Best Alcohol-Free Beer to Order at a Pub in 2026
The pub is the hardest test for any alcohol-free drinker. You are surrounded by people drinking, the bar is designed around alcohol, and the NA options are often an afterthought. But things are changing fast. The best pubs now stock genuinely excellent alcohol-free beer, and knowing what to ask for makes all the difference.
Here is what to order.
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Shop MORiSH Chicharrónes →What most pubs stock
Alcohol-free beers you’ll often see in UK pubs include Lucky Saint, Heineken 0.0 and Beavertown Lazer Crush, and many pubs sell Guinness 0.0 in 538ml cans. Better craft pubs will also stock Athletic Brewing, Northern Monk and Big Drop. If you are unsure what a pub has, ask — most bar staff are happy to tell you and the range is expanding rapidly.
What to order
Lucky Saint Unfiltered Lager
Lucky Saint · 0.5% · about 53 kcal per 330ml
The number one NA beer in UK pubs. Lucky Saint is now stocked in thousands of pubs, bars and restaurants across the country. If a pub has one NA beer worth drinking, it is almost certainly this one. Ask for it by name.
Buy from The Alcohol Free Co →Guinness 0.0
Guinness · 0.0% · 75 kcal per 440ml can
In British pubs Guinness 0.0 mostly comes in 538ml cans: draught Guinness 0.0 has so far been limited to trials. The pour looks identical to the original — the iconic two-tone black and cream. The most convincing pub pint in the NA category.
Buy from The Alcohol Free Co →Beavertown Lazer Crush
Beavertown · 0.3% · 89 kcal per 330ml
Increasingly available on draught and in cans at pubs across the UK. Lazer Crush is the craft IPA option that most pub-goers will recognise.
Buy from The Alcohol Free Co →Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA
Athletic Brewing · <0.5% · 65 kcal per 355ml can
Not yet as widely available as Lucky Saint or Guinness, but increasingly stocked in better craft pubs. If your pub has Athletic Brewing, order it — it is one of the finest NA beers in the world.
Buy from The Alcohol Free Co →What to do if the pub has nothing good
If a pub only has Heineken 0.0 or Beck’s Blue, you have two options: drink it without complaint, or ask the bar manager what NA options they plan to stock. Pub NA ranges are changing rapidly — customer demand is the biggest driver.
Alternatively, check Unhopped before you go out. Our community increasingly notes which pubs stock good NA options — it is worth doing your homework.
A note on asking at the bar
Do not be embarrassed to ask what alcohol-free options a pub has. You are a paying customer and the question is completely reasonable. Most bar staff are now well used to it — and the good ones will be proud to tell you about their NA range.
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