Cocktails With 0 g Sugar in Our Recipe Data — Compared by Calories & ABV

The quick answer: among eligible WhatDrink recipes, these cocktails are recorded at 0 g sugar per serving in our current estimated nutrition data. Because sugar ties across the set, the useful differences are calories, ABV, and each drink's individual flavour profile — the table below lays those out so you can choose.

Cocktails recorded at 0 g sugar in our recipe data — compared by calories and ABV

These cocktails are all recorded at 0 g sugar per serving among eligible WhatDrink recipes (complete, quality-checked nutrition profiles). One honest note: our sugar figures are estimated from parsed ingredients, so "0 g" means "recorded as 0 g in our data", not a laboratory-measured absolute zero — a drink with a splash of an unlisted sweetener could differ. Because sugar ties at 0 g across this set, we rank by sugar first but the useful comparison is the calories and ABV columns, which do vary drink to drink. A recipe with missing or unparseable data is excluded entirely.

#	Cocktail	Type	Sugar (g)	Calories	ABV	Why (from the data)
1	3 Wise Men	Cocktail	0 g	74	43.3%	Lowest measured sugar in the eligible set at 0 g. 43.3% ABV.
2	Army special	Cocktail	0 g	138	14.4%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 14.4% ABV.
3	Autodafé	Cocktail	0 g	92	16.9%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 16.9% ABV.
4	Barton Special	Cocktail	0 g	248	41.9%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 41.9% ABV.
5	Bourbon and Water	Cocktail	0 g	148	15%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 15% ABV.
6	Bourbon On The Rocks	Cocktail	0 g	148	45%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 45% ABV.
7	Brandy and Soda	Cocktail	0 g	143	19.9%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 19.9% ABV.
8	Buddy's Favorite	Cocktail	0 g	148	11.3%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 11.3% ABV.
9	Derby	Cocktail	0 g	143	42.5%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 42.5% ABV.
10	Gentle Ben	Cocktail	0 g	204	42.9%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 42.9% ABV.
11	Gin Cocktail	Cocktail	0 g	136	43.8%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 43.8% ABV.
12	Gotham	Cocktail	0 g	323	43.9%	Ranks at 0 g sugar per serving. 43.9% ABV.

How we chose these

This is not a taste opinion — it's drawn from our recipe data:

• Source: each drink's sugar figure is estimated from its parsed ingredients, the same nutrition data shown on its own page. "0 g" means "recorded as 0 g in our data", not a lab-measured absolute zero.
• NULL is not zero. A recipe with no sugar value is excluded, never counted as 0 g. A drink can't appear by having missing data.
• Complete recipes only. We require a fully-parsed recipe and a publishable nutrition grade, so a half-entered "0 g" recipe can't slip in.
• Sugar ties at 0 g here, so the meaningful comparison is the calories and ABV columns. Ordering breaks ties alphabetically, so it's stable every time.

By base spirit

If you'd rather browse by a specific base spirit, our dedicated low-sugar guides go deeper:

• Low-sugar gin cocktails
• Low-sugar vodka cocktails
• Low-calorie tequila cocktails

This page is the cross-spirit view those per-spirit guides don't give you — one ranking so you can compare across spirits at a glance.

Sugar vs. calories — they're not the same

A low-sugar cocktail isn't automatically low-calorie: alcohol itself carries calories independent of sugar. The table shows both so you can decide which matters to you. If calories are your priority, start with the cocktails hub and its calorie ranking.

FAQ

Which of these has the least sugar? They're all recorded at 0 g in our estimated data, so sugar doesn't separate them — use the calories and ABV columns to choose.

Does "0 g sugar" mean truly zero? It means recorded as 0 g in our recipe data, estimated from the listed ingredients. It's a strong signal these are low-sugar drinks, but not a lab measurement — an unlisted sweetener or a different pour could change it.

Does low-sugar mean low-alcohol? No. Sugar and ABV are independent measurements — a low-sugar drink can still be strong, as the ABV column shows. See our strength guide.