One of the most popular drink orders in the U.S. right now: not drinking at all.

Trends like Dry January, Sober October, and Taking a Spring Break (from drinking) are drawing more and more people into the world of non-alcoholic beer. Groupon Coupons has teamed up with Athletic Brewing Company, the country’s biggest NA beer producer, for some tasty brews and some tasty deals for you to try. 

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The Case for Non-Alcoholic Beer

Going out to dinner or to a party with friends is always fun—the next day, not so much. NA beer lets you enjoy a refreshing cold one whenever you want without having to worry about who is going to drive home or how you’re going to feel in the morning. Basically, it is an option when you want the best of both worlds. 

NA beers from Athletic Brewing are a great addition to family-friendly get-togethers like a baby shower or gender reveal, as well as when you want to pace yourself at an event like a Spring Break trip, March Madness party, or Fourth of July barbecue. It's easy to drink only NA beers or to mix them into the rotation to keep a more even keel. 

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Athletic Brewing’s Best NA Beers

The purpose of Athletic Brewing was always to create NA beers that people actually wanted to drink. The founders experimented with more than 100 early batches to find the right balance of craft brew flavor and low ABV. (All Athletic Brewing beers have less than 0.5% ABV, the universally accepted standard for NA beers. This ABV is similar to kombucha and many fruit juices). After countless samples, they finally landed on one that met their high standard.

Now Athletic Brewing has more than a dozen NA beers on its draft list and is always introducing new and limited editions. By far its most popular NA beer is Run Wild. The IPA-style brew lands at the top of many connoisseurs Best NA Beers lists, and is one of the most popular beers sold at Whole Foods, NA or not. A couple other Athletic Brewing honorable mentions:

What Kind of Non-Alcoholic Beer does Athletic Brewing Make?

Athletic Brewing makes 50 different flavors of NA beer and hop-infused sparkling water every year. Some of them, like the Run Wild IPA, Upside Dawn Golden, and Athletic Lite, are sold year-round at grocery and liquor stores. And some of them are seasonal or limited releases that are only available online from Athletic Brewing itself. The company is always experimenting, so styles range from hoppy Helles and West Coast–style IPAs to Sours and Radlers.

What is Non-Alcoholic Beer?

Ahtletic Brewing's non-alcoholic beer, or NA beer for short, is brewed just like normal beer with close monitoring and small changes throughout the process that creates a flavorful product with 0.5% ABV or lower. So yes, Athletic's NA beer does have a very low level of alcohol in it. If you’re looking for beer with absolutely no alcohol, the label should say alcohol-free instead of non alcoholic or NA.

Alcohol-Free Sparkling Water

Besides NA Beer, Athletic Brewing also has a line of sparkling water called Daypack. All of Athletic Brewing's sparkling water varieties are naturally flavored and infused with hops to make a crisp and delicious drink for all those times when you really don't want any alcohol. All of the Daypack sparkling waters are gluten-free.