Lighten Up: Five Low-Calorie, Low-Carb, and Low-ABV Cocktails for January

Belle Isle Canned Cocktails: part of a healthy, balanced diet.

All photos by Joey Wharton.

With all this talk of Dry January and resolutions, we felt the need to pop in here with a quick PSA:

January is all about balance, not deprivation.

You know what they say: moderation is the spice of life. Well, maybe they don't say that–but they should! You don't need to completely cut yourself off from cocktails, carbs, or cupcakes to start your 2020 off the right way. There is a better way to eat and drink responsibly that doesn't include any fasts, cleanses, or dry periods. Because, let's be honest, who wants to be around someone who's sober, hungry, AND sugar-deprived? Not us! We're sharing five low-calorie, low-carb, and low-ABV January cocktails to help you cut down on the bad stuff while still having some fun.

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Hot Tropics

This Hot Toddy with a Blood Orange twist is guaranteed to warm you up without getting you lit.

Cold Brew Russian

Everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure drink + our Cold Brew Coffee ‘shine - the subsequent dairy discomfort = the literal perfect guilt-free cocktail

Winter Break

This tropical Honey Habanero cocktail will give you all of the Tiki vibes without all the sugar.

Bad Booch

This Ruby Red Grapefuit ‘shine and kombucha cocktail is as simple and clean as drinking gets.

The Master

The Master Cleanse, minus the cleanse.

Still thirsty?

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Belle Isle Moonshine is a premium, handcrafted spirit proudly hailing from Richmond, Virginia.

We take the name Belle Isle from a small, 540-acre island located smack dab in the middle of the James River where Civil War soldiers used surplus corn rations to make moonshine in copper kettles.

Belle Isle Moonshine is distilled from 100% organic corn, grown by three family farms and responsibly sourced. Once triple-distilled, we charcoal filter Belle Isle four times over. Then, we cut it with purified water right from the James River. Our infusions are made with 100% real ingredients, never artificial flavors or color. We use real grapefruits sourced from Texas and California, local honey from the Shenandoah Valley, organic habaneros grown an hour away, and freshly roasted coffee beans from the most socially conscious roastery in Richmond, Blanchard's Coffee Roasting Co.

From there, each bottle of Belle Isle Moonshine is filled, corked, labeled, and packed by hand by our Production team, who check each bottle and batch for quality assurance. Since Belle Isle is made in small batches, you can find the batch number handwritten in the bottom right corner of each bottle.

Distilled from good times and 100% organic corn.