthy botanicals and a clean kick of citrus. In this episode we speak with Masarin, Founder and CEO of GHIA and get into: 1) The origin story GHIA and how it’s creation was inspired by her childhood summers near the Mediterranean 2) What is a Aperitif and what ...
Dec 09, 2020•29 min•Ep. 12
DRY Botanical Bubbly makes delicious non-alcoholic sparkling sodas that have a wide range of flavors, are lightly-sweet, and made with only a handful of ingredients. On this episode we speak with Sharelle Klaus, Founder & CEO, about how DRY is providing delicious non-alcoholic drinks perfect for zero-proof partying and social drinking for every occasion. In our conversation, we discuss: 1) The origins of DRY Botanical Bubbly and how Sharelle wanted to create drinks that elevate what zero-pro...
Dec 03, 2020•35 min•Ep. 11
Sans Bar is one of the first alcohol-free bars to open in the U.S. and was started by founder Chris Marshall. After getting sober in 2007 and working in the treatment industry, Chris started Sans Bar to provide a place that serves alcohol-free beverages in a safe and welcoming environment where people can gather, socialize, and grow as a community whatever their relationship to alcohol. Chris is also a master mocktail creator and in this episode we get into: 1) Where the idea for Sans Bar came f...
Nov 30, 2020•43 min•Ep. 10
Ferm Fatale is the world's first zero sugar probiotic mocktail in classic cocktail flavors. Their line of Shrub-Bucha non-alcoholic drinks are raising the bar by offering an alternative to typical social beverages loaded with sugar and alcohol, giving you the freedom to have a healthier choice while socializing. In this episode we talk with the Julie Cielo, Founder and CEO of Ferm Fatale, and get into: 1) The origin story of Ferm Fatale and the need to create non-alcoholic drinks that helps peop...
Nov 19, 2020•41 min•Ep. 9
CERIA Brewing Company is a family-owned business founded by Keith Villa and his wife Jodi in January 2018, and is one of the leading non-alcoholic beer companies in the United States. Keith has a Ph.D. in Brewing from the University of Brussels and is the creator of Blue Moon, the most successful craft beer in the United States and driver of the craft beer movement. After retiring from brewing nationally renowned craft beers, Keith was eager for a new challenge and he founded CERIA Brewing to cr...
Nov 13, 2020•41 min•Ep. 8
Kin Euphorics is a nightlife beverage company rooted in conscious connection and in this episode we talk with Jen Batchelor, Co-founder and Chief Euphorics Officers about how Kin has created a whole new category of non-alcoholic drinks, euphorics. In this episode, we discuss: 1) The origin of Kin and it’s philosophical framework that led to creating a new non-alcoholic category (along with the root meaning of “euphoria” and how it relates to our wellbeing) 2) How Kin is providing delicious alcoh...
Nov 05, 2020•37 min•Ep. 7
The Hella Cocktail Co. offers handcrafted non-alcoholic bitters and sodas, mixers, as well as a variety of flavored bitters that will raise the bar on your imbibing and culinary experience. They make each product in small batches resulting in delicious zero-proof drinks and some of the best ingredients for making high-quality non-alcoholic cocktails. They also offer a stand-alone line of Bitters & Soda, sparkling non-alcoholic apéritifs perfect for any affection and healthy for you - bitters...
Oct 22, 2020•42 min•Ep. 6
Founded in 2017, WellBeing Brewery is one of the first breweries solely dedicated to making delicious craft non-alcoholic beers for health-conscious individuals, expectant parents, designated drivers and anyone who wants to participate fully in the fun and still feel good the next day. In this episode with Jeff Stevens, Founder and CEO of WellBeing Brewery, we discuss: 1) The origin story of WellBeing Brewery and how it was one of the first companies to create a line of great tasting non-alcohol...
Oct 15, 2020•36 min•Ep. 5
Gruvi makes delicious craft non-alcoholic beers and wines that you can enjoy at every type of occasion. In this episode, we discuss the origin story of Gruvi, how Anika and Niki work together as siblings in a family business (that also includes many other family members), how Gruvi is using new methods to develop different non-alcoholic beverages, as well as discuss how Gruvi is changing people’s expectations of non-alcoholic drinks by creating a variety of healthy craft beers and wines that app...
Oct 08, 2020•37 min•Ep. 4
In this episode, we speak with the founder of Lyre’s Spirit Co., Mark Livings, and learn about how they are building the foundation for delicious non-alcoholic cocktails and helping to grow the non-alcoholic beverage industry. Mark and I cover a wide range of topics - from how to make great non-alcoholic cocktails, to the science behind producing spirits that have complexity to them, to the impact Lyre’s is having on ensuring people have access to tasty non-alcoholic beverages, and how Lyre’s is...
Oct 01, 2020•44 min•Ep. 3
Hill Street Beverage Company is one of the leading non-alcoholic beverage producers in North America creating a premium collection of award-winning alcohol-free wine and beer. In this episode we discuss 1) The evolution of Hill Street Beverage Company and how they became the main producers of delicious non-alcoholic wine in North America 2) How Hill Street is developing new methods and technologies to create a wide variety of wines to fit any occasion 3) How they will be producing a new line of ...
Aug 12, 2020•39 min•Ep. 2
Athletic Brewing is one of the leading non-alcoholic breweries in the world and in this episode we discuss 1) The origin story of Athletic Brewery and how it was one of the first beverage companies to innovate in the non-alcoholic beer market it over a decade 2) How Athletic is using new methods and technologies to develop some of the best tasting beers on the world 3) How Bill met his co-founder, John Walker, who is the Head Brewer for Athletic 4) Insights into where the non-alcoholic beer and ...
Jul 28, 2020•34 min•Ep. 1
The For All Drinks Podcast is your go-to guide for discovering delicious non-alcoholic drinks for leading a fun, healthy, and inclusive lifestyle. You’ll learn about the latest non-alcoholic beer, wine, spirits, mocktails, CBD drinks, and more as host Marcos Salazar interviews founders of innovative non-alcoholic beverage companies, booze-free bar owners, expert bartenders and mixologists, and industry leaders sharing inspiring stories, insights and trends, as well as upcoming product releases. ...
Jul 25, 2020•5 min
