The stubby, a Canadian beer bottle that was once a fixture in fridges from coast to coast, is now being reinterpreted as a subtle form of economic self-defence as trade tensions with the U.S. heat up.

Faux Real is bringing “grown-up” mocktails to Los Gatos. The nonalcoholic bottle shop, located at 300 N. Santa Cruz Ave., carries dozens of zero-proof spirits like gin, tequila and rum, non ...