IPAs

IPA stands for India Pale Ale, and is a heavily hopped ale that was originally produced in the United Kingdom for export to it's colonies in India. Due to the long journeys required to transport such items, perishable goods like beer tended to spoil. In an attempt to stop this happening, brewers started to produce ale with a higher alcohol percentage, and with abundant hops. The increased alcohol content helped to preserve the beer, and the hops helped to cover up any spoiling.

In recent times IPA has seen a resurgence in the United States, with many different styles becoming popular whilst retaining the heavy hop usage and higher ABVs.

Our Non-Alcoholic IPA Reviews

King Limbo IPA
Laine Brew Co launched this nolo IPA back in 2019, but we’ve only just gotten around to sourcing a few bottles to try. Let’s find out how low King Limbo can go, whilst still giving a decent drinking experience.
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Two Roots New West
Two Roots previous alcohol-free beers were really up my street; expertly brewed with full on flavours and none of the wateriness that sometimes is apparent in a NA beer. Will their ‘New West’ IPA similarly impress?
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Lowlander 0.3% IPA
Lowlander are back on our review board with a 0.3% ABV IPA brewed with mango, orange and cardamom – all lovely flavours in such a brew, but using the actual fruits instead of relying on the hops means there’s nowhere to hide if we don’t get to taste them! Let’s taste and see.
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Brulo Sabro Galaxy DDH IPA
Coast Beer Co may have renamed to Brulo Beer a few months ago, but their alcohol-free beer output remains firmly in the IPA style. This one contains two favourites of the modern scene – Sabro and Galaxy. We better give it a go then hadn’t we?
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Funky Fluid Point Five Hazy IPA
Funky Fluid are back, this time with a bigger 500ml can full of double-dry hopped IPA goodness. Whereas most of their non-alcoholic offerings are full of fruit puree, this is pure hops. We check it out.
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Rok Soba Voyager IPA
Rok Soba knocked my socks off with their non-alcoholic Tripel, and this time they’re back with a West Coast style hoppy IPA with a big-bearded beanie-wearing bloke adorning the can. Will this AF beer also forcibly remove the garments from my lower extremities?
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Insel-Brauerei Snorkeler’s IPA
With it’s premium paper-wrapped bottle, Insel-Brauerei Snorkeler’s IPA is already looking like a treat, but how will the addition of sea salt into the recipe effect the flavours and aromas in this alcohol-free hoppy ale? Looks like I have to take one for the AF team again…
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Another Dimension Cities of Gold
Fans of 1980s children’s cartoons may notice the reference in this Cities of Gold South Coast IPA from Another Dimension Brewing. But what exactly is a South Coast IPA?
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Funky Fluid Coffee Point Five
The marriage of beer and coffee is one that usually works well, but usually in a dark beer, not an IPA. So how well will it work in Funky Fluid’s juicy nolo Coffee Point Five New England style IPA?

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Vandestreek Playground IPA
Vandestreek Playground IPA has been on the non-alcoholic market for years, is regularly lauded by nolo fans and critics and tends to be highly scored on sites such as Untappd. So why on earth haven’t we reviewed it yet?!
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C’84 24 Hour IPA
Before their amazing collabs with Lowtide Brewing, seasoned brewer C’84 had dabbled in alcohol-free beers themselves, with this 24 Hour IPA being one of their offerings. Will we be getting the same sublime quality shown in their collaborations?
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Free From IPA
Free From’s beers may have an initial hurdle to get over with the preconceptions of ‘free from’ food items, but their IPA brewed with Azacca and Mandarina Bavaria hops must surely have some flavour packed away?
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Jump Ship Goosewing IPA
Jump Ship Brewing are still flying their colours high on the crest of the nolo wave, with this Goosewing IPA being the latest to their line-up of award-winning alcohol-free beers. *Insert yet another awful nautical pun here and get on with the review*
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Pico Nova Alcohol Free
Straight outta Belgium we have… a US West Coast-style IPA. Pico Nova might not be the first alcohol-free beer we expect from the Belgians, but does the skill of the country’s brewers deliver on taste?
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