Alcohol Free Beer Explorers

  Pour: Nice caramel Colour with a decent small head.   Smell:  overly sweet malty smell and to be honest does not smell very pleasant. Taste:  well there is lots of malt and  then a sweet finish.   Overall:  Not really a fan of this one its a bit too malty for my liking. Score: 4/10 Review by Tim Jenkins    

This is a new one from Nirvana for me the classic IPA. It pours a lovely golden colour and is very carbonated with a good stream of bubbles rising up through the glass.  Smells Tropical definitely hints of pineapple. The taste is very hoppy but leaves an artificial bitterness behind which seems to be a thing with a lot of the Non Alcoholic IPAs. 6/10 I shall hopefully be reviewing this again on 16th when I take part in the Nirvana virtual tastings .  Will be interesting to see if my opinion on this and the 5 other Nirvana beers changes when taking advice from a professional on how they should be tasted. Article by Tim Jenkins

This has lovely tropical smell to it.   The taste is tropical and very smooth.   It's very much along the lines of coast IPA.  I belive they are both brewed by De Proufbrouwerij in Belgium. Post by Tim Jenkins

  This Pours with a nice hazy IPA look.  The pour is very carbonated but soon settles down. Smells very much of tropical fruits. The taste starts tropical but then hits with quite a bit of bitterness which leaves a bit of strange aftertaste. 6/10 Post by Tim Jenkins 

I must say that I didn't agree with this company's choice of advertising technique at the end of last year and probably if I didn't get this in a mixed case I would have stayed away from thier beers for that reason.   But let's see what this beer is like.  First up I shall start with the bottle.  This is the 1st time I have seen a 660ml bottle in an alcohol free beer.   It pours with a nice Amber colour and frothy head.   Looks like any other lager out there.   Can clearly see a bit of carbonation in it too.  On the nose it has a bit of a sweet fruity aroma too it.   The taste you get a sweet hoppy flavour. Then a bit of a bitter Finish.  I'm not really a big lager drinker but as lagers go I quite enjoyed this one.   I did find it a little gassy for what I like and probably would only buy in smaller bottles in future.   Overall I would give this 6/10.    Post by Tim Jenkins...

This pours with a lovely Amber colour and lots of  hops on the nose. Lovely sweet taste too it reminds me a lot of London pride and similar style beers.   Went really well with fish #afbeer 130 7/10

  This was very bland and didnt really get any flavours coming across 4/10