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1 Go Brewing

Suspended In A Sunbeam Pils

Beer · Pils

85/100

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2 Grolsch

0.0%

Beer · Pils

80/100

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3 Halfway Crooks Beer

Brevet Pils

Beer · Pils

88/100

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Where they differ

Declared alcohol

  • 10.46%
  • 20.0%
  • 3<0.5%

Flavor profile

  • 1Bread, Hops
  • 2Fruit
  • 3Fennel, Biscuit, Lemon, Orange

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Sweetness

1Go BrewingNot assessed

2GrolschNot assessed

3Halfway Crooks BeerNot assessed

Body

1Go BrewingLight body

2GrolschNot assessed

3Halfway Crooks BeerNot assessed

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1 Go Brewing

Suspended In A Sunbeam Pils

2 Grolsch

0.0%

  • Lowest ABV
  • Lowest price

3 Halfway Crooks Beer

Brevet Pils

  • Highest score
Taste
Record Tasted Tasted Tasted
Score Differs

85/100

80/100

88/100

Verdict Go Brewing's Sunbeam Pils is a German-malt-and-hop nonalcoholic pilsner from Naperville, Illinois: under 0.5% ABV, crisp and clean, $14.99 a six-pack. Grolsch 0.0% is a Dutch pilsner at 0% ABV, full-bodied, with the brewery's signature green-hop character. Halfway Crooks' Brevet Pils is a nonalcoholic German-style pilsner from Atlanta — under 0.5% ABV (about 0.3%), arrested fermentation via Chiber, 12 oz cans.
Flavor Differs Bread, Hops Fruit Fennel, Biscuit, Lemon, Orange
Sweetness — — —
Body Differs Light body — —
Likeness — — A genuine German-style pilsner that happens to sit under 0.5%: crisp bitterness and cracker malt supply the structure alcohol usually would.
Category Beer Beer Beer
Style Pils Pils Pils
Alcohol & production
Alcohol level Differs 0.46% 0.0% <0.5%
Production Naturally low alcohol Naturally low alcohol Naturally low alcohol
Method Undeclared Undeclared Undeclared
Product facts
Origin Naperville, Illinois, United States Enschede, Netherlands Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Price Under $20 Under $20 Under $20
Bottle size 12 fl oz (355 ml) 500 ml 12 fl oz (355 ml)
Evidence
Verification Differs Producer documented Secondary source Press sourced
Sources 4 sources 4 sources 7 sources
Last verified 2026-10-10 2026-10-21 2026-10-24