Written by: Aida M. Toro | Photography: courtesy of Lyres

Many want to lay off the booze at the beginning of the year as they want to practice Dry January. Others simply don’t and want to continue drinking in a much more balanced manner to ring in the new year. Lyres, a company consisting of an exquisite variety of crafted non-alcoholic spirits made with love, is the ultimate beverage for those who want to keep it dry in January or even want to give their cocktail a twist. 
Lyres is an Australian known brand whose name comes from the large Australian songbird referred to as the world’s greatest mimic. The fundamentals behind Lyres arrived from the founders, who both hold different careers. One of the founders is a master sommelier and the other a CEO of a marketing agency. Both founders play music in their spare time and would go out to the local wine bar, with the purpose of not experiencing the typical hangover. With this being the case, they didn’t want to drink a beverage tha...