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Field notes.
We taste everything before it gets a shelf, and roughly a third of it never does. These are the results — plus a running list of where to drink well around the Metroplex.
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Bitter Bubble: The Vermont Garage Brand That Won't Scale
Bitter Bubble is gentian, chicory, and dandelion in a can, with no sugar, no sweetener, and no calories. It was built by an eight-time Ja...
Bitter Bubble · 8 min read
Devil's Foot Beverage Co: The Asheville Craft Soda Story
Devil's Foot Beverage Company brews farm-to-can craft sodas in Asheville, sweetened with organic cane sugar and Carolina honey, capped at...
brand profile · 8 min read
We Read the Labels on "Functional" Drinks So You Do Not Have To
Pick up a functional drink and the front promises calm, focus, a little lift. Turn it around and the dose tells a different story. We rea...
CBD Drinks · 8 min read
When Did Not Drinking Become the Flex?
Order a club soda in 2010 and you owed the room an explanation. Order the same drink today and you look like the person who has it togeth...
Drinking Culture · 8 min readThe DFW list
Where to drink this,
if not at home.
Every bar, restaurant and shop across the Metroplex with a real non-alcoholic program. If your bar belongs on it, tell us — we'll come drink there first.
Explainer
0.0% or under 0.5%?
They're different.
A zero-proof spirit is built from botanicals and never contained alcohol. A dealcoholised wine was wine, and had the alcohol taken out — which usually leaves a trace under 0.5%.
For most people the distinction is academic. If you're pregnant, in recovery, or on a medication that rules it out, it isn't. So we print the number on every product and let you filter the shop by it.