Non-Alcoholic Beer, Spirits and the Makers Behind Them
Lagers and IPAs, gin and agave alternatives, bitters and aperitifs — and honest accounts of the brands making them.
Beer and spirits solve the same problem differently. Alcohol carries aroma and gives a drink weight, so removing it leaves a gap. Beer already had malt and hops doing that work, which is why it converts most convincingly. Spirits have to rebuild it from botanicals, bitterness, heat and texture.
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Non-alcoholic beer
The biggest thing we cover, and the one most people arrive already drinking.
Explainer · Reviewed September 2026How to Choose a Non-Alcoholic Beer That Tastes Like Beer
Choose by style: which non-alcoholic beers come closest for wheat, pilsner, IPA and stout drinkers, what 0.0% means, and where hop water fits.
Comparison · Reviewed September 2026Athletic Brewing Non-Alcoholic Beer: Every Flavor Compared
Where to start, every Athletic beer we stock by style, how it's made, and how it compares with the other non-alcoholic beers on our shelf.
Spirits, by base
Gin, whiskey and tequila — what each is trying to do, and which are worth it.
Selection Guide · Reviewed September 2026Best Non-Alcoholic Whiskey and Bourbon: Nine Alternatives Compared
Nine non-alcoholic whiskeys and bourbons compared on taste, alcohol and calories, how each is made, and the best one for each drink.
Selection Guide · Reviewed September 2026Best Non-Alcoholic Gin: Eleven Gin Alternatives Compared
Eleven non-alcoholic gins compared on taste, alcohol and calories, with the best one for each drink.
Selection Guide · Reviewed October 2026Best Non-Alcoholic Tequila: Nine Agave Spirits Compared
Nine non-alcoholic tequila and mezcal alternatives compared on taste, alcohol and calories, the best one for each drink, and margaritas ready in a can.
Bitters and aperitifs
The half of a drink nobody explains, and the cheapest ground on this hub.
Put it to work
All recipes →
Recipe · Gin & BotanicalNon-Alcoholic Gin and Tonic
Juniper, quinine, bubbles and cold. That is all a G&T has ever been, and every one of them survives without the alcohol.
Recipe · Whiskey & BourbonNon-Alcoholic Mint Julep
Mint, sugar and a mountain of crushed ice — the whiskey drink that asks least of the bottle, and the one to make first.
Recipe · Rum & TropicalNon-Alcoholic Piña Colada
Pineapple, coconut cream and white rum, blended cold — the drink that loses least without the alcohol.
How this section works
Spirits, Beer & Brands · a note from the desk
A non-alcoholic spirit has a harder job than a non-alcoholic wine. Alcohol carries aroma and gives a drink weight, so taking it out leaves a gap that has to be filled with something else — botanicals, bitterness, heat, texture. Some producers do this remarkably well. Others make flavored water and charge like it is gin. Knowing which is which is most of the work.
Beer has an easier time of it, which is why the good ones are genuinely good, and why what to drink if you miss beer has more answers than it used to. On the spirits side, gin alternatives, whiskey alternatives and agave alternatives each behave differently in a glass, and bitters are the cheapest thing you can add to make any of them taste like a drink rather than a substitute.
We do not score bottles. What suits you depends on what you drank before and what you are trying to replace.
— The Dry Pour
Everything in Spirits, Beer & Brands
Selection Guide · Reviewed October 2026Best Non-Alcoholic Tequila: Nine Agave Spirits Compared
Nine non-alcoholic tequila and mezcal alternatives compared on taste, alcohol and calories, the best one for each drink, and margaritas ready in a can.
Comparison · Reviewed October 2026Little Saints vs Ghia vs Seedlip: Which Non-Alcoholic Spirit Suits You?
Three 0.0% brands, three different drinks: what Little Saints, Ghia and Seedlip are, drinks per bottle, and which suits you.
Comparison · Reviewed October 2026WHISSIN Non-Alcoholic Whisky: How to Mix It and How It Compares
WHISSIN is a 0.0% whisky concentrate from Spain. How to mix it, what's in it, and how it compares with other non-alcoholic whiskeys.
Explainer · Reviewed October 2026Should You Drink Non-Alcoholic Spirits Neat? Which Ones to Sip and Which to Mix
Most non-alcoholic spirits are made for mixing. Which bottles are made to sip, why, and how to sip one well.
Comparison · Reviewed October 2026What Is Sparkling Tea? Copenhagen Sparkling Tea’s BLÅ, Lyserød and Lysegrøn Compared
What sparkling tea is, how Copenhagen Sparkling Tea's three compare, how they stack up against TÖST, and how to serve them.
Selection Guide · Reviewed September 2026Best Non-Alcoholic Whiskey and Bourbon: Nine Alternatives Compared
Nine non-alcoholic whiskeys and bourbons compared on taste, alcohol and calories, how each is made, and the best one for each drink.
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The Dry Pour is written by the people who run the shop. We buy everything we sell and taste most of it. Where we have not tasted something, we say so and describe it from the label and the producer rather than pretending otherwise.
We publish ABV, calories and sugar on every product we list, and we print what the producer states rather than a tidied-up version of it — which is why you will see both 0.0% and 0% on this site, because they are not the same claim.
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