Most spirits come in glass bottles usually with metal caps. Saved. No, the caps are usually plastic lined.
To be truly plastic free, you may have to set up a still in the back garden! Unless you can get to one of these liquid delis.
Demijohn offer a spirits, liquor and other drinks refill servic. I have not used them – please let me know how you get on…
Edinburgh 32 Victoria Street Edinburgh EH1 2JW 0131 225 4090
Glasgow 382 Byres Glasgow G12 8AR 0141 3373 600
York 11 Museum Street York YO1 7DT 01904 637 487
Buy British
Failing that you can at least buy local, (Yorkshire that is), moonshine… erm I mean , premium quality, traditionally distilled and using Harrogate Spring water, Yorkshire gin masonsyorkshiregin.com
You might also like this British made vodka
“Glen’s Vodka is a brand of vodka, owned and produced by the Loch Lomond Group, a Scottish company. It is produced from sugar beet at the Catrine Distillery in Ayrshire, Scotland
In 2009, Glen’s Vodka came first in a blind-tasting test conducted by British newspaper The Telegraph.[3] The tasting included a variety of premium-brand vodkas including Grey Goose and Absolut.
In 2015, Glen’s launched Platinum, a 40% ABV premium grain version of Glen’s Vodka.
Read more here.
Vice got a tester to test it.
“I see this is vodka from England. The aroma is nice. I feel the grains, I feel some fruits – citrus, refreshing notes. And the palette, it’s quite full and rich, and I feel some spiciness, some soft pepper. The alcohol, I think, is very well balanced; it’s got quite a punch. It’s OK to mix, of course, or as a shot is fine. This one would suit more fizzy drinks, like a vodka tonic.”
You can see which supermarkets stock it (and for how much) here
Vodka can be used to make a coffee favoured drink
disinfectant
to make essences and flavorings
and gin! Which can help you to live longer… and not just because you are happier!
INGREDIENTS
750ml good quality vodka
2 tbsp juniper berries (more if you like juniper-forward gin)
1 tsp coriander seeds
2 cardamom pods
2 peppercorns
Half a cinnamon stick
A small piece of dried orange peel (remove the white pith as it’s very bitter)
A small piece of dried lemon peel (again, no pith)
Mixers & Soft Drinks
Tonic comes in tins which are of course are plastic lined. Mixers come in glass but the metal lids of glass bottles are also plastic lined. And who can afford Fever Tree? You can make your own with a soda stream and ready made syrups.
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And a quick write up about alcohol here
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