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Negroni
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Negroni

An alcohol-free Negroni built on grape juice, citrus, and gentian root — bittersweet and complex enough to be taken seriously as an aperitif.

About This Drink

Sip Cocktails (trading as Sip 0%) positions itself at the premium end of the AF RTD market, and their Negroni — named Cece in the brand's character lineup — is one of the more thoughtfully constructed alcohol-free takes on the classic. Instead of building from a spirit base, it uses white grape juice and orange and lime juice concentrates as the body, with gentian root, juniper extract, and orris root providing the aromatic and bitter botanical character. The result is genuinely bittersweet. The gentian delivers the Campari-adjacent bitterness that makes a Negroni a Negroni rather than a fruit cocktail, and the black carrot and carthamus concentrates provide the deep, amber-red colour that does a lot of the psychological work in convincing you this is a serious aperitif drink. At 2.1g sugar per 100ml it is considerably less sweet than most RTD cocktails. At 50 calories per 100ml and confirmed vegan and gluten-free, it is a considered product. The full Sip range is sold in packs of 8, 12, or 24 cans via sip-zero.com, with mixed flavour options. If you are building an AF aperitivo hour at home, this is one of the better off-the-shelf options for the Negroni slot.

Ingredients

Water, glycerine (from plants), white grape juice from concentrate, orange juice from concentrate, lime juice, natural flavourings, gentian root extract, juniper extract, orris root extract, black carrot concentrate, carthamus concentrate

Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
50 kcal
Sugar
2.1g

Dietary

VEGANGLUTEN-FREE

Tasting Notes

Taste

BITTER ORANGE GENTIAN BITTERNESS JUNIPER HERBAL AROMATIC COMPLEXITY CITRUS MILD SWEETNESS

Aroma

BITTER ORANGE PEEL AROMATIC HERBS JUNIPER ORRIS ROOT CITRUS ZEST

Character

Appearance
DEEP AMBER-RED
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM BODY SMOOTH WITH TANNIN-LIKE DRYNESS FROM GENTIAN
Finish
DRY LONG BITTERSWEET WITH BOTANICAL PERSISTENCE
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Where to Buy

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330ml
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£4.80

Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
50 kcal
Sugar
2.1g

Dietary

VEGANGLUTEN-FREE

Tasting Notes

Taste

BITTER ORANGE GENTIAN BITTERNESS JUNIPER HERBAL AROMATIC COMPLEXITY CITRUS MILD SWEETNESS

Aroma

BITTER ORANGE PEEL AROMATIC HERBS JUNIPER ORRIS ROOT CITRUS ZEST

Character

Appearance
DEEP AMBER-RED
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM BODY SMOOTH WITH TANNIN-LIKE DRYNESS FROM GENTIAN
Finish
DRY LONG BITTERSWEET WITH BOTANICAL PERSISTENCE