Non-Alcoholic Spirit
Lyre's
Award-winning NA range that mirrors classics: American Malt (whiskey), Italian Orange (Aperol), Dry London Spirit (gin). The widest classic-cocktail toolkit on the market.
- Type
- Non-Alcoholic Spirit
- ABV
- 0.5% ABV or less (individual spirits test under 0.3%–0.4% ABV)
- Calories
- ~0–3 calories per 30ml serving (e.g. Dry London Spirit 0 kcal; American Malt 3 kcal)
- Format
- 700ml bottles; ready-to-drink cans
- Made in
- Australia
- Since
- 2019
Lyre's is a non-alcoholic spirits brand founded in 2019 by Australian entrepreneurs Mark Livings and Carl Hartmann, with operations split between Australia and London. The name references the Australian lyrebird, renowned for mimicry — a nod to the brand's mission of faithfully replicating the aroma, flavor and finish of classic full-strength spirits without the alcohol. The range is among the most comprehensive in the category, spanning alternatives to gin, whiskey/bourbon, rum, tequila and Italian aperitifs, plus sparkling wine alternatives and canned ready-to-drink cocktails.
Every Lyre's spirit is classified as non-alcoholic, testing at 0.5% ABV or less (individual products such as the Dry London Spirit and American Malt label under 0.4% and 0.3% ABV respectively). Because the spirits use flavor distillates and essences rather than fermentation, calorie counts are very low — roughly 0 to 3 calories per 30ml serving, which the brand markets as up to 95% fewer calories than the alcoholic equivalent. Spirits are sold primarily in 700ml bottles, alongside RTD cans.
Lyre's has grown into one of the largest and most awarded non-alcoholic spirit brands globally, distributed across more than 60 markets and stocked at numerous top bars worldwide. In 2022 its Italian Orange aperitif won "Best New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient" at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards — the first time a non-alcoholic product won that category.
Lyre's lineup
- Dry London Spirit (Gin Alternative)
- American Malt (Bourbon Alternative)
- Dark Cane Spirit (Dark Rum Alternative)
- Agave Blanco Spirit (Tequila Alternative)
- Italian Orange
- Italian Spritz
Recognition: Italian Orange won "Best New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient" at the 2022 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards — the first non-alcoholic spirit to win the category
Where to drink Lyre's
150 verified venues pour Lyre's.
1833 Craft
Sugar House
Salt Lake City's dedicated non-alcoholic speakeasy, opened in December 2024 inside a restored century-old Sugar House home known as The Eclipse House and run by sibling team Matthew and Kelly LaPlante. The entire menu is zero-proof — "0% Alcohol, 100% Heart" — built by co-owner and lead bartender Matthew, a former Salt Lake Tribune reporter who quit drinking but never left bar culture, with his sister Kelly, a designer, styling the room as a forest-green, 1920s-inspired lounge. The duo have developed 50-plus craft NA cocktails on premium spirits like Lyre's, Dhōs, Trejo's and Kentucky 74, finished with herbs from their own basement hydroponic garden. The name nods to 1833, the year of the Latter-day Saint "Word of Wisdom," and because nothing on the menu contains alcohol, no ID is required — a genuine cocktail experience for people in recovery, designated drivers, never-drinkers, and the sober-curious.
Bar None
West Loop
Bar None is a zero-proof evening bar in Chicago's West Loop, running Friday to Sunday from 5pm to 11pm inside Froth, the coffee cafe in the lobby of The Duncan at 1515 W Monroe St. It launched on 28 February 2026 from Heritage Hospitality Group, the team behind Froth, with beverage director Luke Nevin-Gattle (previously Bunker and Larry's). Every cocktail is genuinely alcohol-free, built on real NA spirits at $13 — a St. Agrestis Phony Negroni, an espresso martini with Ritual rum alternative and Pathfinder, Good Vibrations with Ritual gin alternative and Giffard elderflower, a spicy margarita with Ritual agave and Lyre's Italian orange, and a Gold Rush — alongside nine non-alcoholic beers and ciders at $6 and Leitz Eins Zwei Zero wines at $9. IMPORTANT: the venue brands itself a THC-integrated sober lounge. Any cocktail can be upgraded with a 2.5mg THC microdose for $4, and it sells 5mg THC seltzers at $9. The alcohol-free drinks stand on their own, but anyone avoiding all intoxicants should order without the upgrade and skip the seltzers.
Bar Palmina
Fishtown
Bar Palmina is Philadelphia's first fully zero-proof cocktail bar, where everything served — down to the bitters — is alcohol-free. It opened in Fishtown in 2024, founded by Nikki Graziano, who built the bar after a 2022 liver transplant prompted by alcohol-related liver failure and her subsequent path to sobriety. The bar is named for her Italian-American grandmother, Palmina. The menu runs about 22 signature and classic non-alcoholic cocktails alongside 11 NA wines and proxies and 7 NA beers, with house-made and from-scratch infusions throughout. Named drinks include the Yuzu Negroni, D'Argento (rice-washed white tea, cucumber, juniper, yuzu), The Lifesaver (lemongrass, ginger, coconut), and the Limonhattan. The living-room-style lounge also screens soccer matches. It was named Philadelphia Magazine's Best Non-Alcoholic Bar in 2025.
Bar Pigalle
Brush Park
Bar Pigalle is a French-leaning cocktail bar in Detroit's Brush Park neighborhood with a dedicated, printed Non-Alcoholic cocktail section on its summer 2026 menu.
Beyond the Bar Bottle Shop
Core District, Downtown Richardson
Beyond the Bar is DFW's first alcohol-free bottle shop and dry bar, and by its own account the only one in Texas — a zero-proof shop and tasting room in a 1958 mid-century building in Richardson's Core District. The range runs past 280 products, from Athletic, Seedlip, Lyre's and Ritual to Almave, Ghia, Pathfinder and De Soi, alongside dealcoholised wines and functional drinks. The bar pours its own builds, including the Italian Spritz that won the Dallas Observer's Best Mocktail award, and the room hosts tastings and zero-proof cocktail classes.
Cheeky & Dry
Phinney Ridge
Cheeky & Dry is Seattle's first and only fully alcohol-free bottle shop, a 750-square-foot family-owned store at 6120 Phinney Ave N opened in November 2023 by Kirstin and Yura Vracko. Kirstin started it after her husband went to rehab for alcohol use and she stopped drinking in solidarity with him, looking for products that would carry her through the ritual of a drink at night — she has said she built the shop she wished existed. Its own rule is absolute: every bottle is 0.5% ABV or less. The catalogue runs to roughly 250 products across non-alcoholic spirits (gin, whiskey, agave, aperitivo), wines still and sparkling, beers, ready-to-drink cocktails, mixers and bitters, with brands including Pathfinder, Three Spirit, Little Saints, Parch, Aplos, Free Spirits, Leilo and Opius. There is a counter for tasting samples before you buy. NOTE FOR ANYONE AVOIDING ALL INTOXICANTS: we checked the full catalogue and found no THC at all, but it does stock kava products, one kava-and-kratom elixir, and one CBD coffee at 25mg per serving.
Coltivare
The Heights
A garden-driven Italian restaurant in Houston's Heights neighborhood from chef Ryan Pera and Agricole Hospitality, Coltivare pairs its rustic, Gulf Coast-inflected Italian cooking with an award-winning "Zero Proof Cocktails" menu built on Houston-made Cut Above spirits, Lyre's, and Seedlip, plus non-alcoholic beer and wine.
Dray
South End
Dray is a 100% non-alcoholic bottle shop at 18 Union Park Street in Boston's South End, opened in late 2023 by founder Pat Dooling and reported at the time as the city's first dedicated alcohol-free retail store. Nothing in the shop contains meaningful alcohol: the range is built to mirror a conventional wine and spirits merchant, and Dray's own catalogue currently lists roughly 138 non-alcoholic beers, 83 non-alcoholic wines, 63 zero-proof spirits, 45 ready-to-drink cocktails and a further 19 mixers and accessories. Staff work as advisers rather than clerks, steering customers between categories, and the shop runs tastings and community events. It trades Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 8pm and is closed Mondays. A second Dray opened in Central Square, Cambridge.
Dray
Central Square, Cambridge
Dray's second location is a 100% non-alcoholic bottle shop at 5 Columbia Street in Central Square, Cambridge, inside the Market Central complex, opened in January 2025 roughly a year after founder Pat Dooling's original South End store. It is styled like a high-end wine and spirits merchant, with the same catalogue behind it: roughly 138 non-alcoholic beers, 83 non-alcoholic wines, 63 zero-proof spirits, 45 ready-to-drink cocktails and 19 mixers and accessories, covering Seedlip, Lyre's, Ghia, Three Spirit, Kin Euphorics, Dr. Zero Zero and Martini among others. Nothing on the shelves contains meaningful alcohol. Staff advise by flavour and occasion rather than by brand, and the shop trades Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 8pm, closed Mondays.
Hinterland
Northern Quarter
Hinterland is Manchester's only permanent, purpose-built fully alcohol-free bar and vegan café, tucked into the basement of the Manchester Buddhist Centre in the Northern Quarter. Opened in June 2024 as a registered community interest company, it was founded by Stephen Jeffreys — drawing on his own recovery — with friends from the Buddhist Centre. The menu runs to eight alcohol-free cocktails alongside no- and low-alcohol beers, wines, ciders, kombucha and speciality teas, with vegan food from the Wholesome Junkies pop-up kitchen. Expect live music, spoken word and sober socials in a calm, dark-green room.
Monkey's Tail
Lindale Park
A Lindale Park cantina and cocktail bar from Barrel of Monkeys Hospitality, known for Mexican-American bar food and one of Houston's most decorated zero-proof programs — its "Free-Spirited" menu won Houston Press's Best of Houston 2025 award for Best Mocktail List.
Point 5
Carytown
Point 5 is Richmond's dedicated non-alcoholic bottle shop, on West Cary Street in Carytown, and as of 2026 it is the last one standing in the city — the Fan's Ceremony has closed its Richmond location and moved to Norfolk. Owner Jody Sidle stocks more than 100 brands across zero-proof spirits, non-alcoholic beer and wine, functional drinks, ready-to-drink mocktails and botanical elixirs, which makes it the one place in Richmond where the whole category sits on a shelf to be compared. It is a shop rather than a bar, but it runs tastings, education classes and community events for alcohol-free living, so it functions as the scene's meeting point too.
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Frequently asked about Lyre's
Lyre's is a non-alcoholic spirit made in Australia with 0.5% ABV or less (individual spirits test under 0.3%–0.4% ABV). Award-winning NA range that mirrors classics: American Malt (whiskey), Italian Orange (Aperol), Dry London Spirit (gin). The widest classic-cocktail toolkit on the market.
Spirit-faithful flavor mimics; the Dry London Spirit shows firm juniper and citrus, earthy mid-palate, and a dry, peppery finish.
~0–3 calories per 30ml serving (e.g. Dry London Spirit 0 kcal; American Malt 3 kcal). Always check the label for the exact figure on the specific product and serving size.
0.5% ABV or less (individual spirits test under 0.3%–0.4% ABV). Formulations can vary by market — always check the label for the exact figure.
We list 150 verified venues pouring Lyre's, across Austin, Denver, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boston, Washington, Nashville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Houston, Miami, San Diego, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Richmond, Virginia Beach, San Antonio, Charleston, Charlotte, Tampa, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit, London, Manchester, Toronto, Melbourne, Singapore, Honolulu, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Louisville, Sacramento, Raleigh-Durham, Providence, Savannah, Tulsa, Des Moines. Lyre's is also widely available to buy online and at non-alcoholic bottle shops.
Other non-alcoholic spirits worth trying include Seedlip, Ritual Zero Proof, Wilderton, Free Spirits, Pavari 17, Martini. Each has its own profile — browse them to compare.