Does a good, non-alcoholic bourbon exist?

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Looking for recommendations and options. Thanks

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  2. SlammingMomma Avatar

    Are you an addict? I don’t know of anyone that would ever ask for a nonalcoholic bourbon. This would scream that you’re religious trying to fit in unless you are a recovered alcoholic.

  3. RbeatlejuiceEsq Avatar

    that kinda defeats the purpose

  4. A_HELPFUL_POTATO Avatar

    I’ve only tried a couple, and neither one was very good.

  5. dishearthening Avatar

    Used to work at a specialty liquor store and Kentucky 74 sold well! I haven’t tried it myself but the customers were into it.

  6. Flossthief Avatar

    Na beer is okay but I don’t think there’s many na bourbons

    Maybe find a new taste/hobby– get really into teas; there’s a similar experience of tasting different ages of tea and picking out notes of the taste

  7. foofa_thawt Avatar

    Room temperature tea.

  8. RedMaple007 Avatar

    Ah .. no but you might want to try non-alcoholic vodka also known as water!
    There are rum flavourings that contain alcohol and propylene glycol ie. Less toxic anti-freeze.
    So pick your poison.

  9. TheConsutant Avatar

    Yeah! They call it Root beer.

  10. Jennyelf Avatar

    This is just my opinion, but bourbon is so nasty tasting, the only reason I ever drank it was to get plastered fast.

    I personally wouldn’t touch a non-alcoholic bourbon or other fake liquor. And at this point in my life, I wouldn’t touch any alcoholic beverage at all.

  11. YuggaYobYob Avatar

    The only na liquor i’ve found to be like the real thing is gin. If you can create a flawless 1:1 na match to bourbon you’ll make a fortune

  12. Warm-Wrap-3828 Avatar

    Also…any candy cigarettes that emit smoke?

  13. tdkme Avatar

    Ive tasted several brands and types of n/a spirits because i work in distribution. Even the best ones really need to be mixed in order to truly mimic the flavors of the base spirit they correlate to. You will never taste an n/a bourbon that comes close to the real thing, but you might find one that’s very passable when mixed with coke or ginger beer or something.

    As another poster said, n/a versions of other spirits like gin, rum, and tequila tend to be closer 1:1 comparisons, but imo none of them really come close if you drink them straight. You have to mix them with other ingredients.

    The best brand I’ve tasted is called “Bare Zero.” Their Gin tastes weird af straight, but if you pour a shot of it into tonic with a squeeze of lime it is a perfect mimic of a G&T.

  14. bagel316 Avatar

    Non alcoholic bourbon?!? Jesus christ what a stupid fucking question.

  15. gnarlslindbergh Avatar

    Maybe try putting bourbon maple syrup on your pancakes?

  16. Supah98 Avatar

    Could you define good

  17. mxgxnn Avatar

    Yes. A bourbon biscuit.

  18. KeyIsopod7489 Avatar

    Why would it?

  19. evex901 Avatar

     Free Spirit’s The Spirit of Bourbons https://drinkfreespirits.com/products/the-spirit-of-bourbon?

    I received it as a gift but haven’t tried it yet.