Alcohol Free Beer Explorers

Toast is a brewery with a mission. "A beer with more taste. A world without waste.". They have been taking surplus bread and using that to replace virgin barley in the brewing process. This means they use less land, water and energy, as well as avoiding carbon emissions. At the time of writing that have saved over 2 million slices of bread, 42 tonnes of CO2 emissions, 252,043 litres of water and reclaimed 171,848 square metres of land. Not only are they doing all of this, but all of their profits go to charity. They have 4 beers in their range and have added to this with 4 collaborations over last year. We're taking a look at their low alcohol Lemongrass Lager.  Brewery: Toast Ale Beer: Lemongrass Lager Style: Lager Country: UK Other: Vegan friendly @HoppyAF 's thoughts First things first. The can is a thing of beauty and you really get a sense of the message these guys are trying to get across and their love for the world. It has a light, hazy colour to it - which ma...

Mikkeller - Racing Beer        Another beer from mikkeller this time their Racing beer This beer has been brewed in association with Danish running club Hechmann Running.  It is an hypotonic drink which are ideal for after exercise as it is taken up more quickly by the body than water.  It also provides Vitamin B2, B5 & B12 Which assists in keeping the nervous system healthy and boosts production of red blood cells. It is a wheat beer with a fruity apricot Finnish Brewery:        Mikkeler                Beer:      Running Beer Style:               Wheat                       Hops:              ? Country:        Denmark        Other:            Vegan...

      Mikkeler are a world renowned Danish brewery based in Coppenhagen.  They started in 2003 when  Mikkel Borg Bjergsø started brewing beers in his kitchen and now export to over 50 Countries.  They like to experiment with all different styles of beers and use a variety of ingredients in their beers.  As well as their full strength beers Mikkeler now offers a variety of Alcohol free beers including the highly rated Drinkin in the sun, weird weather and the Limbo Series. Henry gose Lightly is their attempt at the gose style.  They describe it as an absolute thirst quencher with a hint of corriander.   It comes in a 500ml Can which is great to see in the alcohol free world lets just hope the beer inside is good to go with it Brewery:       Mikkeler                Beer:      Henry Gose Lightly Style:           ...

    Lowtide is a new alcohol free brewery on the scene it started out as crafty af in 2019.  Crafty af was a website who's aim was to source all the best alcohol free beers they could find and make them available for others to buy.  But while running this site they decided they wanted more more, they didn't want to just sell other people beers but instead they wanted to brew their own,  So Lowtide was born with the aim to bring true craft beer to the world of alcohol free. The 4 beers that LowTide has entered the market with are Who Let the Bees Stout? For who let the bees Stout they teamed up with C84 brew co from yorkshire.To create a stout combining  the sweetness from both the honeycomb and chocolate with the thick mouthfeel of a traditional stout. Style:               Stout                                Hops...

     This is my 2nd beer from Lowtide who are a new alcohol free brewery on the scene it started out as crafty af in 2019.  Crafty af was a website who's aim was to source all the best alcohol free beers they could find and make them available for others to buy.  But while running this site they decided they wanted more more, they didn't want to just sell other people beers but instead they wanted to brew thier own,  So Lowtide was born with the aim to bring true craft beer to the world of alcohol free. DIPA toes in as the name suggest tries to replicate the flavours of a DIPA.  It uses Ale Yeast which is unusual in the alcohol free world.  It combines mango and passionfruit to give a Sweet flavour. Brewery:        Lowtide Brewing Co                 Beer:      DIPA TOE IN Style:               DIPA      ...

    Lowtide is a new alcohol free brewery on the scene it started out as crafty af in 2019.  Crafty af was a website who's aim was to source all the best alcohol free beers they could find and make them available for others to buy.  But while running this site they decided they wanted more more, they didn't want to just sell other people beers but instead they wanted to brew thier own,  So Lowtide was born with the aim to bring true craft beer to the world of alcohol free. For who let the bees Stout they teamed up with C84 brew co from yorkshire.To create a stout combining  the sweetness from both the honeycomb and chocolate with the thick mouthfeel of a traditional stout. Brewery:       Lowtide Brewing Co                Beer:      Who Let the Bees Stout?? Style:               Stout             ...

   Flying Colours is the 2nd beer from Jumpship Brewing.  A small Scottish brewery that only brews No/Low Alcohol beers.  Jumpship was set up by Sonja Mitchell in 2019 after she left her job in marketing . In Sonjas own words  “I love beer. I love sailing. I don’t like hangovers.”. Sonja gets to combine her 2 passions through Jumpship, with the beer they brew and the nautical flag themed art of the cans. After the success of their first beer Yardarm lager Jumpship decided to brew a 2nd beer. This first went out to a lucky selection of 100 people to get their feedback and after the great feedback and a little refining of the recipe Flying colours was born. Flying colours is described as "quite punchy with a kick of lime and luscious tropical fruit aromas" Brewery:       Jump Ship Brewing                Beer:      Flying Colours Style:            ...