Journal

Six of our favourite Seedlip Grove 42 cocktail recipes with a quintessential citrus twist, that we think you'll enjoy making and tasting at home.

This weekend pack-up a picnic hamper with your favourite sandwiches, and a couple of Seedlip & Tonic cans, and seek out one of these recommended picnic spots in the UK.

There’s an easier way to make cordials and syrups for non-alcoholic cocktail recipes without buying a lot of fresh ingredients – tea.

The spring issue of Beasley Journal has landed and it’s available to read, for free, online.

Beasley Journal is a quarterly nature newspaper inspired by the ethos of @beasley_farm, a soon-to-be centre of excellence for the non-alcoholic category & home to the Seedlip portfolio.

Many retailers are still delivering nationwide & it’s a great opportunity to support businesses who can’t open their usual brick & mortar stores.

Take a look through this list of our favourite online retailers we love to order from right now, you might find something special for the weekend.

Here’s a handy guide to Seedlip Garden 108 and the six ingredients that make-up its unique flavour.

Escaping into nature is still possible, even if it’s within the confines of our own homes and through a screen.

This list of apps is designed to help you discover more about the natural world through a virtual lens. Some have been recommended by the Seedlip team, including our founder Ben Branson who loves using the PictureThis to identify plants on his daily walk.

Discover words that illustrate how the natural world has the power to make us healthier & happier when we take time to immerse ourselves within it.

One of the simplest pleasures of gardening, is seeing Butterflies, Hoverflies and Bees flying between blooms in a flower bed.

Here we offer some advice on the types of plants that will help bring wildlife into the garden, plus the best plants to sow now to have a pollinator-friendly garden this summer.

To celebrate National Gardening Week, we’re asking some green-fingered experts to share advice and tips for growing at home, both indoors and out.

First up is Kew-trained horticulturalist, Charlie Harpur. He has shared the books he's been reading & podcasts he's been listening to, which have helped him learn useful skills for growing vegetables in small spaces.

Nature is inherent and integral to Seedlip. It is where we source the ingredients with which we distill our spirits and is our source of inspiration. We know the road to living sustainably is a long one, and it’s small steps taken each and every day that amount to leaps and bounds of progress over time. Read more about how our global team is helping to protect the planet– on Earth Day and every day.

Take a look through our guide to the tools of the trade, the items you see bartenders using in your favourite cocktail bar, to discover which pieces of barware equipment we feel are essential for making the best non-alcoholic cocktails at home.

Spending time outside and connecting to nature has been proven to improve our health and wellbeing.

It’s not always about grand outdoor adventures – although we do think they’re great – it can be as simple as having a few houseplants around the house to gaze at, or a collection of plants on a windowsill to nurture.

If you love making cocktails, having a few of these basic, additional ingredients will allow you to mix up a delicious cocktail recipe at home, whenever the moment takes you.

A garnish on a drink is a final flourish. It adds an element of theatre and fun, and will enhance the drinking experience by awakening other senses such as sight and smell before taste comes into play.

This mini guide to cutting garnishes will help ensure you’re getting the most out of the plants that we use most in our drinks, in five simple steps.

In a nutshell, shrubs are a vintage mixer combining plants, sugar and vinegar.

Making shrubs is all about experimenting with ingredients and discovering new flavour combinations. Here we've included a few of our favourites.

In this month’s Six w/ Seedlip we chat to Matt Collins, head gardener for the Garden Museum in Lambeth, London. The garden Matt looks after at the museum is a green oasis within the city. Here, he tells us all about the history & plants hidden within the museum walls & gives his advice for creating a garden in a small space.

Netflix have brought some incredible stories from the natural world to our screens. It’s become the easiest form of escapism; a way to press the refresh button in your brain without leaving the comfort of the couch. Choosing is the tricky part but hopefully our list below will make it easier for you.

If you’d rather leave the alcohol out of your Martini, you’re in the right place. Seedlip has a sophisticated alternative recipe which replaces the gin [or vodka].

Discover three ways to make an alcohol-free Martini.

We burrow into the world of Peas to show you why we think this plant needs celebrating, plus explain why it has become such a key ingredient for Seedlip.

Mothering Sunday takes place on the 22nd March 2020 in the UK and, apart from the traditional card and flowers, we wanted to share how you can really show your appreciation for the matriarchal force in your life with the gift of Seedlip.

60% of Seedlip Co employees are women and we inspire, challenge and support each other every day. To celebrate International Women’s Day, we asked a few of our employees around the globe to tell us what inspires them and what they love to do outside of work.

Find our recommendations for drink pairings for some of the most popular Pancake Day fillings including Lemon and sugar to Maple syrup. If you want to go big this year, we hope these ideas will help you create a bottomless non-alcoholic brunch menu for Shrove Tuesday that’s quick, easy and entertaining.

Seedlip recommends the best bars in London to find a great tasting non-alcoholic cocktail selection.

An exciting venue, good company and great music are three must-haves for a fun night out. Alcohol can be involved too but we don’t think it’s the key to calling a night a success. So we teamed up with Sober & Social to host a sober night out at The Box.

A key ingredient in Seedlip Grove 42, the Blood Orange brings warm, citrus notes that are perfect for both Winter and Summer drinks but as well as being delicious there are more nutritious benefits to be gained from eating Blood Oranges too.

In this month’s Six w/ Seedlip we caught up w/ The Ethicurean brothers Iain Pennington & Matthew Pennington about their exciting new restaurant opening in Cornwall & what January means to them when it comes to seasonal ingredients.

We know it can be hard to think of things to do to get you out of the house this month, so to help you out, we’ve pulled together a list of exhibitions, events and offers happening in January.

We’ve teamed up with Manchester’s Finest and TimeOut London to give people the opportunity to enjoy a free Seedlip cocktail, in over 40 bars across both cities, throughout January.

Winner of the 2019 Bartender’s Bartender award at the World’s 50 Best Bar Awards, Monica Berg is a highly regarded name in the drinks industry. We put six questions to Monica to find out more about the bar, how she keeps herself inspired and what excites her most about 2020 & a new decade.

We love podcasts at Seedlip HQ, so we thought we’d share with you a list of some of our favourites from the last year, including a few stand-out episodes that started conversations in the office.

The list includes a wide range of topics from fun trivia to in-depth interviews. We hope you enjoy them as much we do.

Using ancient ways of working with wood, Sebastian Cox and his team make furniture, lighting and accessories with a contemporary aesthetic in a design studio and workshop in South East London.

Find out more here.

Party season has arrived, and we have some fun, festive ideas for non-alcoholic Christmas cocktail recipes.

Take a look at our top five seasonal cocktails to make at home, plus pre-mixed drinks to take to party if the host has asked guests to BYO. From Christmas punch to a non-alcoholic alternative to Champagne, Seedlip has you covered.

The yellow bag of Selfridges in London is an icon of the retail world, but how did the colour yellow become so synonymous? Find out here.

Sunlight filtering through morning fog, colour-rich tree canopies and spiderwebs covered in dew. All moments that remind us why Autumn is so spectacular. If you’re out walking this month, keep your eyes peeled for some of the season’s best bits. Find out more here.

We put six questions to Will Meredith, Head bartender at Lyaness in London. If you’re familiar with Lyaness, and the work of owner Ryan Chetiyawardana (a.k.a Mr Lyan), you will know that the drinks Will serves are more extraordinary than most.

Read more here.

We’ve pulled together a list of some our favourite bars in London where you can buy a NOgroni and find out what our twist on a classic Negroni tastes like. Here’s a round-up of where to buy a NOgroni in London.

A twist on the classic Negroni, the NOgroni was born in Seedlip Drinks’ founder Ben Branson’s garage.

Read more about it's history here.

London Cocktail Week brings together the best bars and bartenders in the business to celebrate the unbeatable experience of sipping on a perfectly mixed drink.

Seedlip, will be one of the few bars to offer a sophisticated non-alcoholic option. Take a look at what else is on!

This month we interviewed vegetable grower Anna Greenland. She is the mastermind behind the fruit and vegetable gardens at Soho Farmhouse, which she created from scratch, so she knows a thing or two about growing your own.

Read all about the myths & legends of the Plum fruit, our favourite species and how to use them for making delicious cocktails.

When it comes to making cocktails, glassware becomes so much more than just a vessel to hold a drink in. This guide is a run-down of some of the most popular cocktail glassware and explains why bartenders serve drinks in particular glasses.

Seedlip has been working with Green Lab in London to transform citrus waste from cocktail bar, Lyaness into drinks coasters. We caught up with the Lab’s founder Andrew Gregson to share his vision and find out why he created the Green Lab space.

This week we caught up with Shara & Hettie, hosts and co-founders of health and wellness multi-media platform DOSE, to chat to them about all thing’s health, wellness and nature, plus we find out who they’d most like to go for a cocktail with.

Avoid the busy bank holiday crowds and visit one of these hidden beaches this Summer.

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim this Sunday marks 125 years of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport.

To mark the occasion and our partnership with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, we picked out 10 facts about Mercedes-Benz motorsport ahead of the race this weekend.

If you’re in need of some planting inspiration for the garden or want to delve into a little history and culture this Summer, take a look at our recommendations of gardens to visit in the UK.

This week Six with Seedlip shines a spotlight on Jekka McVicar; farmer, best-selling author and "Queen of Herbs".

A garnish in a cocktail adds a touch of theatre and fun to a drink. But, buying a packet of herbs from the supermarket just to add a sprig or two to a drink is quite wasteful, so why not grow your own?

This week Seedlip catch up with Tom Raffield, creator of contemporary lighting, furniture and bespoke projects that blend traditional techniques with modern technologies to break new ground.

Where to find limited edition menus & non-alcoholic cocktails using Seedlip Garden 108 in London during the week of RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

This month our nature series takes a look at the quintessentially British hedgerow.

We caught up with international best selling author, cook and stylist Anna Jones to discuss drinks, nature & more.

Seedlip is delighted to introduce our sister company, Æcorn. A collection of three aperitifs to start any occasion where food and friends are present.

Native to the UK and associated to ancient woodlands, Bluebells flower from mid-April to late May. Discover some of our favourite Bluebell spots in the UK.

Next up in our nature series is a spotlight on Rhubarb. Find out what keeps this hardy perennial out of the fruit category, and more.

A key ingredient in Seedlip Grove 42, the Blood Orange brings warm, citrus notes that are perfect for both Winter and Summer drinks but as well as being delicious there are more nutritious benefits to be gained from eating Blood Oranges too.

Please note, the Seedlip Pop Up Shop & Bar is now closed.

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Continuing to break boundaries and explore new terrain Seedlip, the world’s first distilled non-alcoholic spirit, launched a pop-up shop and bar on 8th November 2018.

Find out more about the carefully selected ingredients which are used in the making of Seedlip Spice 94.

Our new nature spotlight series shines the light on natural ingredients; first up is the Apple.

Why are apples like tiny time machines?
What is extreme heterozygosity?
And what has happened that’s put the future of the apple at risk?

We catch up with the most studious of bartending gentlemen, Mr Lyan, the King of Cocktails to chat NA drinks & nature.

Discover the creative cocktails showcased at PS40 in Australia, as part of Seedlip's NoLo takeover.

The Beasley 24 is Seedlip’s bartender programme built around the future leaders of the drinks industry.

How is Seedlip made? How should I drink Seedlip? What animals are in your label illustrations & what do the numbers mean?

These are a few of the questions you ask us most & we’ve answered them here!