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Ritual Zero Proof

Chicago-based, restaurant-favorite NA spirit line. Their Tequila and Whiskey alternatives are built to disappear into Margaritas and Old Fashioneds.

Type
Non-Alcoholic Spirit
ABV
0.5% ABV or less
Calories
About 5 calories per 1.5oz serving for the Whiskey Alternative; the Gin, Agave (Tequila) and Aperitif Alternatives are effectively zero-calorie
Format
750ml (25.4 fl oz) bottles; also a ready-to-drink line of canned cocktails (e.g. G&T, Margarita, Spritz)
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA (made in USA)
Since
2019

Ritual Zero Proof is a Chicago-based maker of non-alcoholic spirit alternatives, launched in 2019 and widely described as the first spirit alternative distilled in America. It was founded by David Crooch along with Marcus and GG Sakey, who developed the recipes by experimenting with hundreds of formulations and consulting bartenders, chefs and beverage professionals to recreate the flavor, aroma and "burn" of distilled spirits without the alcohol. The line is built to substitute one-to-one for traditional liquor in classic cocktails.

The portfolio spans alternatives to whiskey, gin, tequila (sold as an Agave Spirit Alternative), rum and aperitif, packaged in 750ml bottles, with a ready-to-drink line of canned cocktails added later. All products contain less than 0.5% ABV, putting them in the legally non-alcoholic range. Calories are minimal: the Gin, Agave and Aperitif alternatives are effectively zero-calorie, while the slightly sweeter Whiskey Alternative carries about five calories per serving from natural sugars. Several products draw their signature heat from botanicals including capsicum, peppercorn and prickly ash.

By the mid-2020s Ritual described itself as the number-one non-alcoholic spirit brand in the United States. Drinks giant Diageo first took a minority stake via Distill Ventures and then acquired the brand outright in September 2024, folding it into its growing non-alcoholic portfolio.

Ritual Zero Proof lineup

  • Whiskey Alternative
  • Gin Alternative
  • Tequila (Agave Spirit) Alternative
  • Rum Alternative
  • Aperitif Alternative

Recognition: Gold Medal (98 points), Bartender Spirits Awards 2023 — Aperitif Alternative

The standout characteristic of Ritual Zero Proof is definitely the creeping spiciness as you sip. It's quite pleasant and does a good job of slowing you down as you drink.
The Zero Proof
The Zero Proof — Review of Ritual Zero Proof Gin and Whiskey Alternatives

Where to drink Ritual Zero Proof

46 verified venues pour Ritual Zero Proof.

Beyond the Bar Bottle Shop

Core District, Downtown Richardson

Bottle Shop
★★★★★?·4 NA brands

DFW's first and only alcohol-free bottle shop and dry bar, Beyond the Bar offers Richardson's largest curated selection of zero-proof spirits, wines, beers, and adaptogenic beverages, alongside a tasting lounge packed with regular events.

Verified 44 days ago

Hekate (Cafe & Elixir Lounge)

East Village

Cocktail Bar
★★★★★?·5 NA brands

Hekate is a fully alcohol-free cafe, sober bar, and bottle shop in Manhattan's East Village on Avenue B, serving zero-proof cocktails, 0% ABV beers and wines, herbal elixirs, kava drinks, and coffee. Note: in May 2026 owner Abby Ehmann announced Hekate is winding down amid financial pressure — the lease runs through September 2026 with a final date still to be set, and its sober events are moving to a new East Village venue, B Scene at 50 Avenue B — so call ahead before visiting.

Verified 9 days ago

Monday Morning

Pacific Beach

Bottle Shop
★★★★★?·5 NA brands

Monday Morning is San Diego's first exclusively non-alcoholic bottle shop and tasting room, opened in Pacific Beach in late 2024 by founder Zane Curtis after he embraced a sober lifestyle. The shop stocks more than 500 zero-proof products — non-alcoholic beer (IPAs, lagers, stouts, sours, wheat), dealcoholized wine, spirit alternatives (gin, whiskey, tequila, rum), ready-to-drink mocktails, and functional drinks with adaptogens and nootropics — across 50-plus brands including Athletic, Bravus, Partake, Seedlip, and Ritual. A tasting bar lets customers sample anything before buying, with staff guiding selections. Curtis's business also handles NA distribution, custom recipes, staff training, and events, and in January 2026 it opened a second location in Ocean Beach.

Verified 32 days ago

Monday Morning

Ocean Beach

Bottle Shop
★★★★★?·5 NA brands

Monday Morning is a fully alcohol-free bottle shop and tasting bar in Ocean Beach, the second San Diego location from founder Zane Curtis, opened January 2, 2026 at 4967 Newport Ave inside the OB Business Center — on the one-year anniversary of the original Pacific Beach store. It stocks more than 500 zero-proof products: non-alcoholic beer, dealcoholized wine, spirit alternatives, ready-to-drink mocktails, and functional drinks across 50-plus brands including Athletic, Bravus, Partake, Seedlip, and Ritual. A tasting bar lets customers try anything before buying, and because the OB space is compact, the team opens the windows to serve the boardwalk. It's a genuine alcohol-free retail-and-tasting destination steps from the beach.

Verified 32 days ago

Sans Bar

Downtown

Bar
★★★★★?·2 NA brands

Founded in 2017 by Chris Marshall, Sans Bar is widely regarded as one of the first dedicated non-alcoholic bars in North America. Located one block south of the Texas Capitol, the downtown space is the cornerstone of Marshall's mission to create alcohol-free spaces that don't feel like substitutes. Marshall, a substance-use counselor since 2009 and sober since 2007, has been featured in The New York Times, Men's Health, USA Today, and has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Bar Manager Valentina, who joined in November 2022, overhauled the menu and now consults with bars and restaurants worldwide on their non-alcoholic programs. Beyond the bar itself, the Sans Bar Academy has helped launch over 40 alcohol-free bars and bottle shops across the United States, Canada, and Australia. The room hosts live music most Fridays at 8pm and rotating wellness collaborations through a partnership with Swift Fit Events.

Verified 44 days ago

Sober Bar

Downtown Gulfport

Bar
★★★★★?·5 NA brands

Sober Bar is a fully zero-proof bar and specialty coffee spot in downtown Gulfport — every drink on the menu is 100% alcohol-free. Opened in June 2026 after a run as a Tampa Bay pop-up, it's a New Orleans speakeasy-inspired room that pulls espresso, matcha, and kava-coffee drinks by day and pours craft zero-proof cocktails — Call Me an Ube, Red Widow, Linn & Juniper, Bee's Bouquet — on alcohol-alternative spirits by night, with NA beer and wine on hand.

Verified 10 days ago

The New Bar

Cow Hollow

Bottle Shop
★★★★★?·10 NA brands

The New Bar is San Francisco's dedicated alcohol-free bottle shop and tasting bar, the Cow Hollow outpost of the brand founded by Brianda Gonzalez, who opened the original Los Angeles location in July 2022. The SF store opened in March 2024 on Union Street, in the former home of plant shop The Sill. Everything sold is zero-proof: one wall holds non-alcoholic wines, ciders, and sparkling bottles, while the other side carries NA spirits, beer, aperitifs, bitters, mixers, and canned mocktails. The shop keeps 40–50 curated labels at a time — names like Ghia, Lyre's, De Soi, Wilderton, Three Spirit, Ritual Zero Proof, Seedlip, Athletic Brewing, and Kin Euphorics — and runs daily in-store tastings with staff who specialize in booze-free alternatives. Online ordering, in-store pickup, and local delivery are also offered.

Verified 32 days ago

The Zero Co.

Poncey-Highland

Bottle Shop
★★★★★?·14 NA brands

The Zero Co. is Atlanta's first dedicated non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened in December 2022 in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood by Cory and Malory Atkinson, the husband-and-wife team behind nearby Elemental Spirits Co. The shop grew out of the rapidly growing zero-proof section at Elemental and stocks more than 500 non-alcoholic products — spirit alternatives, de-alcoholized wines, NA beers, and ready-to-drink cans — alongside locally made shrubs, vinegars, bitters, and elixirs. A bar-cart sample station lets customers taste before buying, and the space hosts tastings and events. Carried brands include Ghia, Seedlip, Lyre's, Wilderton, Ritual Zero Proof, De Soi, Three Spirit, Free Spirits, Athletic Brewing, and more. As co-owner Malory Atkinson put it, the goal was a "warm and welcoming" space for all kinds of drinkers and non-drinkers.

Verified 33 days ago

Wallace Dry Goods

Ardmore (Main Line)

Bottle Shop
★★★★★?·6 NA brands

Wallace Dry Goods is Ardmore's first fully non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened in early 2024 by owner Robin Cummiskey on the Main Line at 1 West Lancaster Avenue. Styled like a traditional bottle shop — shelves of "whiskey," wine, gin, and mixers — it stocks zero liquor; everything is alcohol-free. The shop sells NA spirits, beer, wine, cider, mixers, bitters, syrups, and ready-to-drink cans, plus barware, so non-drinkers have the same tools to build cocktails at home. Brands carried include Ghia, Ritual Zero Proof, Cut Above, Seedlip, Lyre's, Athletic Brewing, Abstinence, and Mingle Mocktails. A daily in-store tasting bar pours rotating samples and the occasional craft mocktail, and the shop hosts classes and events. Wallace Dry Goods was named Best Non-Alcoholic Bottle Shop in Philadelphia Magazine's 2024 Best of Philly awards.

Verified 33 days ago

Adrift Tiki Bar

South Broadway

Cocktail Bar
★★★★?·2 NA brands

Adrift Tiki Bar is an immersive Polynesian and Caribbean-inspired tiki bar on South Broadway in Denver, established in 2011 and purchased in 2016 by current owner Loren Martinez (who also manages Little Man Ice Cream). The space is designed as a full tropical escape — totem-pole-flanked bar, pufferfish lights, an outdoor patio with firepit, and a kitchen turning out spice-route-inspired Polynesian and Caribbean fare to match the rum-forward cocktail program. In January 2025, Bar Manager Jacoby Morciglio launched a formal zero-proof and low-ABV menu, framed around the idea that 'this isn't simply fruit juice on the rocks — it's a multi-touch cocktail that's highly executed and delicious.' Visit Denver's official tourism blog has gone further, calling Adrift's NA program 'possibly the best non-alcoholic drinks in all of Denver.' Named NA cocktails on the permanent menu include the N/A Mai Tai and N/A Painkiller (both built on Ritual N/A Rum), the crossover Anchored Tides (with Leopold Brothers N/A Aperitif), and the Frozen Virgin Colada. Adrift also maintains a separate 'In Shallow Water' menu of lower-ABV cocktails (8–16% ABV) for guests who want to moderate without abstaining entirely.

Verified 43 days ago

Bar Hygge

Fairmount

Brewery
★★★★?·2 NA brands

Bar Hygge is a Fairmount brewpub open since 2016, run by owners Stew and Julie Keener, Tom Baker, and Peggy Zwerver. Named for the Danish concept of cozy contentment (pronounced "huu-guh"), it houses Brewery Techne, a 10-barrel brewhouse pouring rotating house draft and cask beers alongside contemporary American boards and comfort-food entrees. The venue is recognized for an inclusive, sober-friendly approach: alongside the bar's cocktails and draft wines, it stocks alcohol-removed wine, a zero-proof amaro, and signature non-alcoholic cocktails. Visit Philadelphia's zero-proof guide highlights two named mocktails — "Amateur Jazz," built on Ritual's gin alternative with cinchona bark, herbs, citrus, and soda, and "Spice Up Your Life," made with Seedlip Garden 108, caramelized pineapple, strawberry oleo saccharum, jalapeño, lemon, and soda — plus a lavender lemonade and a Ritual/Seedlip spritz. Located near Eastern State Penitentiary, it's a neighborhood favorite for drinkers and non-drinkers alike.

Verified 33 days ago

CORK, The Wine Shop at COOK

Rittenhouse

Bottle Shop
★★★★?·4 NA brands

CORK, The Wine Shop at COOK is a curated bottle shop on South 20th Street near Rittenhouse Square, opened in late 2020 by restaurateur Audrey Claire Taichman as a retail companion to her adjacent Audrey Claire COOK demonstration kitchen. Alongside 120-plus hard-to-find wines, vermouths, ciders, and bottled cocktails, CORK has built one of the Philadelphia region's largest non-alcoholic selections, branding itself "Dry Bar Headquarters." Per a 2023 Philadelphia Inquirer feature, buyer Michelle Flisek said the store carries more than 100 varieties of zero-proof items, including Ritual Zero Proof spirits, Lyre's Aperitif Rosso, Spiritless tequila alternative, and canned Ghia apéritifs. The shop's own "Zero Proof Selections" guide also highlights Curious Elixir No. 4 and TÖST sparkling. Rounding out the inventory are mixers, bitters, snacks, and barware — a top regional source for NA bottles rather than a dedicated alcohol-free venue.

Verified 33 days ago

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Frequently asked about Ritual Zero Proof

Ritual Zero Proof is a non-alcoholic spirit made in Chicago, Illinois, USA (made in USA) with 0.5% ABV or less ABV. Chicago-based, restaurant-favorite NA spirit line. Their Tequila and Whiskey alternatives are built to disappear into Margaritas and Old Fashioneds.