Fav Alcohol Free Beer?

Macy0161 · 22-03-2021 10:58am

bluestone wrote: »

Tried this recently & I’d agree, it’s the nicest I’ve had as well although I haven’t tried the Aldi ones being recommended on here

It's a different style of beer in fairness. If you drink lager, it may not be for you. If you like Pale Ales it's a decent alternative.

fwiw gave some to missus on Saturday who does drink IPA's (as I was having an early start!) without telling her the Roadworks was AF, and she thought it was nice!

Pen Rua · 22-03-2021 4:25pm

https://craftcentral.ie/collections/frontpage/products/brouwerij-de-brabandere-kwaremont-alcohol-free-belgian-blonde-330ml-can-0-3-abv?variant=39266324578339

New one on Craft Central.ie. 0.3% Belgian blonde.

Ivefoundgod · 27-03-2021 7:13pm

bluestone wrote: »

Tried this recently & I’d agree, it’s the nicest I’ve had as well although I haven’t tried the Aldi ones being recommended on here

Tesco had this reduced to clear for €2.50 for 3 so picked up 6 bottles. Had some last night and not a fan at all. Had a really weird after taste to it. Worst of the lager ones I've tried, personal opinion of course but think Heineken Zero is miles better.

Peig Sayers · 29-03-2021 3:40pm

I tried the Brewdog 0.5% one yesterday. €7 for 4 small tins :eek:

Shocking stuff. SO bitter it would make a pig wink!

senordingdong · 29-03-2021 3:49pm

Peig Sayers wrote: »

I tried the Brewdog 0.5% one yesterday. €7 for 4 small tins :eek!

Which one?

Black Sheep · 29-03-2021 4:01pm

I used to really like Punk AF, I thought it was a gamechanger. Had a few cans lately though and I felt it was thinner, somehow less hoppy.

Would there be any chance that a recipe change has quietly occurred after the initial launch?

Peig Sayers · 29-03-2021 4:12pm

senordingdong wrote: »

Which one?

Punk AF

senordingdong · 30-03-2021 9:18am

Peig Sayers wrote: »

Punk AF

Ah that's a shame.
As black sheep said above, punk af was a game changer.
It would be a shame if they have let it go to the dogs.

tallaghtfornia · 31-03-2021 3:01pm

Any white smoke on the Non Alcoholic Guinness ? they must have some serious production issues!

PWEI · 01-04-2021 4:42pm

Are there any other low alcohol craft beers similar to Galway Bay Brewery Weights + Measures but with less calories?

Black Sheep · 01-04-2021 7:50pm

PWEI wrote: »

Are there any other low alcohol craft beers similar to Galway Bay Brewery Weights + Measures but with less calories?

I don't know about calorie content, but Whiplash's Micro IPA is a great lower alcohol beer.

PWEI · 01-04-2021 11:11pm

Black Sheep wrote: »

I don't know about calorie content, but Whiplash's Micro IPA is a great lower alcohol beer.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Macy0161 · 01-04-2021 11:20pm

I'm also not concerned with calorie content (of beer at least) but I'd imagine most lower abv are also lower calorie?

Trick of the light in aldi by carlow brewing is 33 calories per 100ml according to the bottle in the fridge.

accensi0n · 01-04-2021 11:29pm

Peroni had been my go to.
Recently tried Wicklow Wolf Moonlight which I thought was quite good, reminded me of hoegaarden.

Feenix · 02-04-2021 12:12am

Gave up the booze a few weeks ago and I've just started buying NA since last week. Pleasantly surprised and really enjoying most of them.
Started off with Hazy AF which I thought was horrible.
Went to Mace by James hospital and tried their selection. I liked all of them. To Ol and both Lervigs were decent. Not a massive fan of Wicklow Wolf but Moonlight is actually better than most of their alcoholic beers in my opinion. My favourites though are Brooklyn Special Effects and Mikkeler Drinking in the Sun.
Usually only drank ales or stouts before so no real interest trying the usual 0.0 lagers. I'm hoping the novelty doesn't wear off soon.

senordingdong · 02-04-2021 2:10pm

Macy0161 wrote: »

I'm also not concerned with calorie content (of beer at least) but I'd imagine most lower abv are also lower calorie?

Trick of the light in aldi by carlow brewing is 33 calories per 100ml according to the bottle in the fridge.

Not always the case. Alot of reduced/no alcohol beers have extra sugar to supplement the taste.

02-04-2021 11:16pm

tallaghtfornia wrote: »

Any white smoke on the Non Alcoholic Guinness ? they must have some serious production issues!

End of August, start of September is what they are aiming for now.

donaghs · 11-04-2021 10:32am

Rickytumtum wrote: »

+1 for brewdog nanny state. Guinness also do a really nice lager too (think it’s .5%) in a blue can but can’t remember what it’s called. I have a load of them in the fridge

Pure Brew from Guinness? I think it’s one of the best.

+1 for Aldi Roadworks also. Had first one yesterday

Black Sheep · 14-04-2021 2:11pm

Had a can of ToOL Implosion last night and I was quite impressed, I actually did a double check to see if it was low alcohol rather than NA, which I think is a testament to it. Good body and head to it.

athlone573 · 14-04-2021 2:36pm

Gerstel is a bit gassy but I like it,

Brewdog Nanny State is great
The Aldi IPA is not bad at all

L1011 · 15-04-2021 4:25pm

Seeing as this thread has long since stretched to 0.5%ers - Kinnegar have announced that Low Tide is now 1% instead, to give it more body. Which it needed tbh. Will try it again now but it's going to stop some people drinking it I expect. More chance of actually putting yourself over the limit before your bladder explodes from fluid volume for one thing!

dzilla · 19-04-2021 2:26pm

donaghs wrote: »

Pure Brew from Guinness? I think it’s one of the best.

+1 for Aldi Roadworks also. Had first one yesterday

would love if they did a 500 ml on the pure brew

Thundercats Ho · 19-04-2021 4:50pm

I had the Dungarvan Main Sail over the weekend and was impressed.

banana_bear · 23-04-2021 1:24pm

The best non alcoholic beers I found so far (and the only ones I'm currently drinking, there's a big gap between these and all the others I tried so far):

- Punk AF from brewdog. The only one that could pass as an alcoholic beer. Awesome stuff, but very expensive.
- Patronus wheat beer from lidl. Very nice stuff too, close to the real deal.
- Lidls alcohol free IPA (looks like this: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/20133986/ipa-non-alcoholic-lidl)
Not quite as nice as the brewdog, but definitely IPAish and a lot cheaper than Punk AF.

I also quite like Erdinger alcohol free, but for me that doesn't taste like beer at all. A nice drink in its own right, but it doesn't scratch the itch.

Macy0161 · 23-04-2021 2:26pm

I really didn't rate the Lidl one compared to Aldi, although a while since I've had it. May have one buried in the stash though I may grad for the fridge to retry.

Long cycle planned for the morning, so have a few in. Box of Nanny State, couple of roadworks, erdinger Lemon, erdinger grapefruit(?), and a Kinnegar Low Tide if I decide to push out the boat!

To be honest, the erdinger is only really there for hydration purposes ahead of the early start (no pun intended).

25-04-2021 11:41am

I tried Lervig no worries last night. Very good, I'll definitely be getting more of this. Much nicer than the likes of Heineken zero etc.

Macy0161 · 25-04-2021 5:55pm

It's a while since I had Nanny State, but for me, still one of the best out there. Didn't get around to the Lidl one in the end. I enjoyed the Low Tide, but very much a pale ale, so not sure it would go down well with haze heads.

Peig Sayers · 25-04-2021 5:57pm

Just found 'Pure Brew' by Guinness. It's a 0.5% lager. Very nice indeed.

Feenix · 25-04-2021 7:20pm

I tried a couple of the Omnipollo NA, got them on craft central. Decent if you like juicey pale ales. Hard to believe they are non alcoholic.
Picked up Roadworks and Rossini in Aldi. Impressed with both also.
Been almost two months off the booze now and the quality of the NA stuff is making it pretty easy.

Thelonious Monk · 10-05-2021 4:44pm

Roadworks IPA and Rossini from Aldi are streets ahead of the rest for me, especially when you take price into consideration. I just wish they sold them in cans.
The Lidl IPA is horrible compared to the Aldi one.

irish_goat · 10-05-2021 4:47pm

The father in law had high praise for Aldi's Rheinbacher 0.0. The regular version is decent so I might give it a go.

Thelonious Monk · 10-05-2021 4:51pm

Regular is lovely but I've yet to find a 0.0 that is drinkable, has to be 0.5

Pete Moss · 10-05-2021 4:59pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Roadworks IPA and Rossini from Aldi are streets ahead of the rest for me, especially when you take price into consideration. I just wish they sold them in cans.
The Lidl IPA is horrible compared to the Aldi one.

I really like Rossini. I find some AF beers can taste like they're missing a bit of bite, but Rossini doesn't. The Early Start IPA is nice too, though I prefer Punk AF. The Punk AF are in cans, though slightly more expensive than the Early Start IPA - I think Punk are sold 4 cans for €6 or €7 depending where you buy it.

One I've seen recommended is Wicklow Wolf. I tried it recently and I wasn't a fan.

Thelonious Monk · 10-05-2021 5:03pm

I think I had Wicklow Wolf it's not bad but twice the price of Roadworks!

senordingdong · 10-05-2021 7:47pm

Pete Moss wrote: »

One I've seen recommended is Wicklow Wolf. I tried it recently and I wasn't a fan.

I had it and it was awful. It just tasted metallic and must have been a spoiled batch.
I haven't seen it anywhere else since.

BeerNut · 10-06-2021 10:53am

Guinness 0.0 is back next month in pubs, and August in shops, for them as was asking.

Macy0161 · 10-06-2021 2:57pm

senordingdong wrote: »

I haven't seen it anywhere else since.

I had some one Sunday (trying to be sensible post vaccine) and I thought it was nicer than the last time I had it. It was brought in the taproom on the way home though, so could've been very fresh I guess.

I've also been drinking Nanny State a bit as it's lidl now - definitely prefer it over the Punk AF. I also tried a few of the lervig over recent weeks - nice, but I'm not sure I rate them worth the extra over Early Start, Nanny State, Moonlight tbh.

Paddigol · 10-06-2021 3:07pm

+1 for Roadworks IPA - I've only seen it in Aldi, but an independent brewer afaik. I'd be fairly confident that in a blind taste test it would beat a lot of 'alcoholic' IPAs.

Nanny State would be my second preference, but price alone swings it in favour of Roadworks every time.

It's great to see the growing range of N/A beer options.

BeerNut · 10-06-2021 3:22pm

Paddigol wrote: »

+1 for Roadworks IPA - I've only seen it in Aldi

It's an Aldi own brand.

Paddigol wrote: »

but an independent brewer afaik.

Sort of. They're a multinational animal feed company which bought a couple of breweries and distilleries for the laugh.

Paddigol · 10-06-2021 5:40pm

BeerNut wrote: »

It's an Aldi own brand.

Sort of. They're a multinational animal feed company which bought a couple of breweries and distilleries for the laugh.

:pac: thanks for the clarification!

ben.schlomo · 11-06-2021 9:33am

OH loves the Mikkeller Drinkin in the Sun, her go-to non alcoholic beer.

Thelonious Monk · 12-06-2021 4:38pm

The Brown Bear 0.5% Lager is the bomb, and only 1.25 for 500ml. Aldi ones are by far my favourite, the Rossini one and Roadworks are very good too, and the fact that they're half the price of the crafty ones.

I read today that Guinness 0.0 will be in pubs next month (in cans I think), and available in supermarkets in August. Looking forward to that.

Darc19 · 12-06-2021 5:13pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I read today that Guinness 0.0 will be in pubs next month (in cans I think), and available in supermarkets in August. Looking forward to that.

Draught in pubs I believe.

Can't wait. Would love to go out for a few pints and drive home without a worry.

Hopefully it's as good as they claim

Thelonious Monk · 13-06-2021 11:29am

Darc19 wrote: »

Draught in pubs I believe.

No I think it's some weird setup where they put a can of 0.0 into some device

Guinness 0.0 will be coming to Irish pubs from mid July and then to shops and off licences from the end of August.

It's all happening thanks to a new filtration system called the "Guinness MicroDraught" which involves adding a can of Guinness 0.0 to the unit and pouring that perfect pint.

elperello · 13-06-2021 11:31am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

No I think it's some weird setup where they put a can of 0.0 into some device

I'm in.

Definitely give it a go if driving is on the agenda.

Beechwoodspark · 13-06-2021 11:36am

Darc19 wrote: »

Draught in pubs I believe.

Can't wait. Would love to go out for a few pints and drive home without a worry.

Hopefully it's as good as they claim

I’m the same. Curious about trying it and seeing if they can back up their fairly impressive claims.

Wasn’t there some issue back last November regarding contamination of cans on the UK market

Don’t think it ever launched here last year following that

Macy0161 · 13-06-2021 5:32pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

No I think it's some weird setup where they put a can of 0.0 into some device

Seems to be some updated version of the surgers. Only with added two part pour :rolleyes:

squonk · 18-06-2021 9:09pm

I like the Steigl af weissbier. It’s pretty decent for alcohol free. Easy drink8ngnand you’d nit notice it being alcohol free too much.

Reminds me of Schneider Weiss non alcoholic I had years ago. It was excellent at the time. Haven’t seen it since.

Aglomerado · 19-06-2021 12:18am

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I’m the same. Curious about trying it and seeing if they can back up their fairly impressive claims.

It sounds good to me and I will definitely give it a go, I often spent nights out on sparkling water as I was driving so this will be a nice change post pandemic. I love sparkling water but the feel of a pint in my hand makes a night.

L1011 · 19-06-2021 2:39pm

Got some Carlsberg 0.0 as I've got two day-long Zooms to do. and my local shop had very little 0.0 and no 0.5 (would have been my preferred option) stuff in

It tastes... odd. Not unpleasant, still drinkable but definitely not just like beer.

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