Bars with Non-Alcoholic Beer in Cincinnati, OH
Where to order an NA beer in Cincinnati without guessing: every venue below either lists non-alcoholic beer on a menu we've read, names a specific NA brand it carries, or is a brewery pouring its own. Draft is flagged only where the menu says so — cans and bottles are the norm.
10 verified venues · 3 with NA beer on a menu we've read · 4 breweries
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Japp's Since 1879 is a historical-cocktail bar in Over-the-Rhine, opened in 2010 by celebrated Cincinnati bartender Molly Wellmann inside a 19th-century building that started as John G. Japp's hair-and-wig shop. Its specialty is drinks from the 1700s through the 1950s, made with housemade simple syrups, fresh herbs, berries, juices and floral waters, and that same craft carries over to what Wellmann calls "nonnys." Non-alcoholic selections sit right on the regular menu, usually two rotating house zero-proof cocktails built on CleanCo non-alcoholic gin: past pours include the Beehive Jive (chai, honey, pineapple, lemon, orange-blossom water), while the current menu lists Jade without the Fade and Pomade & Pomelo. NA beers (Sam Adams Just the Haze, Budweiser 0.0) round out the list. TV-free and intentionally old-school.
- Budweiser 0.0
From the venue's published menu, confirmed Aug 12, 2026.
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Mita's is James Beard-nominated chef Jose Salazar's Spanish and Latin American tapas restaurant in downtown Cincinnati's 84.51° building at Fifth and Race. Its drinks list carries a dedicated "No Alcoholicas" section built on Ritual's zero-proof tequila alternative: the Sacrificio pairs it with guava, hibiscus, and lime, while the Paloma Picante adds grapefruit, jalapeño, ginger, agave, lime, and soda for a spicy, citrus-forward pour (both $12.50). Beyond the house mocktails, the kitchen stocks Best Day Brewing non-alcoholic beer in lime cerveza or West Coast IPA, plus Leitz Eins-Zwei-Zero non-alcoholic sparkling wine, alongside Jarritos and Mexican fountain sodas. It's a genuine sit-down alcohol-free option inside one of the city's most ambitious tapas rooms, named for Salazar's Colombian grandmother.
- Best Day Brewing n/a beerlime cerveza or west coast ipa
From the venue's published menu, confirmed Aug 12, 2026.
Carries:Best Day Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Second Story is a Southern-Gothic craft cocktail bar and rooftop lounge on the upper floor of a century-old former Covington firehouse, opened in April 2023 by Lost Co. — the team behind Over-the-Rhine's Somerset and Alice — and voted CityBeat's Best New Bar. Beneath chandeliers and a giant artist-built tree that "grows" spirit bottles behind the bar, the menu keeps a small but genuine zero-proof lineup: house mocktails such as Clear Intent (lemon, lime, blueberry, pomegranate, mint) and Slow Burn (lime, pineapple, Fresno chili, soda water), a gin-substitute Clear Conscience, plus non-alcoholic Athletic Brewing lager and IPA. Note the bar also pours a THC-infused floral seltzer, so it's alcohol-free-optional rather than fully substance-free. Covington's largest bar patio makes it a comfortable place to gather without drinking.
- Athletic Mexican Lager or IPA
From the venue's published menu, confirmed Jul 10, 2026.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Braxton Brewing Company's Covington flagship is a full working brewery, but it earns a spot here for something genuinely uncommon: it brews its own non-alcoholic beer. Garage Beer NA is a 0.0% zero-alcohol version of Braxton's flagship Garage Beer, the crisp, light American lager the brewery is best known for. Braxton describes the NA pour as brewed with a "crisp, light and refreshing taste to keep the engine turning," and CityBeat reported it is available across all three Braxton taprooms, Covington included. That means a sober or sober-curious visitor can sit at the same garage-themed bar, order essentially the same house lager as everyone else, and get a truly zero-proof version poured from Braxton's own tanks rather than a stocked import.
Brewery taproom listed for its non-alcoholic beer — the venue page has the current pour.
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
Rhinegeist occupies the historic 1895 Christian Moerlein bottling plant in Over-the-Rhine, a soaring brick hall that has anchored Cincinnati's craft-beer revival since 2013. In fall 2025 the brewery brought its beer heritage to the sober-curious with Ghost, a dedicated non-alcoholic line brewed on Sustainable Beverage Technologies' BrewVo nested-fermentation process rather than dealcoholized after the fact. Ghost Pils, an NA German pilsner, took a bronze medal in the Non-Alcoholic Beer category at the 2025 Great American Beer Festival and a silver at the 2026 Craft Beer and Brewing NANA Cup; Ghost Haze pours as a full-flavored NA hazy IPA and is a year-round release in cans and on draft. Both sit at or below 0.5% ABV and sell in 12oz six-packs for taproom pickup and shipping. A West Coast-style Ghost Hops was announced for early 2026 but has not appeared on the brewery's beer list, so the Ghost line stands at two beers. The cavernous taproom pairs cornhole, ping-pong, and rooftop views with a genuinely award-winning zero-proof pour.
Brewery taproom listed for its non-alcoholic beer — the venue page has the current pour.
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Fifty West Brewing Company is a destination brewery and burger bar strung along US Route 50 (Wooster Pike) on Cincinnati's east side, founded in 2012 in a former Prohibition-era roadhouse. For non-drinkers it is more than an afterthought: the house lineup includes a 0.0% ABV sparkling Hop Water brewed with pineapple and Citra hops (zero calories, gluten-free), a made-in-house root beer, hand-spun milkshakes and root beer floats, plus fountain drinks and rotating non-alcoholic options. It is a working brewery, so beer flows freely, but the zero-proof choices are genuinely house-produced rather than a token can in the cooler. The Wooster Pike taproom anchors a sprawling Route 50 campus with patios and sand volleyball, making it an easy stop whether or not you are drinking beer.
Brewery taproom listed for its non-alcoholic beer — the venue page has the current pour.
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
MadTree Brewing's flagship Oakley taproom on Madison Road was one of Cincinnati's first craft breweries to brew its own non-alcoholic beer — the draft-only "Leave No Trace" pale ale, released in 2021. Today the brewery-restaurant keeps a genuine zero-proof lineup alongside its 30-plus taps: guest non-alcoholic beers including Lagunitas Hazy IPNA and Athletic Brewing's Upside Dawn Golden Ale, plus two house-made mocktails mixed to order — The Garden Variety and the Watermelon Limeade. It's a full kitchen with weekend brunch, a big patio and event spaces, so a non-drinker can settle in for a whole evening rather than nurse a soda. One honest caveat: the taproom also pours Floral's THC-infused beverages, so it's alcohol-free-friendly but not entirely substance-free.
Brewery taproom listed for its non-alcoholic beer — the venue page has the current pour.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
HomeMakers Bar is a "slightly retro, mostly modern" Over-the-Rhine cocktail bar whose zero-proof program is the deepest of any Cincinnati cocktail bar. The standing menu carries six house no-proof cocktails, each $10 and built like their full-proof counterparts: The Echo (Seedlip Garden, cucumber, rye syrup, lemon, salt, egg white), the Katz Nap (a mezcal-alternative with tepache and grapefruit), the Boatbuilder, the Toy Gun (a non-alcoholic French 75 with Seedlip Spice and NA sparkling wine), and The Harvey. Co-owner Julia Petiprin, who also built Sundry and Vice and Fifty Fifty Gin Club, champions mocktails with the same texture and balance as spirited drinks. An attached bottle shop lets you take the sober vibe home, stocking Seedlip Spice, Athletic Brewing's Free Wave, non-alcoholic sparkling Riesling, and Fever-Tree mixers.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 4 of 5?
The Baker's Table is chef Dave Willocks' farm-to-table tasting-menu restaurant in Newport's historic Monmouth Street district, and its non-alcoholic program is unusually serious for a fine-dining room. Alongside the six-course seasonal menu, guests can add a four-course Spirit-Free Pairing ($45) that runs parallel to the Wine Pairing ($60), matching a considered zero-proof beverage to the canapes, starter, pasta and main. The bar always keeps a rotating seasonal mocktail on hand -- past pours include The Petal (hibiscus, chamomile, egg white) and the wintry The Partridge (cider, pear, cinnamon) -- plus Athletic Brewing non-alcoholic beer. Willocks, a 2026 James Beard finalist for Best Chef: Southeast, brings the same California-farmers-market rigor to the drinks that regulars say gets as much thought as the wine.
Carries:Athletic Brewing
- NA Program Strength: 3 of 5?
Nolia Kitchen is chef-owner Jeffery Harris's Black-owned Over-the-Rhine restaurant, a refined-casual homage to his New Orleans upbringing and the food of the Ninth Ward, Texas and the Carolinas. Harris, who holds multiple James Beard nominations, earned Nolia the No. 4 slot on Cincinnati Magazine's 2026 Best Restaurants list. The bar backs its cocktails with a genuine zero-proof lineup: two $12 mocktails (the N/ATINI, built on Feragaia non-alcoholic spirit and green-tomato brine, and the N/AGRIA of dealcoholized rosé, strawberry and yuzu), a pair of Plus & Minus non-alcoholic wines from Australia by the glass or bottle, and Best Day Brewing's Electro-Lime and Hazy IPA NA beers. The kitchen overhauls its menu each season, so the exact pours rotate over the year.
Carries:Best Day Brewing
NA beer styles on Cincinnati menus
Read off the menus above — the count is venues verifiably pouring each style.
NA beer brands carried in Cincinnati
Brands the venues themselves name — the count is venues carrying each.
How we know a Cincinnati bar has NA beer
Three kinds of evidence put a venue on this page, and each card says which. The strongest is a menu we've read: the exact beers, the price where the menu prints one, and the date we confirmed it. Next are breweries — a brewery is in this directory because it pours non-alcoholic beer, often its own. Last are venues whose own menu or copy names a specific NA brand they carry. Nothing here is inferred from a review or a vague “great NA selection”.
“Non-alcoholic” is a legal band, not a promise of zero: under 0.5% ABV in the US, with “alcohol-free” reserved for 0.0%. The big lagers (Heineken 0.0, Guinness 0.0) are labeled 0.0%; most craft NA beers sit somewhere under 0.5%. We name the brand wherever the venue does so you can check the label that matters to you.
Draft NA beer is spreading but still uncommon, so we never assume it. A pour is marked “on draft” only when the venue's menu says tap or draft; everything else should be read as cans or bottles.
Frequently asked about non-alcoholic beer in Cincinnati
We've verified 10 places in Cincinnati with non-alcoholic beer: Japp's Since 1879, Mita's, Second Story and more below. 3 list it on a menu we've read line by line; the rest are breweries, or venues that name a specific NA beer brand they carry. Every listing shows when we last checked.
Usually not quite. In the US, beer labeled "non-alcoholic" must be under 0.5% ABV — a trace level also found in some ripe fruit and kombucha — while "alcohol-free" means 0.0%. Most craft NA beers (Athletic, Best Day, Untitled Art) sit between 0.0% and 0.5%; Heineken 0.0 and Guinness 0.0 are labeled 0.0%. Rules differ abroad: in the UK "alcohol-free" is 0.05% or under and "de-alcoholised" up to 0.5%. If you avoid alcohol entirely, look for a 0.0% label — we name the brand wherever the venue does, so you can check.
Draft NA beer is still the exception: most bars serve it in cans or bottles, and that is what to expect. We flag "on draft" only when a venue's own menu says tap or draft — none of the current Cincinnati listings has a menu-confirmed draft pour yet. If a listing doesn't say draft, assume packaged.
On the Cincinnati menus and listings we've verified, the most-carried brands are Athletic Brewing (4 venues), Best Day Brewing (2 venues). Each brand on this page links to everywhere else it is poured.
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