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Alcohol alternatives category intelligence

A database of 2,000+ products. A quarterly report built on a national consumer survey. Custom research for beverage companies of every size.

Database

The category’s most comprehensive product database

You're building a brand in a category that moves every week. Someone launched, someone raised, someone got into Total Wine. The Dry Atlas database is where that's tracked: 2,000+ products from 600+ brands, and the distributors and investors behind each one, updated continuously. It's how you know your actual competitive set.

Reports

State of Alcohol Alternatives

You need a defensible read on alcohol alternatives, and most of what exists is either a trend piece or a survey run by generalists. The State of Alcohol Alternatives is a quarterly report built on a national consumer survey and the category's most complete product data, from a company that knows the category inside and out. Buy a single quarter, or take the annual and get all four plus full database access.

Consumer

Who's buying, how often, what for, and what's changing—awareness, trial, and affinity across the category's leading brands; occasions; motivations; barriers.

Category

Launches, pricing, distribution, and funding across the quarter.

Outlook

What the data says about the next two quarters.

Q3 2026 edition

Ships October 2026, data as of September 30.

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Custom research

Syndicated data has scale. We have the depth.

When the syndicated report doesn't answer your question, we build the one that does: segment deep dives, competitive landscapes, consumer work on a specific set of questions. Same depth of insights, scoped to your challenges and opportunities.

The large research firms bring methodological rigor at scale. What they don't have is a deep understanding of a nuanced category, or a direct line to those building it. We do: we track alcohol alternatives and nothing else, and we know the brands and the category dynamics because we follow them every week, not because we ran a one-off scan.

Newsletter

Every Wednesday, our latest alcohol alternatives insights

Our take on the category's key developments, and what we're seeing in the data. Free. Read by 7,000+ beverage industry professionals, including teams at companies like Diageo, Heineken, and Pepsi.

Alcohol alternatives category insights

Original insights and our take on the category’s latest key developments. Read by 7,000+ beverage professionals at companies like The Coca-Cola Company, Moët Hennessy, and Diageo. Free, every Wednesday.

Kylie Jenner holding a k2o by Sprinter hydration stick, alongside Target bags filled with k2o boxes Interviews

Kylie Jenner’s Sprinter Goes From Vodka Soda to Hydration

Kylie Jenner’s Sprinter launched in 2024 as a ready-to-drink vodka soda. In April, the company extended the brand into functional wellness territory with k2o, an electrolyte-and-collagen hydration mix sold DTC and on TikTok Shop. k2o just entered Target stores nationwide, the brand’s first brick-and-mortar retail placement. The company reports $4.3 ...
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Shelves of sodas and non-alcoholic beverages in a grocery store aisle Interviews

Great Liquid Can’t Rescue Weak Commercial Conditions

Courtney O’Brien has killed more beverage projects than most founders will ever launch. As the former head of premium new brand innovation at E. & J. Gallo—following brand leadership roles at Coca-Cola and Danone—she watched products with validated consumer demand, strong liquid, and beautiful packaging die anyway, because the commercial ...
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Becca Gardner Nkd Distillery Nakies Finance

What a Community Round Buys: Inside Nkd Distillery’s Wefunder Raise

Presented by Wefunder   Fundraising for emerging beverage brands runs through a short list of doors, and most of them open slowly. Institutional checks concentrate in brands with proven velocity. Angels move at the speed of relationships. Family offices want to see the retail story already working. The business, meanwhile, ...
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Keg wall and copper reception desk in the lobby of Molson Coors' Denver headquarters Strategy

What Four Major Earnings Reports Reveal

Over the past few weeks, four of the largest beverage majors in the world—AB InBev, Heineken, Molson Coors, and Diageo—opened their books for earnings season. The same theme runs through all four reports: core alcohol businesses are largely stagnating, while non-alc portfolios are expanding. The growth is not the story. ...
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Distribution

The Case Retailers Aren’t Hearing About Alcohol Alternatives

Hapsy founder Andrea Wightwick argues retailers must give alcohol alternatives dedicated shelf sets instead of hiding them in soda aisles, invisible to buyers.
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Marketing

Elton John Zero Is Winning. Here’s What’s Driving Velocity.

Elton John Zero's rapid U.K. success stems from smart pricing, distributor expertise, January timing, and celebrity trial-generation, not just the famous name.
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