Pub chain Barworks is celebrating its expanding range of quality alcohol-free drinks with the UK’s first ever Mindful Tavern Takeover. The event is a collaboration between Big Drop Brewing Co, Barworks, mindful drinking festival organisers Club Soda, and daytime ravers Morning Gloryville.
Barworks now stocks Big Drop’s award-winning beers at its 13 venues across London, which helps them get a five-star entry into Club Soda Guide — the pub guide for mindful drinkers.
The latest in a series of Mindful Pub Crawls, this Club Soda Takeover provides an opportunity for regulars to try the range of 0.5% ABV Big Drop beers, as well as some of the wider selection of low- and no-alcohol drinks stocked by Barworks, which includes local craft sodas and kombucha.
The takeover is at the Commercial Tavern, a Barworks venue on Commercial Street in Shoreditch, between 6.30pm and 9.30pm tomorrow (May 1).
Lee Godwin, operations manager at Barworks, said: “Barworks has worked hard to source a selection of great tasting drinks for a growing number of our customers who choose not to drink alcohol.
The guide highlights great pubs, bars and restaurants around the country, and is set to be expanded this year.
Laura Willoughby, co-founder of Club Soda, said: “Mindful drinking is the growing trend. Whether cutting down, going alcohol-free, driving, or just wanting to get to the gym the next morning, customers are no longer willing to compromise on taste and choice when they go to the pub and want something with a lower ABV.
Big Drop Brewing founder, Rob Fink, said: “More bar owners are taking notice of the opportunity that our 0.5% ABV beers offer them, and gaining a listing in a group with such a solid reputation for craft beer as Barworks is a big step forward for the category.