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Best Non-Alcoholic Beer
Beer keeps more of its tools after the alcohol is gone: bitterness, carbonation, roast. A high score here usually still tastes like beer.
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Our top 12
Highest score first, from 80 tasted non-alcoholic beers. Tied scores list the more recent tasting first.
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Rank 1
91/100
Standout
Roast, cocoa, and coffee, with the surge intact. Silky and a little shorter than Draught. A sweet edge shows up if you go looking for it.
Rank 2
90/100
Standout
A finely judged session IPA. Citrus peel and a touch of pine sit on a crackery malt frame, the bitterness is precise rather than resinous, and the dry, short finish invites the next sip. Light in body, never thin.
Rank 3
88/100
Standout
A precise, well-built nonalcoholic pilsner. Cracker malt and crisp bitterness sit in balance, so the lemon and tangerine read as lift rather than candy. Light and snappy, dry without going thin. That poise is the achievement.
Rank 4
88/100
Standout
Hazy tropical and citrus hops over a soft malt body. Juicy, gently bitter, and still intact in the middle. One of the better alcohol-free IPAs for that reason.
Rank 5
87/100
Standout
The Dark nonalcoholic that finally behaves like a porter. Roast and chocolate land; the middle is a touch lighter than the full-strength Black Butte, and that is the honest trade.
Rank 6
Rank 7
86/100
Standout
A convincing hazy IPA with expressive citrus and tropical fruit, good body, and enough bitterness to keep its softer character in balance. Flavorful and notably complete for the style.
Rank 8
86/100
Standout
Pine, grapefruit, and pear, then a citrusy, resinous palate with only a light malt line. The hops hold. The frame stays light.
Rank 9
86/100
Standout
Brooklyn’s hop shop finally ships a nonalcoholic hazy that tastes like Other Half — peach candy, grapefruit, mango — without a dealcoholization hangover. Arrested fermentation keeps the juice; the finish still shortens like most nonalcoholic IPAs.
Rank 10
85/100
Standout
Lemon and grapefruit stay tied to fresh wheat grain, with moderate bitterness and carbonation in step and a close that lasts. That definition is. The open question is appetite: memorable as a witbier, and only a maybe for a second can.
Rank 11
85/100
Standout
An enjoyable fruit-forward NA IPA: fresh mango, passion fruit, and floral hops on an off-dry, light-to-medium frame. Balanced and clean, with restrained bitterness. Convincing and worth another can.
Rank 12
85/100
Standout
Distinguished by a convincing American IPA character: pine resin and floral hops, bitterness that integrates rather than overwhelms, and a dry palate with the structure to balance them. Precise rather than intricate, and satisfying enough to pour again.
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0.0%
Guinness 0.0
91/100
0.0% ABV
Roast, cocoa, and coffee, with the surge intact. Silky and a little shorter than Draught. A sweet edge shows up if you go looking for it.
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Naturally low alcohol
Tired Hands Brewing Company N/Alien Church
88/100
<0.5% ABV
Hazy tropical and citrus hops over a soft malt body. Juicy, gently bitter, and still intact in the middle. One of the better alcohol-free IPAs for that reason.
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Dry
Good Time Brewing IPA
86/100
<0.5% ABV
Pine, grapefruit, and pear, then a citrusy, resinous palate with only a light malt line. The hops hold. The frame stays light.
How these lists are chosen
What was evaluated
Ranked from 80 tasted beers, highest score first. Research-only products are excluded. Updated November 2026.
Who qualifies
The same score follows the more recent tasting. A shortcut uses that order for one narrower question.
What the score is rewarding
Bitterness, roast, or hop aroma that still reads as beer.
What tends to go wrong
Flavored water filed as beer. A 0.0% claim that is only a ceiling of under 0.5%. A naturally low-alcohol beer filed as dealcoholized.