Lyres Agave Blanco and Agave Reserva tap into the margarita trend.
HEALTHY OPTIONS
Fresh ideas
Saint & Sinner hard kombucha was created to aid gut health.
for health-conscious patrons As the healthier-for-you segment goes from strength to strength, we look at a couple of new additions to the line-up. AS DEMAND continues to expand and
Gut health opportunity
are careful not to position it purely as a
evolve in the healthy beverages space,
Another new arrival on the better-for-
health product. “It’s alcohol on its best
so too do the beverages on offer for pub
you scene is Saint & Sinner, a bottled
behaviour,” Riley says.
patrons seeking out better-for-you tipples
hard kombucha that’s brewed locally and
that don’t sacrifice flavour or festivity.
promises “good times without the guilt”.
With sales of no and low-alcohol beer,
This product is low in sugar, and is
Available in three flavours – watermelon, pine-lime coconut and passionfruit – Saint & Sinner uses a small
wine and spirits soaring, and low in sugar
gluten and preservative free, organic and
options such as hard seltzer products
has only 77 calories. It was born out of
going from strength to strength, it’s clear
a Wollongong family’s desire to create
and sustainably created, and the amber
there’s still plenty of room for innovation
something that would make people feel
glass it’s packaged in helps to maintain
within the space.
good drinking it – both during and after.
the kombucha’s integrity.
Lyres, for instance, continues to build
For its makers Riley, Linda, and Peter
batch fermentation process. The Lords say every bottle is ethically
“We knew we could make a great
on its existing range of non-alcoholic
Lord, their interest in kombucha began
tasting kombucha, as we’ve been doing
spirits, RTDs and sparkling wine.
after Linda suffered a health crisis that
so for years, so we just had to turn it into
forced her to focus on her gut health and
something commercial,” Riley says.
Combining the margarita and mocktail trends, the company has added two new Agave alternatives to the line-up – an
cut back on sugar. “The more we researched the market,
With a background in gut health and animal supplements rather than
Agave Blanco and Agave Reserva.
the more we were convinced there was a
beverages, the family worked with
“An essential ingredient to the
need for this kind of product,” Riley Lord
professional microbiologists to come up
Margarita, the Lyre’s Agave range contains
says. “We were determined to create
with a recipe, and once perfected, they
natural essences, extracts, and distillates
something which people could feel good
sought out a contract manufacturer.
that match the aromas, tastes, and
about drinking.”
textures you find within their alcoholic counterparts,” Lyres says. “Lyre’s Agave Blanco and Agave Reserva
According to the Lords, in contrast to
The company has to date focused on southern metropolitan Sydney and
Saint & Sinner, many of the RTDs on the
the NSW south coast, with Ryan’s Hotel,
market contain sugar and preservatives.
Thirroul and Figtree Sports Club among
are a meticulously crafted homage to
In addition, Saint & Sinner contains good
the venues that already stock the product.
tequila classics with a mélange of flavours,
bacteria to aid gut health.
evoking notes of citrus, peppers, pine, spices, and oak.”
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Being an alcoholic beverage with one standard drink per bottle, however, they
After finding success in the local area with Saint & Sinner, the company is now preparing for nationwide distribution.
