Janet has been a Club Soda member for two and a half years, but when she joined her goal was not to stop. In this webinar discussion with Laura she shares her story: “I would buy a bottle of wine on the way home and open it when making the kids dinner. I knew I…
Club Soda’s Mindful Drinking Festival is coming to the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane this January! In association with Adnams, the free festival will take place over two days (12th and 13th January) and is part of the Re:Solutions health and wellness events to help you discover what’s new with alcohol-free drinks. You’ll have the chance…
This week’s guest webinar is by Kate and Mandy from the LoveSober podcast. They talk about how to prepare for Christmas without alcohol, and how to ensure you keep up self-care during the stressful time of the holidays. To get preparing, it helps to think of your possible triggers and plan ahead: is it family…
Shandy is, in my opinion, a hugely underrated drink if you’re looking to drink less alcohol or looking for lower alcohol options. Widely known, but underrated nonetheless. We’ve been drinking it for a couple of hundred years, across the globe. In Germany, it’s known as Radler and it’s sold pre-mixed on tap, in huge stein glasses. The…
We’ve had an influx of new members lately, and new followers on our various social media channels, and new signups for our mailing list, and generally just a lot more interest in what we do, due to a steady series of BBC appearances from our co-founder Laura. We’ve kept up a steady rate of newbies…
When Hedi Mehrez, a French student at Cardiff University who is completing an MA in International Journalism, interviewed us for his dissertation on teetotalism, it inspired him to write about the experiences of International students who are studying in the UK – and are surrounded by completely alien drinking behaviours. Is it possible to remain…
This week’s blog is guest-written by Lauren Mullings. A week ago I invited my Mum to The Silent Disco Show at Underbelly Festival, which is exactly as it sounds – a rave that involves three channels of music, silent headphones and a stage show full of colourful cabaret. Instead of declining (or moaning) she was…
We’ve got some fabulous international alcohol-free brands launching their products in the UK now. Are we ahead over here in the UK, or is this movement global? We spoke to four of the international brands who will be at our Mindful Drinking Festival this Saturday, 28th July, to find out: Remedy Kombucha – Angie Turner…
This year’s Mindful Drinking Festival is bigger and better than ever before. Over 50 brands. Some amazing FREE events, and even three cocktail masterclasses in Be At One. Here are our top 10 things to do at the Fest! MEET A TOP BEER SOMMELIER Jane Peyton is the UK’s top beer writer and sommelier. She…
We are about to run our first event for the hospitality industry in collaboration with Jordan aka Dry Chef. Jordan explains his motivation for setting up this event with Club Soda. Work and drink The restaurant and hospitality industry is renowned for high level of alcohol and drug misuse amongst its workers. It can be…