Tips & Guides

Staying sober on New Year’s Eve doesn’t mean shrinking your celebration — it means elevating it. With great zero-proof cocktails, intentional hosting, and fresh rituals that make midnight meaningful, you can ring in the new year fully present, energized, and excited for tomorrow morning. This year, celebrate big without the hangover.

This holiday season, the best toasts don’t need alcohol to shine. Discover how non-alcoholic cocktails are redefining celebration with bold flavors, mindful moments, and plenty of sparkle. Featuring Cut Above’s favorite zero-proof sips—from the cozy Notorious F.I.G. to the crowd-pleasing Party Punch—these drinks prove you can raise the bar without raising your BAC.

From wellness wearables to eco-friendly tech—and of course, the Cut Above Holiday Gift Set—discover 2025’s top trending gifts that blend modern design, mindfulness, and celebration.

From celebrity sake to zero-proof bars, Q3 2025 highlights how mindful drinking is redefining global beverage culture. Explore the top stories from Mock The Toast—and see how Cut Above is helping raise the bar for alcohol-free spirits at drinkcutabove.com

Non-alcoholic bar programs aren’t here to steal sales—they’re here to grow them. By attracting new guests, keeping groups together, and boosting daytime sales, NA cocktails can actually complement your alcohol menu. Discover why bars that embrace zero-proof spirits like Cut Above are seeing more revenue, not less.

From 19th-century spirit-and-bitters mixes to Prohibition-era creativity and today’s health-conscious zero-proof movement, the story of cocktail and mocktail reveals how our drinking culture has evolved—and why both remain staples on menus around the world.

Salt isn’t just for margarita rims it’s a cocktail game-changer. Learn how to use salt to enhance flavors, balance bitterness, and bring depth to both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, including zero-proof cocktails made with Cut Above spirits.