(parentheses) is a family of non-alcoholic drinks handmade in Brooklyn by a former sommelier and his wife who missed a complex, slow-sipping, stiff drink.
These small-batch drinks taste similar to a strong herbal kombucha.
Everything is less than 0.5% abv.
Before features rose, cardamom, and ashwagandha
After features chamomile, black cardamom, and angelica
Before Dusk, and After Midnight are pre-made cocktails from the botanical spirits.
All expressions offer sophisticated flavor profiles, and are ideal for slow-sipping.
All of our products are hand-made. We source everything we can as sustainably and everything that can be organic is organic (some ingredients are wild-harvested, so our hands are tied.) We use the most environmentally friendly packaging we can get our hands on.
You’ll want to get your hands on “(parenthezine),” which is our DIY publication that comes with every purchase of $25 or more. Each issue is limited edition and loaded with entertaining easter eggs and sardonic silliness.
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Both (before) and (after) are meant to compliment one another. Both are excellent to pair with snacks, use in cocktails, mix with tinctures, have on the rocks, neat, or with a splash of soda. They’re for slow sipping with aromas and texture meant for an elegant sensory experience beyond the sugary fizziness common to many other non-alcoholic beverages.
Consult with a doctor before consuming if pregnant.
Before is a bitter tonic that uses herbs to stimulate the senses, preparing the palate for a meal.
Enjoy neat, with your favorite tincture, over ice, with a splash of soda, or in a cocktail.
Great with salty snacks, fried appetizers, mild cheese, and more. Sip slowly and mindfully.
EASY RECIPE: Pour 1oz Before on ice, then top with tonic for a bold, refreshing spritz.
caffeine-free
contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume
Ingredients:Water, organic kelp vinegar, organic cane sugar, potassium potassium sorbate (preservative), extracts of the following: organic orange peel, organic grapefruit peel, organic spilanthes, prickly ash, organic rosebud, sichuan peppercorns, organic gentian, organic ashwagandha, organic cardamom
Consult with a physician before consuming if you are pregnant, nursing, or concerned about any of the botanical ingredients. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. It just tastes good.
After offers a smokey, woodsy flavor profile with herbs traditionally used to calm the mind and aid digestion.
Enjoy neat, with your favorite tincture, over ice, with a splash of soda, or in a cocktail.
Great with dark chocolate, roasted nuts, strong cheese, and more.
EASY RECIPE: Pour 1oz of After on ice, then top with ginger beer. "This tastes like my ginger beer put on some adult clothes!" - Aqxyl Storms, cofounder of Minus Moonshine
caffeine-free
contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume
ingredients: water, organic kelp vinegar, organic turbinado cane sugar, potassium sorbate (preservative), extracts of the following: organic angelica, organic wild cherry bark, organic marshmallow root, organic black cardamom, organic peppermint, organic lemon balm, organic calendula, organic chamomile, organic lavender
Consult with a physician before consuming if you are pregnant, nursing, or concerned about any of the botanical ingredients. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. It just tastes good.
before dusk is a handmade botanical aperitif. Invigorate your senses by slowly savoring this complex, mouth-stimulating drink on the rocks.
Each bottle contains two cocktails to pour over ice. You can also be creative by adding spirits, tinctures, or whatever might help you unwind.
One 375 mL bottle of each (parentheses) flavor
a signed copy of cofounder Tawny Lara’s book, Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze
after midnight is a handmade botanical shrub. Connect with your senses by slow-sipping this balanced blend of botanicals on the rocks.
Each bottle contains two cocktails to pour over ice. You can also be creative by adding spirits, tinctures, or whatever might help you unwind.
A signed copy of Tawny Lara’s book.