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Mindful Drinking & Moderation in Midlife: Low No Drinker Podcast

Denise Hamilton-Mace

Welcome to the essential podcast for anyone in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond who"s ready to drink differently. While Gen Z gets all the headlines for being sober curious, let’s not forget that the real moderation revolution is happening in midlife – and this is your space to explore it without judgment, pressure, or expectation.Join me to discover the people, places and brands making it easier than ever to live a life less intoxicated, whether that"s for tonight, this week, or forever.I get it – as

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47:25

#53 Creating a household legacy with NoughtyAF wines...

Mindful Drinking & Moderation in Midlife: Low No... ·

2025/01/09

FREE COURSE: OVERCOMING THE HURDLES======SHOW QUOTES “And so I doubled down on seeing if I could create the world's first good non-alcoholic wine. And when I say good, it was my definition of good, which it was quite nuanced.”“I always want a democratic price point and qualitative relationship […] I want it to be the household name that we all turn to when we want a good non-alcoholic wine.”======SHOW SUMMARY Amanda Thomson needs little introduction to the world of AF wines; she’s the

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49:51

#52 Is drinking low/no a gateway? with Damian...

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2025/01/02

FREE COURSE - STARTING YOUR MINDFUL DRINKING JOURNEY: OVERCOMING THE HURDLES ======SHOW QUOTES “I’m not anti-alcohol. I’m a really big believer in inclusivity and I’m a real believer in moderation.” “I feel like I’m going from Blackberry to iPhone. There is massive change going on here, and the consumer is driving it.”======SHOW SUMMARY DioniLife is a new low/no beverage firm ready to shake up the marketplace. Working with Mash Gang AF beers as their first partner, this fledgling company already has

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6:27

#51 Taking a Christmas break

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2024/12/26

FREE COURSE - STARTING YOUR MINDFUL DRINKING JOURNEY: OVERCOMING THE HURDLESI'm breaking all the rules and taking a tiny break over Christmas/New Year, and I hope you are, too!If you found this episode helpful, informative or entertaining in any way, please remember to hit SHARE and give a free gift to a friend who needs to hear this today!=============================================FREE COURSE - STARTING YOUR MINDFUL DRINKING JOURNEY: OVERCOMING THE HURDLESThe Low No Drinker Podcast is hosted

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42:20

#50 Eisberg Wine: doubling capacity & dealcoholisation

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2024/12/20

FREE COURSE: OVERCOMING THE HURDLES======SHOW QUOTES “If we wanted to introduce a new variety, we can’t just make a bit in a barrel. We need thousands of bottles just to see if it works. So it’s not a very easy category to […] play around with.”======SHOW SUMMARY Alcohol Change UK describes Eisberg Wine as the ‘Grandaddy of alcohol-free wine”. That’s quite a moniker to live up to. In this week’s conversation, I speak to UK Manager Dan Harwood about the brand that’s been ubiquitous in the UK since

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55:06

#49 San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Cafe

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2024/12/13

FREE COURSE: OVERCOMING THE HURDLES======SHOW SUMMARY Ocean Beach Café is San Francisco’s leading alcohol-free spot. In this episode, founder Joshua James takes me on the journey from unexpected inspiration found walking into a failing deli to creating a space where once seen, the wonders of his AF bar, cannot be forgotten.======WE CHAT ABOUT0:00 Coming up... 2:40 Joshua's story9:30 Other US venues12:36 The vibe inside?18:37 Comparing bars in the UK25:45 Cali sober28:32 The language we use30:57

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59:31

#48 Wild Idol: Naturally alcohol-free, premium,...

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2024/12/05

FREE COURSE: OVERCOMING THE HURDLES======SHOW QUOTES “You cannot buy premiumisation, in my view.”“Out of the 95 sommeliers I think we tasted in the first six months, 85/86 are still working with us today.”======SHOW SUMMARY Wild Idol is a premium alcohol-free sparkling wine found in prestigious locations such as Selfridges, Harrods, and numerous fine-dining restaurants. In this episode, CEO Paul Beavis discusses in detail the process of producing a drink intended to be the best in the world, how

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50:09

#47 Psychotropic-curious with High & Dry founder...

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2024/11/29

JOIN THE CURIOUS TO CONFIDENT COURSE WAITLIST ======SHOW QUOTES “I think we're in a second phase of moderation. The first phase was all about mimicking the taste of alcohol. Now it's about mimicking the whole experience of alcohol: depth of flavour, complexity, mouthfeel and, of course, mood.” ====== SHOW NOTES CBD, THC, micro-dosing, nootropics, adaptogens… there is a whole sub-category of ingredients making their way into the non-alc space, and in this episode, I speak to the founder of

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46:01

#46 - Double Dutch mixers: supporting low/no drinkers...

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2024/11/21

JOIN THE CURIOUS TO CONFIDENT COURSE WAITLIST=============SHOW QUOTES “Our friends would bring like a really beautiful bottle, like a premium bottle of spirit, but we would make the mixes and soft drinks, and so our friends called us the Tonic Twins.”“I think we visited 120 accounts or something before someone said, ‘Okay, I'll buy one case’.”============SHOW NOTES Raissa & Joyce De Haas are the twin power behind Double Dutch Mixers & Tonics. In this episode, we go right back to the

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48:51

#45 - 5 brand new functional spirits from Smiling Wolf

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2024/11/14

JOIN THE CURIOUS TO CONFIDENT COURSE WAITLIST =============SHOW QUOTES “I wanted to create something which was for non-drinkers obviously. But also for drinkers. For those people like me who could no longer go out five, six nights a week all the time and drink alcohol. Who wanted to zebra stripe or some days no, and some days yes.” “I didn't like that feeling when you're tired, and someone would say, “Come out.” And you wouldn't go out, not because you didn't want to see them,

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59:39

#44 Wholefoods to Harrods - & - creating diversity...

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2024/11/08

JOIN THE CURIOUS TO CONFIDENT COURSE WAITLIST=============SHOW QUOTES “The bottle couldn't handle the carbonation in that neck, and we lost £20,000 pounds. I didn't have any product, but £20,000 pounds was gone!” “Availability and visibility are key in this category.”============SHOW NOTES Avnish Babla is the 1st time entrepreneur behind Savyll Cocktails, a sophisticated range of non-alc cocktails created with diversity in mind. In this talk, we cover everything from importing suspicious

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48:18

#43 Inspiration & innovation with NON World Wines

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2024/11/01

JOIN THE CURIOUS TO CONFIDENT COURSE WAITLIST=============SHOW QUOTES “In the UK, it's 20 quid a bottle. I've always thought about it like some people get paid £20 quid an hour. So you know, if someone's going to give you an hour of their life, bloody, make it good if they're drinking your product, and I honestly believe in that.” “So you give them two tonnes of raspberry crumble because you're pulling out 90% of the water weight, but you've got 20 tons of

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65:14

#42 Behind the scenes with the co-founders of the...

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2024/10/25

JOIN THE CURIOUS TO CONFIDENT WAITLIST=============SHOW QUOTES“I get emails every week from people saying, oh, ‘I'd love to come and judge, I'd love to learn a bit more about these drinks’. Whilst we’re keen on educating and teaching people. they have to come to us already having some background and some proof that they are making an effort and learning and have experience with these drinks.” “Progression of the AF space is really interesting. I think if we'd done this competition

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60:18

#41 Session Gin: A 25% gin for the modern drinker

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2024/10/18

SHOW QUOTES “We work with a 16th-generation distillery business. We said to them look, how low can we go before we start to lose the full taste experience? So the warm, the mouthfeel, the bite, everything else which you expect from a full-strength gin. And they said 25%.”“When we designed the product in the first instance, we wanted to go with taste, texture, and tenacity over anything else.”SHOW NOTESDirector of Session London Dry Gin from Spirit of Bermondsey, Brad Crompton, takes us through the

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16:59

#40 What low/no drinkers are really saying

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2024/10/11

SHOW QUOTES"Today we're doing things a bit differently.""Only 8% of the conversations were about using these drinks to help with sobriety or recovery."SHOW NOTESIn this episode, I take a look at a report from Commetric analysing 10,000 Reddit conversations about low/no drinks.Doing things differentlyDrink typesSocial eventsBig Vs small brandsDrink qualitiesPersonality typesWhat it all meansBEST EPISODES TO CHECK OUT NEXT#37 You don't need a sad story#36 Launching a

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59:19

#39 Bolle: The only double-fermented alcohol-free...

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2024/10/03

Talk to me Goose! Tell me what you think of the show?JOIN THE CURIOUS TO CONFIDENT WAITLIST================SHOW QUOTES “If you don't like wine, you may not like our product; in fact, you probably won't like our product.”“You know we're not trying to preach; we're not trying to tell people not to drink alcohol. I drink alcohol, everybody in my company drinks alcohol, but there are times and there are places and there are people that can't, and it's about choice and

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50:06

#38 80/20 living with MoodyBrew functional adult drinks

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2024/09/27

Talk to me Goose! Tell me what you think of the show?================SHOW QUOTES “If 80% of your lifestyle is healthy, you can accommodate a 20% indulgence, which may be your cream cakes, it may be a glass of wine, it may be whatever. It's unfortunately when you tip it over and you suddenly think you'll do 20% healthy, and you expect a result because the body doesn't work that way.”“We do have stockists who really believe in what we’re trying to do. They share the same values and

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10:44

#37 You don't need a sad story (Don't do what I did)

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2024/09/21

Talk to me Goose! Tell me what you think of the show?GET YOUR FREE TICKET TO THE SOBER SUMMIT ======SHOW QUOTES “You do not need a sad story to decide that you want to start to look at your relationship with alcohol.” “It was the, you know, two or three days where I just felt subpar. I was operating at 60% capacity"======SHOW NOTES It's easy to compare ourselves with others in all walks of life but it's very rarely helpful. I used to compare myself to others in the low/no space and

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49:46

#36 Launching a brand new non-alcoholic cider

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2024/09/14

Talk to me Goose! Tell me what you think of the show?GET YOUR FREE TICKET TO THE SOBER SUMMIT ==============================================QUOTES“It's going to be cooler to buy a non-alcoholic drink than an alcoholic drink sooner rather than later.” “You know it's fascinating and I think that's why I cannot see this being anything other than the most important change to the drinks landscape in my lifetime, for sure.”NOTESPivoting from a successful consultancy career to launching a

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47:18

#35 Reimagining classic cocktails with Talonmore

Mindful Drinking & Moderation in Midlife: Low No... ·

2024/09/07

Talk to me Goose! Tell me what you think of the show?GET YOUR FREE TICKET TO THE SOBER SUMMIT ======================================================QUOTES FROM THE SHOW“At every event we do, at least one person would be like “Non-alcoholic! What's the point?” Sometimes, they used to anger me. […] But I can understand where they're coming from. I mean, alcohol in Scotland is important.”========================================================NOTES FROM THE SHOWThis episode is a meeting of

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48:02

#34 Embracing Moderation: Crafting a 6% Wine

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2024/08/31

Talk to me Goose! Tell me what you think of the show?======================================================Take the Low No Drinker Personality Type QuizDownload your free Seven Signs of Sober Curiosity eBook ======================================================Joining me this week is Russell Lamb, co-founder of 6PERCENT, a new mid-range wine company producing the first in its planned range of lighter wines, a 6% merlot-cabernet sauvignon blend with half the ABV but all of the flavour.Starting life

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