Æcorn Bitter Citrus, Non-Alcoholic Spritz 50cl

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Oven roasted: Oven-roasted acorn recipes emphasize their nutty flavor and add a satisfying crunch. Drizzle leached acorns with oil and roast at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with salt to munch on immediately, or add to other acorn recipes like brownies, cakes, breads, pancakes, or even hearty stews. Acorn flour can also be roasted to make either coffee or nut butter, as below. Acorn Butter: Though similar in taste to other nut butters, acorns are naturally higher in carbs and fiber and lower in oils. To make this nut butter recipe, roast ground acorn flour at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Add the roasted acorn flour to a food processor and add a neutral oil (vegetable, almond, peanut, coconut) until your acorn recipe reaches the desired consistency. Chopped acorns can be used as a topping on desserts, incorporated into baked goods or tossed onto a salad for some added crunch. They can either be chopped on a cutting board with a knife or in a food processor. The size of the chop is up to you. The roasted acorn butter “game of thrones style” was much better in my opinion. It tastes a lot like any other nut butter, rich, nutty, but with a distinctive flavor that’s all it’s own.

That's where the no-ABV Aecorn range comes in. Created by pioneers of the category, Seedlip Drinks, they're taking low and no drinking to a different level, directly targeting the UK's burgeoning aperitivo category and opening it up to teetotallers. Provenance = powerRoasted Acorns after 30 minutes in the oven at 375 F. If roasting for acorn coffee, they’d be a good bit darker. Distillers are honing new skills as the no-alcohol category develops, with impressive results. The 14 bottles below are worth seeking out now – but there will no doubt be more exciting products to choose from in the future… The best alcohol-free spirits for Dry January As 'green living' continues to gain global traction, more and more people are opting to 'shop local' with their drinks. English fizz has been the undeniable success story of this category, experiencing an enormous boom in popularity - and Aecorn seems set to replicate that for non-drinkers. I’d guess that you could also just add a few tablespoons of maple syrup for the same effect, and then skip this extra boil altogether.

Zajneb Al-Rahma from Aecorn Aperitifs has an answer: every venue should be offering a carefully thought-out low and no range. "We're at the beginning of a paradigm shift in the role drinks play in people's lives," she explains. "The timing and need for quality, adult non-alcoholic options has certainly never been more relevant." New London Light is flash-pasteurised (heated to about 85°C for 30 seconds) ‘to make sure that the liquid is completely pure without any impairment to the flavour’. This means that bottles can keep for six months after opening.

Almonds are around 50% oil, while acorns are usually much lower, less than 10%. There are some specific oil varieties of acorns, but based on the taste and texture of our local variety, I’d guess they were the low oil type.

A bit more research and I learned that acorn butter is actually pretty challenging for a number of reasons. Founded in 2021 by Carl Stephenson, Tuscan Tree is a non-alcoholic Aperitivo inspired by the orange orchards of Northwest Italy and the Italian culture of “Aperitivo Hour”. It’s a 0% distilled spirit infused with real blood orange juice and Italian sparkling wine, as well as a blend of non-alcoholic botanical distillates. It’s made using a traditional copper pot still to produce individual distillates, which have the alcohol removed before blending and bottling. Botanicals include cardamon, pimento, cinnamon bark oil, and rhubarb root. Works great in a spritz served with soda or tonic water.The total time will vary based on how much tannin your acorns have. I’ve heard from others this process took about 5 hours, but mine took about 8 hours of stovetop simmering to remove every last bit of tannin flavor. All of its spirits are made from a mix of natural flavours, extracts and distillates derived from fruits, botanicals, spices, nuts, seeds and other natural sources, and you’ll be hard pressed to find a more extensive range. At this point, the acorns are a lot like any other roasted nut. They were tasty to eat out of hand, and I actually stored some in a jar in the pantry for several weeks. They kept just fine since the roasting process dehydrated them. Our panel – made up of 10 WSET-accredited experts and consumers – tested 106 no and low spirits, beers and wines to find drinks that offered all the flavour of your favourite serves, minus the alcohol. Each was blind tested to avoid brand bias and scored on its aroma, taste, mouthfeel and overall finish. A place within the aperitivo hour, a drinking time previously dominated by alcoholic spritzes and Aperol, is a game changer for the low and no category. But Aecorn are also targeting another popular trend; that of the 'home-grown' drink.

Whether you’re looking to dip your toe into sober curiosity or abstain from alcohol long-term, there’s a whole host of exciting spirits, wines and beers to make teetotalism all the more tempting. Happy hour without the headache... need we say more? What are the benefits of reducing your alcohol intake? According to a study by Alcohol Change UK, 70% of people who took part in Dry January reported better sleep, 86% reported that they’d saved money and 65% noticed improvements to their overall health. Not bad, eh? I wasn’t able to remove the seed coats when the acorns were raw, but after cooking they slipped right off in my fingertips. Just imagine you’re sliding the seed coat off peanuts, it’s about the same thing. There’s another acorn butter recipe in the Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook, which cites a passage from A Clash of Kings, referring to a desperate travelers acorn paste made by Arya:Wilfred’s claims to have ‘reinvented the Spritz’ with its bittersweet apéritif made from a blend of rosemary, bitter orange, rhubarb and clove. Its snazzy art-deco bottle made its debut into the low and no space in 2021, and is perfect for anyone craving a non-alcoholic Aperol Spritz in the sunshine. Rather confusingly, non-alcoholic, low alcohol and alcohol-free all refer to different ABV (or alcohol by volume) percentages. Here in the UK, drinks that contain 0.05% ABV or less are labelled as alcohol-free or non-alcoholic, while drinks of up to 1.2% are labelled low alcohol. Obstacles, to be sure, but I wasn’t deterred. The acorns can be leached first, then dried and processed into acorn butter. Adding additional oil isn’t that big a deal, and a teaspoon or two should be enough to bring the nut butter together.