Hands garnishing a Mother Root spritz with blood orange at a seaside picnic, with the Marmalade bottle, a jigger and sliced blood oranges on a red checked blanket

Marmalade is back

Bringing together that classic Italian aperitivo with British bite. Tastes like the first sip of a summer holiday.

Why we made Marmalade

The Italian summer escapefor your evening ritual

Let us set the scene: the sun is setting and you're barefoot on a still-warm terracotta terrace. Up above are juicy orange skies, and as you gaze towards the vista ahead – you savour the last of the day.

We wanted to bottle both of these feelings with our limited edition: the nostalgic British seaside and the Italian dreamscape.

Seville orange

The marmalade orange. We steep the peel, which is where the flavour lives.

Blood orange

Bright, juicy, sun-ripened. The citrus that started it all.

Cardamom

Warm and fragrant. Tastes like somewhere else.

Apple cider vinegar

We think of apple cider vinegar as our liquid seasoning. It's what gives our drinks a wonderful tart kick.

Small space, small batches
We only have so much floorspace, so batch size is capped by the room, not the recipe.
Three months in the making
We steep our bitter orange rinds in apple cider vinegar for over two months, allowing the flavour to develop. With more time, we get depth of flavour.
Stirred by hand, every day
Every day, someone hand-stirs and presses it to get the most flavour out.

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Small batch,no reruns.

Marmalade is brewed once a year in a single small batch and it's our final ever run. Add a few to your basket and you're set up for a season of sharing bright and bitter spritzes.

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0.1% ABV non-alcoholic aperitif

Pour a second glass without a second thought, drive home from dinner, or just enjoy your evening without the alcohol. Same golden hour feeling, none of the trade-offs.

All natural ingredients

We don't use many ingredients because we want the whole, natural flavours to speak for themselves. It's all about the craft.

Activated by apple cider vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is our “liquid seasoning”: it brightens, balances and enhances flavour. All Mother Root drinks are built on this same base.

One bottle, 20 drinks

Marmalade, topped with soda, over plenty of ice. A wedge of ruby red grapefruit. Twenty of those in every bottle, a lot of aperitivo hours. Or if you're looking for another way to soak up Marmalade, find some recipes below.

Fill glass with ice

Pour in 25ml Mother Root Marmalade

Top with 150ml soda water

Garnish and stir

Marmalade is really special to me. What began as a brew steeping in an old forge in my parents-in-law's front garden in Yorkshire has become a beloved cult classic amongst the Mother Root community. Hard to believe I was making and bottling batches of Marmalade in my kitchen and hoping I would sell out the 300 bottles we'd made. Salute!

Bethan, The Founder

5 stars

I love 'the bite' of this drink

I love 'the bite' of this drink! It feels special. I drink less alcohol nowadays so I'm very pleased to find a special drink that can go with a variety of mixers.

Laura

5 stars

Like dark bitter thick cut marmalade

Like dark bitter thick cut marmalade. Really lovely with tonic (my choice is Fever Tree Premium classic). Lovely change to drinking alcohol and yet I don't feel like I'm missing out when drinking Mother Root.

Lynne

5 stars

Just what I am looking for

The marmalade is my favourite. Though I do love the ginger. I wish I could get it all year round. I love an aperol spritz, so the marmalade for me, is just what I am looking for.

Krista

5 stars

Zingy and refreshing

Zingy and refreshing, with a bite of sharpness. So versatile too. In fact, love it. One problem... I only ordered one bottle...

Mary

5 stars

Grown up alternatives

Delicious. As a non drinker I seek interesting grown up and sometimes challenging alternatives and found Mother Root a few years ago. I also love your cocktail recommendations. Thank you

Angela

5 stars

I didn't feel like I was missing out

Absolutely love love loved this over the Christmas period! I didn't feel like I was missing out not drinking and it was delicious. Considering buying another bottle of the marmalade edition before it's gone.

Gurpreet

5 stars

The best one of all

The best one of all - such a shame it is not available all year around.

Nicola

5 stars

Wish I had bought more

Marmalade version. Wish I had bought more but wanted to check I liked it first...silly me should have known if it's Mother Root it would be good.

Louise

Ginger

Fiery & fresh

The original slow burn

Marks your end-of-the-day ritual

Available all year round

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Blood orange & cardamom

Anytime-in-the-afternoon aperitivo

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End-of-the-day ritual

Nostalgic summer vacation

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Marmalade is back

The Italian summer escapefor your evening ritual

What's in the glass?

Good things take time

Small space, small batches

Three months in the making

Stirred by hand, every day

Small batch,no reruns.

Rooted inBenefits

0.1% ABV non-alcoholic aperitif

All natural ingredients

Activated by apple cider vinegar

One bottle, 20 drinks

How to makeour signature drink

Marmalade6PM Spritz

Marmalade reviews

Two drinks, two moments

Ginger

Marmalade