"best" readily avalible non-alcoholic beer

tom_nieto · 14 Jul 2017 at 21:53

Erdinger alcohol free is the best closely followed by nanny state. Nothing else really comes close to those two!

ramdrive · 16 Jul 2017 at 12:58

https://www.heineken.com/Heineken00

Martynt74 · 17 Jul 2017 at 09:05

tom_nieto said:
Erdinger alcohol free is the best closely followed by nanny state. Nothing else really comes close to those two!

I bought 2 bottles of this a few months back. Was hopeful but found it tasted of dirty dish water and nothing like regular Erdinger.

Maybe i just had a really duff bottle.

tom_nieto · 17 Jul 2017 at 13:03

Sure, regular Erdinger is much better but in the league of non alcoholic beer it's definitely the king.

Martynt74 · 17 Jul 2017 at 13:12

Maybe thats where i'm less experienced then.

Haven't really tried any other non alcoholic beers except Kaliber many years ago!

hughtrimble · 17 Jul 2017 at 13:29

Because of the licensing laws in Sweden, they have a good few breweries who seem to have explored the lower ABV beers and made some rather nice ones in doing so. I can't recall any names (useful) but I'd punt on some Swedish ones being worth a shot.

GinG · 17 Jul 2017 at 15:20

Would completely agree with the Heineken, only just posted the other day about it.

I would go as far as saying it tastes very much the same as their 'light' version.

Tastes of larger but without the sweet taste you get with others. Still also think Nanny State is great if you fancy a hoppy ale.

delta0 · 18 Jul 2017 at 22:56

Brewdog Nanny State stands out for me. It is very low calories too which none of the other alcohol free beers can boast. 4cal/100ml

D3K · 18 Jul 2017 at 23:00

I've been on the bavaria this week. Gets a bit sickly after a while but not a bad thing as I shouldnt be drinking so much.

Only seen bav and becks in shops. Where can you get the brew dog, erdinger, and heineken variants?

Jokester · 18 Jul 2017 at 23:00

Aye Nanny State for me because of it's hoppyness is actually quite tasty.

D3K · 18 Jul 2017 at 23:32

Nipped up to Tescos and grabbed everything mentioned in the thread so far. Also got San Miguel 0.0!

SoliD · 21 Jul 2017 at 13:09

new boy said:
Sorry for the thread resurrection

Just tried Heineken's 0% offering. It's really nice. Defiantly the best alcohol free lager I have tried. It even has a Heineken taste to it.

Still not as good as the real deal, but it's a pleasant thing to drink a few cans of during a late night gaming sesh when you got work the next day but fancy some beers or whatever.

I got some samples and surprised by how it tasted. Probably the closest to the real thing of the alternative versions I've tried.

D3K · 23 Jul 2017 at 14:42

I found the Heineken a little too light and fruity.

The brew dog is my favourite, and the (lack of) calories is a massive cherry on top. Erdinger comes a close second.

Mrs Seabiscuit · 23 Jul 2017 at 17:03

Nanny state

D3K · 4 Aug 2017 at 20:08

I'm interested to see if anyone else has experienced this... oddity...

Been on the nanny state most weeknights and sometimes weekends for a couple of weeks.
Now going back to beer, I get a really vile after taste of alcohol at the end of the sip. Had it on Stella, Stella 4, and Peroni so far.

It's a blessing and a curse. The former because it will help me stop even more! But the latter because i wanna enjoy a real beer!

seabiscuit · 5 Aug 2017 at 12:26

(insert sly Stella and Peroni aren't real beer joke here)

D3K · 5 Aug 2017 at 18:02

I had thought about editing it but knew it would attract a free bump :rolleyes:

new boy · 6 Aug 2017 at 11:06

D3K said:
I'm interested to see if anyone else has experienced this... oddity...

Been on the nanny state most weeknights and sometimes weekends for a couple of weeks.
Now going back to beer, I get a really vile after taste of alcohol at the end of the sip. Had it on Stella, Stella 4, and Peroni so far.

It's a blessing and a curse. The former because it will help me stop even more! But the latter because i wanna enjoy a real beer!

I purchased 6x 330ml cans of Heineken 0%, and 6x 330ml cans of real Heineken, and I started by drinking 2 cans of the 0%, and then when I had a real one I did notice the alcohol twang and actually found it to be a little unpleasant, so I would agree with you there. However after opening the normal Heineken and getting a taste for that, the 0% didn't hit the spot anymore lol.

Cant please some people eh? The 0% stuff is always missing "something" and then when you get the real stuff the something tastes odd lol.

delta0 · 13 Aug 2017 at 18:34

I've been trying the Weston's alcohol free recently and that is pretty good. Still always go back to Nanny State for the beer too

samurl · 15 Aug 2017 at 14:20

I'm a big IPA/Pale Ale fan. I happened to stumble upon a non alcoholic Innis & Gunn (Alcohol Free) Pale Ale in Tesco alongside the rest of their offerings.

Well, in my opinion it's absolutely disgusting. Tasted absolutely nothing like a pale ale. Of course, feel free to give it a go, it was being sold for £1.

The Warsteiner FRESH is a rather nice standard larger, I think it actually tastes pretty close to the real thing all things considered.