Almave is a Lewis Hamilton and Master Distiller Iván Saldaña collaboration that takes a different route from most non-alcoholic spirits. Rather than botanical infusion or flavouring, Ambar follows traditional tequila distillation from blue agave grown in the Los Altos highlands of Jalisco, but skips fermentation entirely, which is the step that produces the alcohol. The result sits under 0.5% ABV and is distilled in the same region as the real thing. The amber colour comes partly from French oak hydrolate in the ingredient list, which also nudges the flavour toward something you'd recognise from an aged tequila: brown sugar, toasted wood and allspice, with cacao showing up as a subtle, darker note underneath. The aroma is rich and complex for an alcohol-free spirit, built around cooked agave, caramel and vanilla. The finish holds the oak-influenced spice longer than expected. It works neat over a large ice cube, or as the base of spirit-forward cocktails like a non-alcoholic Old Fashioned. The ingredients list also includes apple cider vinegar, glycerol, oak tannins, citric and malic acid, and a small amount of agave syrup, which gives it structural complexity without tipping sweet.