Best low and no alcohol drinks (2024)

Brewdog

Cult beer brand BrewDog offers a selection of alcohol-free (AF) beers in its line-up: Punk AF, a tropical-flavoured IPA with grassy and hoppy notes; Elvis AF, a grapefruit IPA showcases all the flavours of its stronger sibling sans alcohol; Hazy AF, a smooth and tropical IPA, the crisp and oh-so refreshing Lost AF; and Nanny State which blends specialty malts and US hops. All contain 0.5 per cent ABV - something to note for the purists who are abstaining from alcohol completely.

Beer Hawk

A selection pack of 15 guilt-free beers to work your way through - surely enough to brighten anyone’s day. The hamper contains a choice selection of bottles and cans from British and EU producers, allowing you to sample lots of varieties with just a click of a mouse.

Lucky Saint

Booze-free and low in cals at just 53 calories per bottle, Lucky Saint is the beer you can enjoy on your lunch hour, before the gym - whenever you want. Biscuity with full-throttle flavour, only four ingredients are used in its creation: Pilsner Malt, Hallertau hops, water and yeast.

You’ll find the beer on the drinks menu at The Ivy, Pizza Pilgrims and Dishoom, showing that it pairs well with a variety of dishes and cuisines - you needn’t go without a pint with your next curry.

Days Brewing Co.

Hops without the hangover: not a dream, but a reality at Days, which makes all-natural alcohol-free lager using plant-based ingredients. Ideal for having inbetween regular bottles to regulate drinking, or replacing if you’re off the sauce for a bit, the brand offers lager as well as pale ale.

Kopparberg

Kopparberg’s alcohol-free mixed fruit cider has proved so popular that it’s been added to the line-up on a permanent basis.

Packed with all the punchy notes of its regular strength sister, the cider proves you can have all the flavour and fun without any alcohol units. Stock up with this case of 24 cans, all measuring 330ml.

Beavertown

Staying sober is easy to stick to thanks to this alcohol-free IPA. It’s made the same way as Beavertown’s full-strength beers, but using a new strain of yeast that creates almost no alcohol during the fermentation process.

It’s crisp with notes of peach, mango and a hint of pine. Or, as Beavertown says, ‘Heavyweight flavour, featherweight ABV’ - we challenge you to tell the difference.

Infinite Lager

Lager fans can still sink a cold one thanks to Infinite Sessions, made with German noble hops, including Perle and Hallertau yet brewed in the UK. Slim chance of a beer belly with this; each 330ml can contains just 33 calories and it’s vegan to boot. Crisp and refreshing.

Heineken

All the fruity, malty notes with none of the boozy effects. Heineken has formulated a 0.0 per cent beer that could be the twin of the original 1873 recipe. This pack comes in 330ml bottles and cans with a cardboard carton holder for maximum recyclability.

Budweiser

The ‘King of Beers’ has a booze-free option designed to wet the whistles of anyone thinking about reining in their drink units. Expect the same iconic full flavour and crisp finish, all at zero per cent - and ony 46 calories per serving, so no need to worry about nursing a beer belly. Cheers!

This price is for 24 x 330ml cans.

San Miguel

A pilsner-style beer made for designated drivers, moderate drinkers and teetotalers, Spain's San Miguel now comes in 0.0 per cent ABV. It's made with the same ingredients as standard San Miguel but the mashing parameters have been tweaked so that San Miguel 0.0 contains no more than 0.04 per cent ABV - virtually non-existent and certainly not enough to have an effect on the body.

We tried it against the full-strength beer as well as a gluten-free version and found they all carried the same full, thirst-quenching flavour - which means you can raise a glass, whatever your requirements.

Peroni

The Italian producer has gone to great lengths to replicate the taste of its world-famous beer with a booze-free twist. Pair it with your next takeaway and try to tell the difference between this and the real thing. Best experienced ice cold.

Estrella

Sit back and sip without worry by investing in a fridge full of Estrella Galicia which now comes in a 0.0 per cent version. The smooth, light light lager is virtually indistinguishable from the taste of full-strength OG beer - expect smooth, refreshing flavour with a pleasant slightly bitter aftertaste. It pairs well with everything from comfort food to BBQ bites and when alternated with regular lager, is a great way to practise mindful drinking.

Kylie Minogue Wines 0% Sparkling Rose

Proving Kylie is for everyone, the icon has added a non-alcoholic version of her wildly popular pink prosecco to her drinks ranks. The sparkling rose tastes just as good as her full strength sister with notes of red berries and a sharp, refreshing finish. As delightful as the woman herself.

Wild Idol

This bottle of sparkling non-alcoholic wine is the perfect thing to keep in storage if you're looking to cut back on your units or stop drinking completely without feeling like a social pariah.

Recreating the look of a bona fide glass of rose, the light pink tone and stream of fine bubbles will fit in around the table, while the fruity notes bursting in each sip are satisfying and refreshing - and come with the beautiful bonus of being hangover-free.

Belle & Co

If your M.O goes along the lines of ‘rose all day’, you needn’t let a little thing like Dry January stop you. Belle & Co offers a tasty loophole with its sparkling rose alcohol-free wine, made from unfermented grapes and green tea. It’s a great option for slimmers too, with only 22cal per 100ml.

Nosecco

Celebrating soberdom with a glass of something fizzy may feel counterintuitive - like marking X days sugar free with a Snickers - but wait, hear us out.

Alcohol-free sparkling wine has arrived to put the sparkle back into your month, all while keeping to your good intentions. Nosecco Spumante Alcohol Free has the look and taste of Italian bubbles, but is virtually booze free with 0.5 per cent. It’s been made with de-alcoholised white wine so it won’t give you a buzz, but there is a trace so it’s something to bear in mind if you want to go completely booze-free.

Brancott Estate

Hailing all the way from New Zealand, Flight is made by the award-winning Brancott Estate and contains just 9 per cent alcohol. It took home a Double Gold at the San Francisco International Wine Competition last year. Fruity and refreshing.

Tesco

Made from Spanish Sauvignon Blanc grapes, this is a juicy sparkling white that dances with zest, and all at less than 0.5 per cent alcohol. Pour a glass to accompany your next fish dish or try with white meat meal for a pairing that won’t leave you with a pounding hangover and dry mouth the morning after.

Wednesday's Domaine

Missing the ritual of a glass of wine with dinner? Switch your usual bottle of fermented grapes for Wednesday's Domaine, a label specialising in alcohol-free wine. Full of natural ingredients bursting with flavour, the current offerings include a red, rose and a white.

Everleaf

There’s no need to long for the refreshing taste of a spritz with Everleaf’s Forest in your drinks cupboard.

The bittersweet tonic is made from 14 botanical ingredients with a complexity that is comparable to a Campari. Try it with three-parts light tonic and a freshly sliced wedge of orange for a serve that’s like a late summer’s night in a cup.

Quarter Proof

If you think moderate drinking is all a numbers game, well - you'd be right.

Take Quarter Proof for instance. It's got around a quarter of the ABV of its stronger sisters at just 15 per cent (regular gins are around 40 per cent ABV), which means four G&Ts made with the spirit are the same as one full-tilt one. Each sip delivers light, fruity notes to the tongue: think orange, grapefruit, angelica, coriander and of course, juniper.

Slower drinking, a gentler buzz and maximum flavour; as the brand puts it, "Who said it had to be all or nothing?".

Sipsmith

From gin experts Sipsmith comes FreeGlider, a booze-free and vegan alternative to the OG: talk about a high achiever. Treat the refreshing non-spirit as you would a regular gin - just mix with tonic and add a garnish for a faux G&T so good you can practically see its halo.

Pentire

Inspired by the beauty of the coast, Pentire is an elegant non-alcoholic spirit brand worth making room in your drinks cabinet for. There are two to choose from, Seaward, a bright concoction of grapefuit and rosemary, and Adrift which plays up the sea-themes with sea rosemary, roch samphire and sage. Try it with soda water and a wedge of grapefruit over ice. £26.80 each.

Talonmore

From the home of Scotch comes a booze-free take on the spirit: Talonmore. An alternative to whisky or other dark spirits, it was awarded a silver gong at last year's International Wine and Spirits Competition (2022) thanks to its spicy and malty taste with a sweet finish.

Ginger gives Talonmore big flavour, and can be enjoyed neat as well as in cocktails to add flavour and depth without any risk of hangover the morning after.

Almave

Star power: Lewis Hamilton

F1 legend Lewis Hamilton has released a non-alcoholic tequila, tuning into the mindful drinking wave.

The Blue Agave drink is a great alternative to recruit in cocktails that usually call for a measure of tequila or mezcal, allowing drinkers to enjoy the flavours without the arresting consequences the morning after.

There are two expressions: an Ambar, great for sipping neat, and the Blanco, a mixologist’s dream. Hamilton said: “I’m proud to launch Almave Blanco in the UK, it joins Almave Ambarin standing apart from anything else on the market as a quality, alcohol-free alternative with no compromise on flavour, authenticity or process.”

Crodino

Enjoy aperitivo hour without the alcohol thanks to Crodino, a new booze-free alternative from Italy’s Campari brand. Designed to hit that sweet spot between finishing work and having dinner, initial bursts of bittersweet orange notes give way to a zesty, herbal taste that awakens the palate and preps it for the evening ahead.

Cotswolds Gin

A new launch from The Cotswolds Distillery, Cotswolds Dry Gin Essence is made by using ten times the botanical concentration of their dry gin which results in a turbocharged amount of flavour per unit of alcohol.

Cotswolds Dry Gin Essence is so rich you only need a miniscule amount, 5ml, to achieve the same full flavour G&T. It will have a tenth of the alcohol you could normally expect in a Cotswolds signature serve.

Warner’s

Alcohol-free and made using natural botanicals from Warner’s Fall Farm in Northamptonshire, Warners new gins - Pink Berry and Juniper Dry - will bring a smile to anyone looking for a healthy gin alternative.

Both have won awards from industry bodies, and we can attest to the superiority of the booze-free dupes. We reached for one without properly checking the label and didn’t realise until the following day that it contained no alcohol. All the pleasure, none of the pain. Pretty bottle designs too.

Hayman’s

You don’t have to give up your beloved G&T to cut back those pesky alcohol units.

Look to Hayman’s where the newest addition to its gin portfolio is the small gin. Like Cotswolds, it packs in more flavour and less alcohol, so you only need a drop or two for the same refreshing taste of a G&T but with 80 per cent less alcohol and calories than a regular serve.

Pair it with light tonic for a drink that only comes to 40 calories.

Seedlip/Justin De Souza

As one of the OG zero-alcohol players, Seedlip has a tremendous following. The trailblazing spirit is made for a generation that shuns excessive drinking but that still wants to join the party. Choose from three varieties; Garden 108, Spice 94 and Grove 42.

ATOPIA

With 0.5 per cent alcohol, ATOPIA is the latest kid on the low-alcohol block with an ABV of 0.5 per cent. Made with botanicals and fruits, it’s an ideal replacement for gin and vodka at happy hour.

Everything from the bottle designs to the taste is designed to take the moderate drinking experience to the next level.

Lyre’s

Whet your whistle while staying firmly on the wagon with Lyre’s American Malt, a whiskey alternative that sails close to tasting like the real thing. Expect notes of roasted nuts sweetened with vanilla and a slightly spicy kick.

Botivo / Steven Joyce

Mindful drinking is a trend that has proved it's got legs. More low and no-alcohol launches mean the choice is growing by the day. A new entrant is Botivo, a boozeless aperitif that has been made in Hertfordshire with botanicals, herbs and spices. The refreshing serve, which tastes of honey and floral notes, will sit pride of place in any drinks trolley.

Highball Cocktails

Wave goodbye to hangxiety while keeping your cocktail glass firmly in hand. Created by some of the UK’s top mixologists, there are six booze-free mixes of Highball Cocktails to choose from, from G&Ts to Cosmos and Mojitos. Get them individually or get a case of 12 in to keep you stocked and well watered.

Martini

No need to compromise on flavour with Martini’s gift set. The two 75cl bottles of Martini Non-Alcoholic Aperitivo offer the same complex, refreshing flavour while allowing you to stick to your goals. Cheers!

Pentire

The non-alcoholic spirits scene is growing and evolving by the minute as thirsty customers practice mindful drinking. Pentire has developed 330ml cans with its spirit muddled with tonic, offering the perfect single serve to enjoy on the move. Available in its signature Adrift and Seaward flavours.