Happy new year!!

After the excess of Christmas and the new year, we thought that it might be good to look at a few ways to enjoy Nelly during dry January. 

We have found that Nelly Tickner tonic cordial has proved just as popular amongst non-drinkers as it is with cocktail lovers, after all it is sweetened with low GI agave syrup, uses natural ingredients and has a great flavour, so why not!

Nelly can be used as a great, and often healthier, alternative to regular soft drinks. As such, I took a bottle along to a party recently and tested out some alcohol-free drinks with the non-drinking guests. 

Here are a few of the most popular serves:

Virgin Nelly

Drop a generous amount of ice into a glass, then add:

25ml Nelly Tickner

Top up with soda water to taste. 

Give it a stir, and garnish with a slice of ginger. You should get a slightly opaque champagne coloured drink. Very refreshing, with a dry kick. 

Ginger & Tonic

We came across a bottle of sparkling ginger refresher from Waitrose. It is basically a posh ginger beer made with mineral water and ginger extract. Adding a shot of Nelly to a ginger beer rounds off the flavour nicely without losing that warmness in the throat that you get from ginger beer. Serve with ice and garnish with a slice of apple. Really tasty! 

15ml Nelly Tickner

Ginger beer / ginger refresher

Mulled Apple Nelly

An alcohol-free alternative to Nelly mulled cider. Because Nelly contains all the spices and flavours you would normally add to a mulled wine or cider, you don't need to add much else. Simply warm up some apple juice in a pan, add some Nelly Tickner tonic cordial and cloves. Simmer and serve with a dried orange slice. 

1 part Nelly to 10 parts apple juice.

Hot Nelly

As the weather has become more wintery, I find myself having a mug of hot Nelly of an evening. Put a single shot of Nelly Tickner tonic cordial into a mug and top up with boiling water. The agave soothes the throat, and the cinchona has a great relaxing quality to it. If you have a cold, this can be very therapeutic and a great ready-made alternative to honey and lemon. 

25ml Nelly Tickner

Topped up with boiling water

(I would also add a drop of whisky to this one, were it not dry January of course!) 

If you have any favourite ways to drink Nelly Tickner, either with or without alcohol, please let us know. Simply post to Instagram / Twitter and tag with #DrinkWithNelly, or visit our Facebook page