In the depths of winter, Christmas in July is a little bit of joy to warm your cockles – plum pudding swimming in brandy sauce, mulled wine and spiked eggnog. See the pattern?

This is a problem when it coincides with Dry July.

Luckily, the growing sober-curious movement means these two events don’t need to be mutually exclusive anymore, thanks to an alcohol-free advent calendar.

You get the thrill of opening a little present every day, and the taste of a cocktail, without the booze. Plus, you don’t have to pay for a Dry July Golden Ticket.

The limited edition Yes You Can Drinks advent calendar includes 32 full size 250ml cans. As well as their core flavours – spritz, dark and stormy and G&T – you get first access to a new, yet to be released range, featuring native ingredients such as Davidson plum and lemon myrtle.

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Yes You Can Drinks was founded by Olympic water polo player Tyler Martin, who couldn’t afford the hangovers while training but wanted to feel like he was having a drink.

“The fastest growing segment of non or mindful drinkers are Millennials and Gen Z, and we didn’t see any brands in the non-alcoholic space who were talking directly to them,” he says. “We were the market, and we were being ignored”.

He worked with a mixologist to create a range of premium cocktails, then engaged food scientists to reverse-engineer the drinks to remove the alcohol but keep the flavour, warmth and mouthfeel you expect from a boozy beverage.

Clearly, Martin is onto something. Yes You Can won a slew of awards, including a gold medal for the ‘No & Low’ category, at The London Spirits Competition.

Its signature spritz is all about zesty orange, with rhubarb and herbal scents. A ginger-forward dark and stormy has a smoky undertone that’s cut through with a dash of lime, and the familiar woody bitterness of juniper in the G&T will make you forget it doesn’t actually contain gin.

The limited edition Yes You Can Drinks advent calendar is available to purchase at yesyoucandrinks.com for $115.

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