For Bitter For Worse Eva's Non-Alcoholic Spritz

It's bright and effervescent with Mediterranean character — tart rhubarb, citrus and orange over bitter herbs. Think of it as a non-alcoholic take on a sparkling aperitivo, comparable to Campari or Aperol.

Pour it over ice in a goblet and garnish with an orange slice, or serve it ice cold and neat in a flute for a toast. A splash of soda makes it lighter, or mix 2.5 oz Eva's Spritz with 1.5 oz Seedlip Grove and 1.5 oz Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic, built over ice and gently stirred.

It comes in a 750 ml bottle made with filtered water, rhubarb juice, white wine grape concentrate, organic sweet and bitter orange, beet root powder, gentian and rhubarb root, hibiscus, spices, monk fruit, citric acid, hyssop, angelica root and roasted dandelion root. It has 25 calories per 4 oz serving and contains no milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, fish, crustacean shellfish or soybeans.

For Bitter For Worse is a family-run brand from Shelley and Jeff Elkovich — she develops the recipes, he built the production process behind them — and it's been making non-alcoholic cocktails since 2020. The company started in Portland, Oregon, drawing on farmed and foraged Pacific Northwest botanicals, and in 2025 it moved its operations to Rochester, New York, where it now runs out of a historic former distillery. You'll still see Pacific Northwest ingredients in bottles like Smoky No. 56 and Rose City Fizz.

For a drink to be legally non-alcoholic, it has to be 0.5% alcohol by volume or less. While this doesn't make it totally alcohol-free, it does mean it is impossible to experience any intoxication or other psychoactive effects from alcohol. For context, a slice of sourdough bread or a ripe banana has more alcohol by volume than any of our drinks!

We carry a few hundred different products on our website with all different ingredients. We suggest you consult with your doctor regarding specific ingredients. Everything we carry is non-alcoholic-- less than 0.5% ABV-- and very popular with our customers who are pregnant (and those who aren't, too)!

Some of our products contain adaptogens, nootropics, and other herbs that are not recommended for people who are pregnant, but we're not doctors and do not give medical advice. Every body and pregnancy is different, so we suggest talking to a healthcare professional if you're unsure.

Not all of our non-alcoholic beverages are 100% alcohol-free. Some contain trace amounts of alcohol at less than 0.5% alcohol by volume.  This is consistent with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s labeling policy, which permits the use of the term, “non-alcoholic” to describe a product that contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume.

If you are looking for products that are 0.0% alcohol by volume, look for the "Alcohol-Free" badge on the product page.

Non-alcoholic spirits are specifically developed for mixing in non-alcoholic cocktails. These spirits taste great when mixed with soda water, tonic water, sodas, juices, and even other non-alcoholic spirits, but they might taste a little weird on their own. You're welcome to try them neat (we can't stop you!), but we don't recommend assessing whether or not you like a non-alcoholic spirit without mixing it, first.