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While it’s been a summer libation in Italy for decades, the spritz has become pretty ubiquitous in recent years in Australia. Traditionally made with a bitter orange alcoholic aperitif, the wine-based cocktail is drunk before dinner as an aperitif, while nibbling on a few snacks. With its refreshing taste, slightly bitter flavour profile and vibrant orange hue, it’s no wonder the Italian spritz has found a place at Aussie barbeques, parties and dinners.

As we finally head towards warmer weather, the festive season is fast approaching and there are many parties, dinners and barbecues to be had with friends and family. And while we here at Craftzero love an ice-cold frothy when we’re flipping snags, some occasions might call for something a little different. While rosé wine may often be perceived as a tipple for the more refined and effeminate bevvy at gatherings, we’re here to put a cork in that.

If you’ve ever had a hankering for an old fashioned or a gin and tonic but needed to drive home, or didn’t want to face a splitting headache the next day, you’ll see the appeal of a non-alcoholic spirit. Sure, that’s a bit of a confusing term. How can a spirit be non-alcoholic? And if it has no alcohol, can it still be a spirit? Does it taste any good?

There’s nothing better than kicking back with mates and smashing a few cold brews on a hot summer’s day — except maybe doing it hangover-free! Non-alcoholic beer has come a long way in the past few years and the benefits of incorporating non-alcoholic beer into rotation are significant. What was once watery tasteless swill, is now a like-for-like, beautiful, crafty, beery drinking experience. In most cases, you can’t even taste the difference between the best non-alcoholic beer and an alcoholic beer. Technology has come a long way and both the big commercial breweries, and the smaller craft boys are constantly working on ways to create the best-tasting non-alcoholic beer. 

Our passion for finding the best non-alcoholic beer in Australia means you get to save time, effort and money from chugging every alcohol free beer in the market to find one that’s right for you. Top of our tedious, thirst quenching research lands us on Sobah, a non-alcoholic beer brand with a range of five non-alcoholic beers. We’d love you to meet the folk behind Aussie’s non-alcoholic beer — husband and wife team, Clinton and Lozen Schultz.

When non-alcoholic wine was first introduced to Australian tastebuds, there were minimal options, and the flavours didn’t compare to the original thing. More like grape juice than a complex quaff, you get none of the complexity we know and love from our favourite wines. Thanks, but no thanks!

Non-alcoholic beer has been gaining traction at a rapid rate of knots both here in Australia and around the world. Gone are the days of tasteless, watery beer imitations. The...

Athletic Brewing Co. is a Connecticut-based alcohol-free brewery that has been taking the market by storm. The non-alcoholic beer category has grown strongly during the pandemic and Athletic’s sales grew...

Driven by individual lifestyle changes and frustration at lack of decent options,  founders Rob Fink and James Kindred decided to launch Big Drop Brewing Co in 2016. Big Drop is a range of non-alcoholic beers crafted without the need for artificial removal of alcohol. We sat down with James (JK) to learn more about him and Big Drop.

Athletic Brewing Co are America's first dedicated non-alcoholic brewery. Founded in 2017 by a talented group of brewers, the Athletic mission is to create great-tasting craft brews, without compromise. Craft Zero sat down with lead brewer Tyler Tucker to lean more about his part of Athletic.

Getting to know Jorik from VandeStreek brewery who bring us an incredible range of non-aclholic beers from the Netherloands.

Your complete guide to the various techniques used to make non alcoholic beer.