Spiritless built their name on reverse-distilled bourbon alternatives, so an espresso martini RTD is something of a departure. This is their first ready-to-pour cocktail, and the pitch is simple: all the ritual of an espresso martini — dark, slightly sweet, a little bitter — without the vodka or the faff of making one from scratch. It's made with real brewed coffee rather than flavouring extracts, which gives it a more honest coffee character than you might expect from a bottled cocktail. The sweetness is present but not cloying, cane sugar doing the work without any artificial sweetener aftertaste. Phosphoric acid provides the gentle acidity that stops it sitting flat on the palate, and the xanthan gum gives it a faint silkiness in the glass — a reasonable approximation of the frothy top you'd get from a properly shaken version. At under 0.5% ABV it qualifies as alcohol-free. Thirty calories per 100ml and around 6.8g of sugar puts it in reasonable territory for a ready-made cocktail. Vegan, gluten-free, and non-GMO certified. Designed to serve cold, straight from the fridge, though Spiritless also push a 'Halfsies' build with actual vodka for those who want to cut down rather than cut out entirely.