The 5 Best Non-Alcoholic Old Fashioned Ready-to-Drink Cocktails Right Now

The non-alcoholic cocktail category has grown up fast, and nowhere is that more interesting to explore than in the ready-to-drink non-alcoholic Old Fashioned space, at least for fans of the classic slow sipper. Brands are now doing serious work to recreate one of the most iconic cocktails in the canon without a drop of booze, using everything from functional mushroom extracts to espresso to smoked cacao. Some nail the brief. Others go somewhere else entirely, but still manage to be worth your time when you crave a sophisticated, complex beverage.

These five drinks were ranked using The Daily Pour Critics’ Score, our proprietary metric that aggregates our house rating with scores from the most trusted critics across the internet. Ties were broken by price and overall drinkability. Here’s how they stack up.

5. Spiritless Non-Alcoholic Old Fashioned

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Spiritless Non-Alcoholic Old Fashioned Pour-Over Cocktail earns its spot on this list by nailing the source material to a T. Built around Kentucky 74, Spiritless’s own non-alcoholic bourbon alternative, the recipe layers in cane sugar, chai and orange zest to approximate that familiar Old Fashioned warmth. The chai addition is the most interesting creative choice here, lending a spiced, almost tea-like backbone that bridges the gap where whiskey heat would normally live. Available for around $16.99 per four-pack, it’s a solid option for home bartenders who want something to pour over a big rock and feel like they’re making a proper drink.

4. Curious No. 5

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Curious No. 5 from New York’s Curious Elixirs is the most honest entry on this list in one specific way: it doesn’t really taste like an Old Fashioned, and it doesn’t seem to care. The brand does call it its rendition of the aged classic, but what it’s actually built is a mysterious smoked chocolate cherry cocktail made from dark cherry, elderberry, cacao, ginger, chicory and shatavari root, and the result is something far more savory and smoky than that framing suggests. The nose hits like bacon or jamón just off the smoker, with a faint green edge underneath. On the palate, fresh cherry juice and lemon peel jostle against sea salt, a whisper of tomato juice and cayenne, with chocolate appearing only as a faint afterthought. The finish is briny and smoky, more Bloody Mary adjacent than bourbon barrel. At around $55 for a four-pack of 340 ml bottles (roughly 2.3 servings each, no refined sugar), it’s a premium buy for a genuinely singular drink.

3. Little Saints Old Fashioned

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Detroit’s Little Saints Old Fashioned is the functional-beverage entry in this roundup, leaning into organic reishi mushroom extract and damiana leaf alongside botanical terpenes to deliver what the brand calls a smooth, calming experience. At 0.0% ABV and zero sugar, it’s the most wellness-forward option here, sweetened with monk fruit and built on carbonated water and citric acid. The flavor profile sticks closer to the Old Fashioned template than Curious No. 5 does, with ripe orange and cherry notes carrying the front of the palate and warm spices rounding things out. The effervescence is a departure from the stirred-cocktail tradition, but it keeps things lively in a way that works for a ready-to-drink can format. Priced at around $5 per can, it’s one of the more accessible picks in this group and earns its 89-point score on the strength of both drinkability and format convenience.

2. Even Cocktail

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Full disclosure: Even Cocktail from Drink Even tastes a lot more like a Moscow Mule than an Old Fashioned. Ginger dominates from the first sniff, lime zest piles on, and the finish lingers with raw ginger and something close to key lime pie filling. There’s agave nectar and cane sugar in the mix, plus annatto (described as sweet, peppery and earthy) and rosemary extract, which adds an herbal undercurrent that keeps things from going one-dimensional. It’s simple, but it’s good simple, the kind of thing you reach for on a hot afternoon without overthinking it. At $24.99 for a six-pack of 12 oz cans (two pours per can), the value proposition is hard to argue with. The Old Fashioned framing is loose at best, but the 91-point score reflects what this actually is: a refreshing, well-executed sparkling mocktail that earns its place near the top of this list.

1. Free Spirits Espresso Old Fashioned

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Free Spirits Non-Alcoholic Espresso Old Fashioned takes the top spot, and it’s not particularly close. Built on The Spirit of Bourbon, Free Spirits’ own award-winning non-alcoholic bourbon alternative, and spiked with real espresso, this 250 ml (8.4 oz) ready-to-drink can is the entry in this roundup that most convincingly occupies the Old Fashioned’s natural territory: rich, dark, slightly sweet and built for slow sipping. About 64 mg of caffeine per can (roughly one shot of espresso) gives it a functional edge, and the B-vitamin complex (B3, B6 and B12) adds another layer of intentionality to the formula. The sweet, oaky undertones play beautifully against the espresso bitterness, and the whole thing holds together in a way that feels like an actual cocktail rather than a compromise. At around $14.99 for a four-pack, it’s also the best value on this list by a significant margin. This is the one to buy first.

The non-alcoholic Old Fashioned space is more creative and competitive than most people expect, and these five entries prove that the category has real range. The Free Spirits Espresso Old Fashioned is the clear benchmark, but Little Saints and Even Cocktail offer compelling everyday options at prices that make regular rotation easy. Curious No. 5 is the wildcard worth trying at least once, even if it rewrites the rules entirely.