Ales

Ale has been brewed in one form or another for thousands of years all over the planet, and especially in the western world has been part of society for just as long. Fermented using top fermenting yeast, ale originally was brewed with just malt; the addition of hops to recipes appeared later to balance flavours out, and also cover the taste of spoilage.

There are numerous varieties of ale, as each producing region of the world has it's own recipes and traditions of brewing. Pale ale, golden ale, brown ale, India pale ale (IPA) and so on all display similarities yet the tastes are completely different. And whatever your tastes may be, there is sure to be a style to suit them.

Our Non-Alcoholic Ale Reviews

Fierce & Noble Cheers Mind
A wild Bristol AF beer appears! Cheers Mind is the first non-alcoholic beer from Bristolians Fierce & Noble – joining a seemingly ever-growing selection of nolos from that area of the UK. Are we seeing a no and low brewing capital in the making? How does it fare amongst it’s peers?
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Good Chemistry Brewing Zero Gravity
Bristol’s craft brewing scene is currently buzzing, with several decent non-alcoholic beers from the area gracing this site over the last year or so. This Zero Gravity pale from Good Chemistry Brewing is the latest from the area. Is it gurt lush me lover?
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Juicy AF Pale Ale
Only With Love Brewery has received only love from Free Beer so far, with their Gateaux stout scoring highly. This Juicy AF pale ale is based on one of their best-sellers, so will it also prove popular to the alcohol-free crowd?
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Pure Shores Pale Ale
Big Smoke Brew Co run a portfolio of popular pubs around the London area and also brew their own beers, with ‘Pure Shores’ being their first venture into non-alcoholic territory. Has the brewer succeeded in producing a quality nolo pale ale that we can enjoy on tap?
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Quiet Noise Pale Ale
Quiet Noise Brewing hail from Ireland, and are a rarity over there – a dedicated alcohol-free brewery. Their presence has been rather ‘quiet’ so far, but let’s see if their Pale Ale can kick up a fuss in the taste department.
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St Peter’s Without Gold
The original St Peter’s Without is one of our lowest scoring beers, can it’s sibling St Peter’s Without Gold do any better? We crack open another lovely-looking bottle and find out.
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WellBeing Hellraiser Dark Amber
I’ve been trying to get my hands on beers from WellBeing for a while, as the USA-based brewer has been at their game for over 5 years now. Their Hellraiser Dark Amber teases brown ale style flavours, so hopefully this should be a good one.
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Sport Zot
There has been a dearth of alcohol-free Belgian blonde ales, but every one we’ve reviewed here has been welcomed with open arms. Sport Zot was apparently the first such beer in Belgium, so it’s probably time we gave it a review too.
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Mash Gang Rad
The last of Mash Gang’s early summer drop that we’ve reviewed, Rad is a Tropical IPA that has more hops, tropical juices and the addition of Yerba Mate. It flew off the shelves, let’s take a look at why shall we?
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Früh Kölsch 0.0%
We’ve tried many styles of non-alcoholic beer in the 180+ reviews on this blog, but Früh Kölsch 0.0% will be the first Kolsch to grace our pages. A German style native to Cologne, top-fermented with similarities to a lager, will it make the transition to alcohol-free as well as other beer types?
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Minus Alkoholfritt Øl
Aegir Brewery’s Minus pale ale is the second nolo hailing from Norway we’ve found hanging out in our fridge. It’s countrymate was a rather grapefruity affair, but will this alcohol-free offering fare?
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Gweilo Lo Rider Pale Ale
It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed an alcohol-free beer brewed at the De Proef brewery in Belgium, and it may come as a surprise that this one comes from Hong Kong-based Gweilo Beer and York-based Brew York combined. Will it slake my thirst on this blisteringly hot day?
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Merakai Brewing This Is A Thirst Trap
The first nolo offering from Merakai Brewing has already garnered many fans on social media. Now it’s time for this old grump to give ‘This Is A Thirst Trap’ a try too!
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Stride Pale Ale
The sports-focussed non-alcoholic beer brands are something we’ve seen before, mainly Erdinger and Mikkeller’s Running Beer, but can a pale ale be both thirst-quenching AND full of enjoyable flavour? Let’s see how Stride Pale Ale fares.
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Maryensztadt Freeky APA
Poland so far have a good track record in the non-alcoholic beer world. This Freeky APA from Browar Maryensztadt has been around for several years now – does it still have what it takes to compete with the modern crop of nolos?
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Mash Gang Chug
Another Mash Gang beer is always a welcome addition to this site, and this will be their 6th to grace our slapdash html. An XPA, we’re really expecting lots ‘extra’ with a beer named Chug!
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Northern Monk Holy Faith
Northern Monk are beloved by many craft beer fans, but to my knowledge have only released a single nolo beer – Holy Faith. Having seen it readily available in my local Morrisons store I bought a pack and gave it a try!
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Impossibrew Hazy Pale
Impossibrew aim to fuse quality alcohol-free beers with mood-enhancing botanical derivatives to create a healthy, tasty beverage. Impossible you say? No, it’s Impossibrew – didn’t you read the first part? Anyway, we check out their Hazy Pale ale.
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Leffe Blond 0.0
The Leffe abbey began brewing beers over 750 years ago, but it wasn’t until 2020 that they brought out their first alcohol-free – Leffe Blond 0.0. Does this compare well to their previous eight centuries of high ABV output, or are they just ‘avvin a Leffe’?
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Broughton Brewery Pure Jock
Pure Jock from Broughton Brewery is dark Scottish ale brewed with influence from a South American brewer, at less than 0.05% ABV. From that description you may have no clue what to expect, so luckily I’ve reviewed it for you!
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Days Pale Ale
Days Brewing Co produce nolo beers for ‘people who want to do more’. Will drinking one turn us into unstoppable reviewing machines or simply quench our thirst? Read on for more.
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Sainsbury’s Low Alcohol Session Ale
Sainsbury’s produced one of the worst alcohol-free beers we’ve reviewed here, so it is with much trepidation that we pop open a bottle of this, their new low alcohol Session Ale. Will it also be going down the sink, or down our gullets?
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Rok Soba 777 Tripel
Sobriety brand Rok Soba have released a pair of alcohol-free beers to complement their company’s ethos. Lucky 777 is a Tripel, the first one I’ve seen on the nolo marketplace. Will it Rok our world?
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Infinite Best
Infinite Best is the latest alcohol-free beer from the Infinite Session brothers. Will it actually turn out to be their best? Or leave a bitter taste in the mouth?
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Drynks Unlimited Smashed Pale
Drynks Unlimited have smashed the alcohol out of a pale ale with their cold vacuum distillation plant, but was it a particularly good pale ale? We put Smashed Pale through it’s paces.
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Adnams Sole Star
Adnams Sole Star low alcohol beer has been around in one form or another for almost a decade, but only recently has it reached the all-important 0.5% ABV level, which allows us to review it here. So we did!
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Athletic Brewing Upside Dawn
Athletic Brewing are the Big Drop of the United States – their beers are popular, innovative, readily available, but maybe overhyped. Upside Dawn is their flagship golden ale, and we put it to the test to see how it compares to other ales on the market, and the UK’s own homegrown AF beers.
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Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand means deception, so have Tempest Brewing Co been fully truthful to us with their first alcohol-free beer, a pale ale? We find out if we’ve been lied to.
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Shipyard Low Tide
Pioneers of the American craft beer scene, Shipyard Brewing’s Low Tide is an alcohol-free American-style pale ale. Portland Maine’s finest should be packed full of fruity hops, so I’m looking forward to cracking this one open. Join me!
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Sober Brummie
Hailing from the Handsworth area of Birmingham, my Dad once told me there’s no such thing as a Sober Brummie. Birmingham Brewing Company is about to prove him wrong!
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