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| Editorial | |||
| Record Differs | Tasted | Tasted | Not yet tasted |
| Score Differs | 91 | 53 | Not yet tasted |
| Verdict | A St James's Gate stout with the alcohol filtered out cold. Cream, coffee, and that familiar surge — then a slightly sweeter, lighter finish. | Heineken brews its traditional beer with A-Yeast, double-brews, then extracts the ethanol with vacuum distillation: 0.0% ABV, 21 kcal per 100 ml. What remain… | Not yet tasted |
| Flavor Differs | Roasted barley, Cocoa nib, Coffee | Oxidative, Toasted grain | Not yet tasted |
| Sweetness Differs | Off-dry | Off-dry | Not yet tasted |
| Body Differs | Light body | — | Not yet tasted |
| Likeness | — | — | Not yet tasted |
| Facts | |||
| Style | Stout | Lager | — |
| Method Differs | Membrane / cold filtration | Vacuum distillation | Undeclared |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland | Netherlands | United States |
| Price Differs | Under $20 | Under $20 | Price unknown |
| Bottle size | 440 ml can (secondary listing; US cans also appear as 14.9 fl oz) | 11.2 fl oz (330 ml) bottles and cans | 12 fl oz can |
| Evidence | |||
| Verification Differs | Producer documented | Producer documented | Press sourced |
| Sources | 5 sources | 4 sources | 1 source |
| Last verified | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-26 | 2026-09-25 |
