More and more people are turning towards non-alcoholic beverages as an alternative to traditional drinking culture. Whether it’s for the newly sober curious, health conscious, or veteran teetotaler, companies are pouring their hearts into solving the issue of having tasty, attractive and healthy options to alcohol. To make your lives easier, Beauty News NYC has been on the prowl for the latest and greatest zero alcohol beverages.
Note: Beverages on this list are meant to replace wine and spirits, carbonated alcoholic drinks, are elevated with extra benefits ( aside from just being tasty ) or come with a mocktail theme. Most of these drinks are meant for adult consumption and are not recommended for children.
1. Gnista French Style Red NOT Wine
Pleasantries are better shared with a glass of red. A Gnista French Red perhaps. Though not to be expected as a one-to-one substitute for a red wine’s natural taste, the Gnista French Style Red is something to be enjoyed for its own uniquely formed experience. Fruity notes of grape, sour cherry and cranberry mix with dried spices to form a tart, fruity mature beverage.
Additionally, floral lavender provides an uplifting introduction while habanero ends the song with an unmistakable final kick. The Gnista French Style Red is the perfect warm weather beverage to be enjoyed with friends, loved ones and an abundant charcuterie board.
Gnista Spirits French Style Red
2. Oddbird Sparkling and Non-Sparkling Wines
Being the odd one out just became the new ideal. Oddbird non-alcoholic wines come from an altruistic alternative mindset, seeking to challenge the norm and pervasive influence of alcohol over society. Founder Moa Gürbüzer sought to take her passion from serving as a family therapist and social worker and find a solution for alcohol related family concerns with Oddbird’s collection of wines. Oddbird wines offer delicious flavor with an elegant appearance.
With over a decade of experience, Oddbird combines traditional methods with youthful passion by carefully selecting the finest grapes, having them go under 12 months of maturation and finally gently liberating them from alcohol. You can trust Oddbird to be the perfect addition to any table or event. Though from speaking from experience, don’t be surprised if they disappear rather quickly.
3. Luna Bay Zero-Percent Alcohol Beverages
Festive fun also comes in a fizzy form. Luna Bay magnesium-infused mocktails are an absolute delightful addition to any beverage selection. This woman-owned brand’s fruitful origins as a hard kombucha company guided their mission for “simple, honest beverages” towards contributing to the ever-increasing sober curious market. Their Zero Percent tea mocktail line holds three flavors: Blueberry Mint Mojito, Raspberry Rambler and Mango Mule. All three I can testify to taste wonderfully refreshing. Luna Bay uses real ingredients in addition to a Yerba Mate Tea base, fashioning them into cleverly combined tea cocktails. I highly suggest the variety pack so you can find your own personal favorite out of this excellent selection.
Luna Bay Zero Percent Variety Pack
4. Adagio Mocktail Teas
Along with our non-alcohol theme, we had to include the extremely fun Adagio Mocktail Teas. Their mocktail tea sampler contains four cocktail inspired tea blends: Kentucky Bourbon, Fuzzy Navel, Pina Colada and Peach Bellini. Kentucky Bourbon is a highly caffeinated black tea based blend that holds notes of vanilla, malt and even some smoke. Fuzzy Navel has minimal caffeine with its Rooibos tea base and is blended with notes of Georgia peaches and navel oranges. For their non-caffeinated selection there is the cheerful Pina Colada blend that feels like a cozy tropical getaway and the fruity, zesty Peach Bellini herbal tea blend with notes of tropical fruit, peach and strawberries. All four teas add a little bit of fun to your evening, or day, routine.
5. Abstinence Spirits Blood Orange Aperitif
For aperitif fans, such as the summer classic Aperol Spritz, Abstinence Spirits offers a premium alternative that holds all the flavor of the classic aperitif without the alcohol. Abstinence Spirits Blood Orange Aperitif provides a robust flavour profile and owns its “premium” label with ingredients like African Wormwood, Cinchona Bark, All Spice, Clove, Blood Orange, and Spice Distillate. The switch to the zero alcohol version of the same cocktails is barely noticeable and allows you to have a guilt-free, refreshing summer treat.
Abstinence Spirits Blood Orange Apertif
6. Three Spirit Functional Spirits
Three Spirit Functional Drinks / Photo by @nuagevisuals
Cocktails are a favorite for many people, with their unique, magical concoctions and aesthetic presentation. For a pleasing non-alcoholic alternative, Three Spirit’s collection of meticulously crafted and botanically adventurous beverages addresses any mood you may be in. Livener is an energetically inducing mocktail that uses a berry forward, spiced approach to get those juices going. Social uses ingredients like cacao, lion’s mane mushroom and the aphrodisiac Damiana to enhance your mood while making those oh so special connections. Nightcap calms and readies the mind and body for bed with sleep-inducing Valerian Root, refreshing Lemon Balm and a combination of mellowing therapeutic terpenes. Delicious with dedicated craftsmanship, Three Spirit is worthy of any bar and beverage collection.
Three Spirit Functional Spirits
7. Modica Mocktail Mixers
For those late night cocktail cravings, Modica offers spectacular mixes that can be used to create quick delicious libations. While these mixers do make for excellent cocktails, especially sumptuous espresso martinis, Modica’s mixers can also be used to create mocktails with simple accessible additions such as seltzer, tea, or fruit juices. Turn their Blueberry Lavender Lemon Drop into a refreshing summer drink, the Ginger Tumeric Mule a healing nightcap, and their Cacao Espresso Martini into the breakfast of champions. Modica uses all natural ingredients to produce their potent, indulgent mixes making these almost instant mocktails arguably a health benefit from superfood components – a good excuse to indulge to your heart’s desire.
Drink Modica Mocktail and Cocktail Mixers
8. Curious Elixirs
Zero-alcohol, adaptogenic and unusually tasty, Curious Elixirs makes sure you will never get bored from their creative concoctions. Their “booze-free craft cocktails” are consciously made with natural ingredients and tactfully chosen to be good for the body and for the soul. World class bartenders, herbalists and food scientists collaborated on their eight different elixirs. In their herbaceous mixes you will also find adaptogenics, serotonin and dopamine boosters, circulation assistants and aphrodisiacs. Don’t know where to start on this adventure? Curious Elixirs offers a quick, entertaining quiz to find your match on their official website.
Curious Elixirs Cocktail Collection
9. Illicit Elixirs
For help “finding the happy”, Illicit Elixirs developed their line of fun, fizzy functional beverages to accompany you at your next night out. Illicit Elixirs come in four flavours: Let’s Party Peaches, Watermelon Lime Thirst Trap, Late Night Fruity Call and Vegas Debauch-A-Berry. All flavours support the dopamine pathway with DopaJoy, their proprietary blend of dopamine promoting ingredients developed in partnership with functional neurologist Dr. Chris Caffery. Each part of Dopajoy has a specific function in aiding your brain to find that holistic hedonistic happiness. With their whimsical branding, fun flavours and functional ingredients, these cans make the perfect drink for social scenarios and that little “happy boost.”
Illicit Elixers Functional Beverages
10. Tennyson Black Ginger
For a liquor alternative that owns its own experience without trying to be something it is not, Tennyson’s Black Ginger is the perfect choice. Tennyson does not shy away from flavour with ingredients like Yerba Mate, Grape Seed, Lemon Balm, and of course the powerful punch of ginger. Black Ginger is more akin to an aperitif with its botanical rich composition and can be enjoyed by itself or in mocktails and cocktails alike. It also has no added sugars, caffeine, artificial flavours, or coloring. Tennyson’s Black Ginger focuses on the body beneath the appearance with wholesome ingredients, a robust ginger flavour and a bold marketing image. For the brave, the inclusive, and the curious, Black Ginger will be a welcome fit at your bar.
11. Skin Te
For a beauty boost to your beverage, Skin Te switches out the benefit of alcohol with the benefit of collagen. Skin Te’s assortment of collagen sparkling teas add a refreshing option that benefits your skin, hair, and nails in addition to a blend of collagen peptides, herbs, and delicious tea blends. Hair boosting ingredients like horsetail, nettle root, and hawthorn berry boost each sip for a truly self-indulgent experience. If you like to multi-task treating yourself while practicing self-care, Skin Te’s delicious sparkling teas are a perfect match in beauty heaven.
12. Optimist Botanicals
Optimist Botanicals offers a selection of Los Angeles inspired zero-alcohol drinks that bridges the barrier between social seekers who want connection without the alcohol. The company upholds a positive and intentional mindset with their spirit-adjacent offerings.
Fresh is their take on Gin, with Juniper, Cilantro, Basil, Lime Peel, and a surprising inclusion of Angelica Root. Fresh reflects the experience of breathing in Topanga Canyon air late afternoon after heavy rain. Bright is Optimist Botanical’s Vodka take, including notes of Lemon, Green Mandarin, Lavender, Turmeric, Myrrh and Cinnamon Leaf. Bright is inspired by the experience of standing under an outdoor shower by a lemon tree in Venice Beach. Smokey is akin to a smooth tequila with botanical ingredients such as Lapsang Souchong, Bitter Red Orange, Clove, Ginger, Sage and Bergamot. It is the drink of the High Desert Yucca during sunset holding its dark, warm, intense energy.
Optimist Botanicals also recently came out with two new zero-alcohol drinks, the Cali Amaro and the Cali Spritz with adaptogenic plants for a functional fizzy beverage this upcoming spring and summer.
13. Happi
Celebrating the moment is what CBD infused seltzer brand Happi is all about. Happi offers a variety of refreshing flavours for any moment, small and big alike, including Lemon Elderflower, Raspberry Honeysuckle, Blood Orange Ginger, Lime Wild Mint and Turkish Apple Tea. All beverages contain some amount of THC, whether it’s the casual 5mg, the approachable 2.5mg or a hefty 10mg of THC. Three of Happi’s flavours are focused on a calming experience combining THC with CBD, CBN, and CBG. Happi’s CBD infused seltzers are low in carbohydrates, sugar and calories at 30 to 50 calories per drink. They are also 100% Vegan, use all natural ingredients, and of course are zero-alcohol, making them a tasty yet effective way to have a good time.
Happi Zero-Alcohol CBD Infused Seltzers
14. Joyus Non-Alcoholic Wines
The perfect brunch wine does not exist – or does it? Joyus Non-Alcoholic Wines provides that bright day-time hedonistic aesthetic with its assortment of zero-alcohol wines. For a classic meal, their non-alcoholic Cabernet Sauvignon and Rosé make a great pair. For those who prefer a good dosage of bubbly, their Sparkling Wine and Sparkling Rose are excellent additions to any brunch or picnic. Joyus Wines are award winning for a reason, but try their Quartet Pack to discover its refreshing taste for yourself.
15. Parch
For agave lovers, adaptogenic botanically rich beverage brand Parch has the perfect selection. Formed from a base of Mexican Blue Weber Agave Pinas, Parch combines natural ingredients, bitters, and spice blends to create a unique taste with a special oomph that we so love from spicy cocktails. Each can of Parch contains 185mg of GRAS-certified adaptogens in the form of L-Theanine, Ashwagandha and American Ginseng. Parch is also plant-based, vegan, alcohol-free, and gluten-free. With sustainably sourced agave and their conscientious blends of ingredients, Parch practices what they preach. Their website provides clear and simple educational information as well as transparency on their end for changes in their products. 1% of their profits also goes to The Mission Garden in Arizona, giving back to the land that provides for many.
Transparency, a trustworthy brand, and a delicious product, Parch makes quite the package and finalizes our list of zero-alcohol beverages to try this year in 2024.
Parch Non-Alcoholic Agave Cocktail
