How to Watch the Game Without Drinking
This summer, international soccer's biggest tournament is bringing huge match-day crowds to cities across the U.S. — and a lot of people watching won't be drinking. Whether you're sober, sober-curious, pregnant, the designated driver, or just want to remember the final score, you don't have to sit it out or nurse a club soda. Here's what to drink and where to go.
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Watching the match without drinking? Share your location and we’ll point you to the nearest city we’ve hand-verified — and the closest bars, breweries, and restaurants with real NA options right now.
What to drink: the best NA beers for game day
Non-alcoholic beer is the natural game-day pour — and it's genuinely good now. These are the brands worth reaching for, from familiar names to craft breweries. Tap any one to see where it's poured near you.
Athletic Brewing
Run Wild is a hop-forward yet balanced IPA with a subtle, complex malt profile; Upside Dawn is a crisp, light golden ale
Where to find Athletic Brewing →Heineken 0.0
Bright light-golden lager with refreshing fruity notes and a soft malty body, finishing clean and crisp
Where to find Heineken 0.0 →Guinness 0.0
Dark ruby red with a creamy nitro head; aromas of roasted coffee and chocolate, smoothly balanced with bitter, sweet and roasted notes
Where to find Guinness 0.0 →Best Day Brewing
Crisp, clean craft beer character — light toasty malt in the Kölsch, juicy tropical citrus in the Hazy IPA, piney West Coast hops
Where to find Best Day Brewing →Partake Brewing
Light-bodied craft beer flavor; the hoppy Pale shows orange zest, grapefruit and a whisper of pine
Where to find Partake Brewing →Bravus Brewing
Full-bodied craft styles from resiny-citrus hop-forward IPAs to roasty, chocolate-and-coffee dark ales
Where to find Bravus Brewing →Brooklyn Special Effects
Hoppy amber lager with piney, citrus-forward Citra and Amarillo hop aromatics, a bready malt base, and a crisp, modestly bitter finish
Where to find Brooklyn Special Effects →Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher
Crisp, zingy and well-carbonated with bright citrus and lightly tropical, candy-like fruit notes, dry-hopped but without bitterness
Where to find Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher →Grüvi
Golden Era is a crisp, sessionable golden lager; the range runs from a juicy IPA and wheat Wit to a nitro mocha stout, alongside a dry secco, bubbly rosé, sangria and red blend
Where to find Grüvi →Go Brewing
Bold, full-flavored craft styles spanning juicy tropical and hazy IPAs, crisp pilsners and wheats, fruit-forward sours and radlers, and a salty chelada
Where to find Go Brewing →Want more than beer? See the full non-alcoholic brands guide — zero-proof spirits, NA wine, and functional drinks too.
Where to go out without drinking, by city
If the matches are pulling everyone out this summer, you can go too. These are cities where we've hand-verified bars, breweries, and restaurants with real non-alcoholic programs — somewhere to gather and order something great, no drinking required.
Cities hosting matches this summer
Six of the cities we cover are hosting matches — expect the biggest match-day crowds here.
More cities we cover
Hosting a watch party at home
The easiest inclusive setup: a few non-alcoholic beers, one batched mocktail in a pitcher, and snacks. Designated drivers, pregnant guests, sober friends, and kids are all covered — nobody's stuck with water.
Crowd-pleasers that batch well: virgin sangria (it's literally a pitcher drink), virgin margaritas, and dirty sodas the kids can build themselves.
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Frequently asked
It depends what you like, but the most widely available crowd-pleasers are Athletic Brewing (Run Wild IPA, Upside Dawn), Guinness 0.0 and Heineken 0.0 for familiar names, and Best Day, Partake, Bravus, or Grüvi for a craft range. Most grocery stores and a growing number of bars now stock at least one. See our brands guide for where each is poured.