The Brew Site
If you’ve been following this blog for the past couple of years, you’ve been witnessing the rising prominence of non-alcoholic and lifestyle alt-beer/malt beverages along with me as I’ve explored them. The latest trend seems to be hop water—essentially, zero calorie hop-infused water, often sparkling. Think La Croix with hops. … Continue reading
Arrived this week: three bottles of Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Perry from Nashi Orchards of Vashon Island, Washington. I posted about this recently, it’s the first in a new series of non-alcoholic libations from the orchard-cidery, dubbed its “Hana” series. Clip about it from the press release: Nashi Orchards celebrates its 10th … Continue reading
Hot on the heels of non-alcoholic beer, the next frontier seems to be NA hop water, at least based on the marketing and samples I’ve been receiving lately. The first hop water I’ve reviewed was back in February with Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher Hop Water, and despite initial skepticism I found … Continue reading
A new line of non-alcoholic, sparkling hop beverages recently dropped from Lolo Hops of Portland, Oregon; the company originally launched two years ago as Aurora Hops. The company offers three flavors, with 0% alcohol and 30 calories per 12-ounce can. Press release: Lolo Hops, a line of non-alcoholic sparkling beverages … Continue reading
I don’t know if this heralds an actual trend yet, but it seems one of the latest directions that non-alcoholic offerings from breweries is heading is hop water—zero calorie, zero alcohol carbonated water infused with hops, and last week I received a surprise package from Pelican Brewing containing cans of … Continue reading
Non-alcoholic brewing company Partake Brewing has a new NA beer out for summer—Cherry Gose. Partake is a Canadian company and offers a fairly solid lineup of NA beer styles, with this new Cherry Gose showing up as a limited release for the season. Details from the release: Who: Award-winning, non-alcoholic … Continue reading
The newest kid on the non-alcoholic beer block (just behind Best Day Brewing) is Rationale Brewing, based out of California. Rationale currently offers three non-alcoholic brews, which the company sent me to sample recently; all contain less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume (as per legal definition), and the 16-ounce … Continue reading
Non-alcoholic beer comes to Two Roads Brewing of Connecticut, as the company announced a new line of NA brews that launched at the beginning of the month. First up: a non-alcoholic Juicy IPA. Press release: Two Roads Brewing Co. announced today the launch of a line of non-alcoholic beers under … Continue reading
More non-alcoholic beer reviews! I recently received samples from Best Day Brewing, a new producer of NA beer based in Sausalito, California. Best Day leans heavily into the “lifestyle” segment with its northern California image, billing these NA beers as “for doers everywhere” and those with active lifestyles. Quoting founder … Continue reading
A first for the blog: posting news about beer in Walmart. California’s Surreal Brewing, maker of non-alcoholic beers (I reviewed a number of them two years ago), announced its expansion into Walmarts across southern California last month. And while beer sales in Walmart aren’t something I’d commonly write about, having … Continue reading