What did it taste like?

It was a whiskey alternative, oak and dried fruit.

Lyre's Spirit Co Traditional Reserve (700 mL)

Q: Is Lyre's Traditional Reserve still available?

No. Lyre's have discontinued it and we are not reordering. Bourbon Alternative, previously American Malt, is the closest bottle we still stock.

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. A whiskey alternative, oak and dried fruit.

$44.99 $1.90 / fl oz

Flavor: Traditional Reserve

About Traditional Reserve

Lyre's Traditional Reserve in 700 mL, a whiskey alternative, oak and dried fruit.

Lyre's have discontinued it and we are not reordering. Bourbon Alternative, previously American Malt, is the closest bottle we still stock.

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Product details

What it is

Alcohol: <0.5%
Process: Never AlcoholizedIt was never alcoholic, so nothing was removed.
Certifications: Vegan-Friendly · Gluten-Free
Size: 700 mL
Producer: Lyre's Spirit Co

Pouring it

Style: Whiskey
Serve: Long over ice with a mixer, or built into a cocktail where the oak has something to push against.
Store: Cool and out of direct sunlight. Once opened, reseal and refrigerate — best within 5 days.

Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients: Water, Agave Syrup, Natural Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Sunset Yellow Colour (E110), Caramel Colour (E150d), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Stabiliser (Cellulose Gum [E466]). **VEGAN, DAIRY FREE, NUT FREE, EGG FREE, GLUTEN FREE.

About Lyre's Spirit Co

Everything from this producer

Named after the Australian lyrebird, the world's greatest mimic — which is the whole idea.

Mark Livings and Carl Hartmann founded Lyre's in Australia in 2019, setting out to build a range that echoed the classic spirits rather than inventing new flavors.

The name is the method. The lyrebird imitates whatever it hears — other birds, a camera shutter, a chainsaw — and the range is built the same way, each bottle answering a spirit a bartender already knows how to use. That is why the labels say Gin Alternative and Dark Rum Alternative rather than inventing a word for what is in them.

The bottles carry the Social Animals, a cast of characters drawn one to a liquid. The range now runs from the spirits through a sparkling Classico to canned cocktails, and the company sells in more than sixty countries.

Producer: Lyre's Spirit Co
Based in: Australia
Founded: 2019
Founder: Mark Livings and Carl Hartmann
Sizes: 750 mL, 700 mL and 250 mL
Site: lyres.co

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Common questions

Is Lyre's Traditional Reserve still available?: No. Lyre's have discontinued it and we are not reordering. Bourbon Alternative, previously American Malt, is the closest bottle we still stock.
What did it taste like?: It was a whiskey alternative, oak and dried fruit.
What should I buy instead?: Bourbon Alternative, previously American Malt, is the closest bottle we still stock.

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