Raise A Glass To These Health-Conscious Cocktails!

Raise a glass during the party season with the latest healthier tipples.

- Gabrielle Nathan

It’s party season again – a time when even the cleanest-living among us are tempted to have a boozy drink or two. The UK’s alcohol intake rockets – people out on ‘Booze Black Friday’, the final Friday before Christmas, are likely to down two and-a-half times more alcohol than they usually do and sales of booze (in pubs, clubs, restaurants and hotels) go up by 142 per cent. And that’s bad news for our waistlines. Drinkers will down nearly 4,000 liquid calories during the festive season – the equivalent of 200 chocolate coins. And who hasn’t swerved the gym because of a festive hangover or downed fizzy drink and fried food rather than a bowl of porridge the morning after?

But this year, things will be different. No, Santa won’t be bringing willpower on his sleigh – but you’ll be able to imbibe without compromising your wholesome lifestyle quite so much. Thanks to the explosion in healthy hedonism, bars and drinks brands are wising up to the fact that we want healthier options when we’re out partying or entertaining at home. From bars serving beautiful botanical cocktails and sumptuous super food mocktails to restaurants stocking sophisticated non-alcoholic spirits and shops selling low-sugar champagne, there are more options than ever before for those who prefer drinks with benefits.

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