{"id":26582,"date":"2026-01-07T20:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26582"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:05:38","slug":"non-alcoholic-beers-arent-just-a-dry-january-alternative-how-theyre-so-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26582","title":{"rendered":"Non-alcoholic beers aren\u2019t just a Dry January alternative \u2013 how they\u2019re so much more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">At the start of 2025, a study revealed that 60 per cent of Americans saw non-alcoholic (NA) beer as a viable alternative for long-term drinking in moderation.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">That study was based on a poll commissioned by the Beer Institute, a Washington-based trade association.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But what about \u200cjust for one month?<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For many of us, Dry January has begun \u2013 a month in which people attempt to forgo alcohol or drink less of it.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">People do it for different reasons. Some see the 30 days as a dependency test to determine just how reliant \u200dthey are on alcohol to relax. Others link it to their overall new-year health and\/or weight loss plans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"For many, Dry January is easier to enjoy if they drink non-alcoholic beer. Photo: Shutterstock\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/07\/0e2a7b71-4c1e-4263-b865-b1bfcc9820f2_1767d1c0.jpg\" title=\"For many, Dry January is easier to enjoy if they drink non-alcoholic beer. Photo: Shutterstock\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">For many, Dry January is easier to enjoy if they drink non-alcoholic beer. Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For some, it is viewed as a reset following weeks of decadent holiday consumption. It is also a way to dip a toe into the idea of permanent sobriety \u2013 without drawing too much attention from their peer group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3338985\/non-alcoholic-beers-arent-just-dry-january-alternative-how-theyre-so-much-more?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of 2025, a study revealed that 60 per cent of Americans saw non-alcoholic (NA) beer as a viable alternative for long-term drinking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8190,2244,15425,7020,1274,15424,2132],"class_list":["post-26582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-alternative","tag-arent","tag-beers","tag-dry","tag-january","tag-nonalcoholic","tag-theyre","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}