Good non-alcoholic beer

[oldmanbm]

Any recommendations for tasty non-alcoholic beer? Have used Brewdog for a while now but looking an alternative. Prefer Pale Ales but nice hoppy lager okay too. Thanks

[overunder12g]

Bavaria Zero is one of the better ones. I think Tesco stock it at the moment. Not sure I should be telling you really as I do work for Bavaria and my son works for Brewdog!

[elanfan]

+1 on Bavaria Zero from me, better than the C9bra equivalent. I’m pretty sure if you served some blind the recipient wouldn’t know. My kids bought me 0% Bavaria Wheat beer by mistake. That is really nice too.

[CubanPete]

Heineken 0 was my wife's favourite when pregnant, followed by
Becks Blue and
Bavaria

[DMN]

I've tried a few and I find the Bavaria wheat beer the best over all, but the best larger is the Sainsburys own Czech Larger. In fact I've just finished a bottle. Its one of the few that has no awful malty after taste IMO.

[Duhh]

My favourite is Brew Dog's 'Nanny State', but St Peter's 'Without' is pretty good.

[escargot]

My wife likes nanny state or Becks blue.

[GT03ROB]

Estrella Damm was best I found when in KSA.

[Boz123]

Try the Erdinger alcohol free (blue bottle). Described as an 'isotonic'...

[Burwood]

I’m after something around 2%. Any suggestions? Thanks

[BrabusMog]

Burwood said:

I’m after something around 2%. Any suggestions? Thanks

In Sweden there are loads of lower strength lagers that the supermarkets sell. My favourite is:

https://carlsbergsverige.se/produkter/pripps-bla/p...

It's a shame there isn't a big range in the UK, most of the lower strength stuff I've tried tastes far too watery and "thin" if that makes sense!?

[Burwood]

Don’t crucify me but i’ll Try mixing Heineken 0 with FF Heinie. A 50/50 blend should be 2.5%. What could go wrong.

[Burwood]

BrabusMog said:

Burwood said:

I’m after something around 2%. Any suggestions? Thanks

In Sweden there are loads of lower strength lagers that the supermarkets sell. My favourite is:

https://carlsbergsverige.se/produkter/pripps-bla/p...

It's a shame there isn't a big range in the UK, most of the lower strength stuff I've tried tastes far too watery and "thin" if that makes sense!?

In summer I drink beer, well I like to when I go out for Sunday Lunch but obviously I can’t have 3 pints and drive home. Plus it makes me tired. It’s frustrating not having a very low alcohol option that I could drink and know I was fine to drive.

[BrabusMog]

Burwood said:

Don’t crucify me but i’ll Try mixing Heineken 0 with FF Heinie. A 50/50 blend should be 2.5%. What could go wrong.

Let me know how you get on!

[devnull]

The biggest thing about non alcoholic beer is that you get a weird ‘sweetness’ in place of where the alcohol should be.

Bitburger ‘drive’ is pretty good. Brewdog Nanny state, too, even though I’m not a fan of hoppy beers.

[InductionRoar]

Nanny State is the best easily available one, but Drink'in the Sun is the beer geek's reference.

[mizx]

BrabusMog said:

Burwood said:

I’m after something around 2%. Any suggestions? Thanks

In Sweden there are loads of lower strength lagers that the supermarkets sell. My favourite is:

https://carlsbergsverige.se/produkter/pripps-bla/p...

It's a shame there isn't a big range in the UK, most of the lower strength stuff I've tried tastes far too watery and "thin" if that makes sense!?

Yeah not really a category we have here, there aren't all that many at ~2% that I know of.

Lots of good stuff (pale ales, some bitters) to choose from at 3.4-3.8% though, if that isn't too high.

There are a few Belgian fruit lambics, usually Raspberry or Peach, at 2.5% but it isn't really like drinking beer. I've been buying some of of this from Beers of Europe lately, really nice weissbier at only 2.9%

Edited by mizx on Saturday 12th May 12:57

[Truckosaurus]

Some of the very cheap supermarket own 'value' brand beers are in the 2% range. (I assume there is a lower tax band that allows them to be so cheap).

I had some agreeable Lidl Radler last week @ 2.5% for 59p a large can, but that seems to have been a weekly special rather than a regular line.

[ladderino]

Sainsbury's do stubbies that are 2.5% - https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sai...

These are great on a hot day as can drink a lot without getting totally smashed.


Otherwise, zero alcohol wise, I think Erdinger, Bavaria and St Miguel are the best.

[Sticks.]

I can manage 2 Beck's Blue if they're very cold, and that's the best I've tried, so far anyway. Wasn't keen on the Bavaria, although I like their 5%, and Cobra was appalling.

I bought some Tesco 'Everyday Bitter' @ 2% and 4/£1 for slug traps and tried it (first). It was like a shandy without the sweetness.

There's now a 'Mid Range' Draught Guinness @2.8% in cans which tastes just like the full strength one.