Alcohol Free Beer Explorers

 So today I am comparing Tiny Rebels  Rhubarb and Custard Sour Non-Alc With its 4% Equivalent. I'm going to look at these on 3 Categories Look, Smell & Taste. Looks The Non Alcoholic drink Pours with a fairly pale Colour with a slight Pink tint to it where as it's alcoholic cousin has a much darker Red look to it. Smell Both of these drinks have very similar smell to them.  As you can probably expect they smell quite strongly of Rhubarb and Custard sweets.  The non alcoholic one is probably a little more on the authentic side of what the sweets smell like.  Where as the 4% has a more sour smell and you get a slight whiff of the alcohol it contains. Taste Now the important factor taste.  I have had both these in the past and very much enjoyed them both for what the are.  The non alcoholic one starts with a Rhubarb taste and then as you swallow you get the custard More or less exactly like the sweets..  The 4% you get a much sourer taste not so much the actual Rhubarb and Cus

This is my 2nd beer from West Berkshire Breweries Solo range.  The 1st being the standard pale ale which came across as a nice fruity pale ale.  Now to see what their with Peach pale ale is like. It pours with a nice orangey colour very clear lots of small bubbles.  On the nose you get a fruity aroma not overly peachy but you definitely get a small amount.  The taste is different to what I was expecting a lot more of a malty biscuit base to this beer than I thought it would have.  There is a little something else there on the finish but I wouldn't pick it out as peach.  Decent thickness in the mouth feel.   Not a bad little beer but nothing really jumps out at me.  Certainly if you are looking for something with a lot of peach flavour this isn't it. 5/10 This was purchased from Sober Sauce but also available from most good online alcohol free retailers.

  After the success of their 1st Colab series Big Drop have now released their second collaboration series.  This time they have teamed up with 4 Nordic Breweries.  Each of the 4 beers in this series are no more than 0.5% ABV and are Gluten free. Having tried all 4 beers this is a great example of what can be done with different styles in the Alcohol free world.  All 4 beers have unique tastes and are great examples of their styles.  I enjoyed all 4 beers especially the Coconut Stout.  If you like trying different beers I would highly recommend getting a pack. The 4 Breweries they have teamed up with are  Einstök Ölgerð who are Icelands Number 1 brewery and are located just 60 miles south of the Artic Circle in the fishing port of Akureyri, Iceland.  They bring us the Artic Beach Coconut Stout . Amundsen Bryggeri is an Norweigen Brewery based in Oslo-focuse on producing craft beers of the highest quality for the non-conformists out there.  They bring us the Rush Rider Pastry Sour. Fat

Last week Nirvana Brewery hosted a virtual beer tasting and brewery tour, with special guest Natalya Watson. Nat loves beer. She is one of only a handful of advanced cicerones in the world. She's is an author, hosts a podcast and during 2020 started a Virtual Beer School.  The evening was hosted at the Nirvana Brewery, located in the heat of East London. They are an independent, family-run brewery dedicated to producing quality craft ales. They started producing low alcohol beers in 2017 thanks to Becky supporting her dad. Jim was looking to go teetotal and she wanted to help him feeling at home when socialising. They use 100% natural ingredients and since 2017 have brewed various styles of beer such as stout, IPA and pale ales - as well as experimenting recipes like a kombucha beer.   The evening saw about 65 participants on the virtual tour. Some of these were solo callers, like myself, and others joined with members of the household. I would say there were at least 80 people inv

The 4th and final beer from Tinys rebels Non Alcoholic offering for Dry January is the Party Hard Pale ale.  This pale ale as expected pours with a very pale colour.  On the nose you get Citrus fruits,  The taste is again slight citrus fruits with a tropical finish possible Mango and leaves a very slight bitterness. It is quite thin but a very pleasant taste.  It reminds me of one of thier beers I have had in the past but I can't quite place exactly which one.   7/10 Review by Tim Jenkins Purchased from Sober Sauce  and also available at all good non alcoholic beer shops online and also as the mixed 4 pack direct from Tiny Rebel

Another beer from the Tiny Rebel  2021 Dry January pack.  This time the Rhubarb and Custard Sour.  This pours with a fairly pale colour with a slight pinkish tinge.  On the nose you get a nice smell exactly like the Rhubarb and custard sweets of old.  The taste as well hits you with Rhubarb taste at first then the custard as you swallow.  It is a great take on a traditional sweet in a drink.  There is no real sourness to this.  But a great tasting drink.  8/10.  At the start of February I will be doing another review of this drink and be drinking it alongside its Alcoholic Cousin to compare them.   Review by Tim Jenkins Beer Purchased from Sober Sauce  Also available from all good AF online stores.  Also available direct from Tiny Rebel in a mixed 4 pack .

The 6th Beer in the Nothing but the rain beer from Ridgeside  is a pale ale with Sabro and chinnok Hops.  It pours with  a very pale colour with quite a lot of bubbles to it.  On the nose you get a bit of a tropical smell with a hint of coconut.  It has a nice tropical juice flavour to it with hints of citrus fruits similar to what I have tasted in other beers using Sabro.  The taste is very Subtle though and feels like it needs to be brought out a bit more.   6/10 Review by Tim Jenkins This beer was purchased from SoberSauce  but is also available from all good Alcohol Free Beer suppliers.