These Are The Best Nonalcoholic Drinks, According to Our Taste Testers (2024)

The latest release from Katy Perry isn’t a new album but a delightful spritz in a can called Trés Rosé. Just like her greatest hits, this little number is a banger. Carefully crafted with adaptogens, like lion’s mane and L-theanine to “support a mood-boosting buzz without the booze,” this mouthwatering aperitif tastes like a more interesting Aperol spritz.

Size: 4-pack of 8-ounce cans

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Bright fresh grapefruit and lychee with a bitter edge that’s not too dry; gently sparkling and slightly floral

Best Way to Drink It: Poured over ice

Give a raise to the marketing genius who named this booze-free riff on a Negroni. Just like its namesake, the Phony Negroni is complex and bittersweet but the fizz makes it more flirty and fun.

Size: 200-ml bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Grapefruit pith bittersweetness offset with mouthwatering spiced citrus and herbaceousness

Best Way to Drink It: Straight from the single-serving bottle or poured over ice with an orange twist

This lovely, clear concoction bills itself as a “nonalcoholic grapefruit gin” but it’s actually much lighter in body — more like a refreshing gin co*cktail. Pentire Seaward is distilled from plants native to the headlands of Cornwall, England (such as sea rosemary and sea buckthorn) and you can totally taste the coastal terroir in each sip.

Size: 700-ml (1.5-pint) bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Botanicals, spices and marine complexity in a light-bodied refresher

Best Way to Drink It: Poured over ice; mixed with tonic or sparkling water with a citrus twist

This amber-hued nonalcoholic spirit evokes the sun-drenched tropical flavors of Colombia, where the founder hails from. It’s not so much a rum dupe as it is a sultry rum-inspired co*cktail that you can enjoy over ice for a more saturated experience or cut with ginger beer to mimic a Dark & Stormy.

Size: 500-ml (16.9-ounce) bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): Less than 0.5%

Tasting Notes: Molasses and orange peel on the nose; tropical fruits with warm and inviting baking spices on the palate

Best Way to Drink It: Poured over ice or mixed with ginger beer and garnished with lime

One of the OG nonalcoholic spirits, Seedlip walked so today’s booze-free offerings could run. Their Garden 108, as crisp and clean as a linen suit, calls to mind a spring day.

Size: 700-ml bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Vegetal (peas and mint) and slightly floral with a mild peppery bite and briny finish

Best Way to Drink It: As a stand-in for gin or poured over ice with tonic water or seltzer with cucumber or citrus twist

Think of this bright-red N/A aperitivo as a kinder, gentler Campari — just as lush and herbal but without the bracing bitterness. Like a good pre-dinner drink, the Wilderton will make your mouth water.

Size: 750-ml bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Bittersweet and complex like Campari but smoother

Best Way to Drink It: As a substitute for Campari (mixed with seltzer over ice with a citrus twist)

Crafted with an apothecary's-worth of botanical ingredients, this bottle from Three Spirit is designed to energize and make you feel good. Schisandra berries give vibes of watermelon hard candy while ginger provides a zingy sensation in a way that simulates the burn of alcohol. The caffeine from guayasa will help fuel carousing all night long.

Size: 500-ml bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Watermelon hard candy punctuated with ginger and peppery bites

Best Way to Drink It: Poured over ice with tonic water

There's something about removing alcohol from wine that's like throwing the baby out with the bath water: It strips away the aromas, tannins, body — basically all the things that can make a wine tasty. Not so for this sparkling Spanish white made from dealcoholized Verdejo. It tastes like it has alcohol, but more importantly, it has complexity and flavor. In a blind sampling, it could pass for a funky natural wine.

Size: 750-ml bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): Less than 0.5%

Tasting Notes: Tart green apple, kombucha-like funk

Best Way to Drink It: As an aperitif or paired with funky cheeses

If it didn't say so on the bottle, you may not even know the alcohol has been removed from this refreshing sparkling French rosé. It's got everything you'd expect in its boozy counterpart: minerality, tasty fruit notes and good acidity.

Size: 750-ml bottle

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Light and crisp with aromas of white peach, rose and tart strawberry

Best Way to Drink It: As an aperitif or paired with seafood, especially shellfish

Athletic Brewing Company started in 2017, brewing beer with a trace of alcohol instead of removing alcohol from full-octane beer. The result is delicious craft beers, like Upside Dawn Golden, that are every bit as satisfying and nuanced as the real deal. As a side benefit, Upside Dawn achieves the "tastes great, less filling" goal of light beers, clocking in at just 50 calories per can.

Size: 6-pack of 12-ounce cans

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): Less than 0.5%

Tasting Notes: Crisp and light-medium body; aromas of ripe tropical fruit and coriander; rounded out by slightly floral hoppy bitterness

Best Way to Drink It: Poured into a glass

Started in 2015, Bravus in Anaheim, California, is North America's first nonalcoholic craft brewery. Their production process closely resembles craft beer methods to create brews that taste true to their inspiration. For instance, the refreshing West Coast IPA is as dry, bitter and hop-forward as you'd expect and want from this style of ale.

Size: 12-pack of 12-ounce cans

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): Less than 0.5%

Tasting Notes: Crisp, dry and light-medium body; citrus-tinged with piney, floral hop bitterness

Best Way to Drink It: Poured into a glass

The hazy IPA from Northern California–based Best Day Brewing tastes so much like a real beer, tasters had to double-check the label to see if it's nonalcoholic (it is).

Size: 12-pack of 12-ounce cans

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): Less than 0.5%

Unlike nonalcoholic wines that start as wine, then get stripped of alcohol, Töst is formulated from the ground up with nonalcoholic ingredients: white tea, white cranberry, quinine and ginger. The end result is a fizzy refresher that calls to mind pet-nat (natural sparkling wine) and ginger beer.

Size: 750-ml bottle
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Sweet (but not overly) tropical fruit and zingy ginger; gently sparkling; finishes with refreshing dryness

Best Way to Drink It: Chilled in wine glasses

The latest flavor from Ghia's line of canned nonalcoholic spritzes is sumac and chili. And, yes, you will definitely taste those two ingredients but that's against an aromatic backdrop of yuzu juice, white grape juice and elderflower. There's also gentian root for some pleasant bitterness along with lemon balm and lemon verbena for botanical intrigue.

Size: 4-pack of 8-ounce cans

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Sultry, slightly floral and citrusy; finishes with gently smoldering heat

Best Way to Drink It: Poured over ice

It's not clear if Pilot designed their kombucha to taste like a co*cktail but it could convincingly pass for one. Made from white peony tea–based kombucha, the supporting ingredients (juniper, celery seed and lemon peel) provide savory depth and complexity — not to mention, a probiotic boost.

Size: 6-pack of 12-ounce cans

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0.5%

Tasting Notes: Savory, vegetal and pleasantly bitter; slightly fizz

Best Way to Drink It: Straight from the can

It's no coincidence that many nonalcoholic drinks have a dry flavor profile with a bitter edge (often from the botanical ingredients that lend these drinks their structure and complexity). But sometimes you just want an easy-drinking fruity tropical drink, y'know? Enter: Curious Elixir's No. 6 booze-free co*cktail. The flavors approach a Coconut Pineapple Painkiller — it's like a trip to the beach in a can.

Size: 12-pack of 12-ounce cans

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 0%

Tasting Notes: Sweet, fruity and hints of nutmeg; medium-body from oat milk, which lends a little creaminess

Best Way to Drink It: Poured over ice with a co*cktail umbrella