Best Day Brewing

Kölsch

BeerKölsch

Best Day Brewing Kölsch can
Image: The Dry Standard

84/100

The short take

The cleanest nonalcoholic Kölsch on the US craft shelf — a light, slightly toasty ale with the body and finish of a Kölsch, not a near-beer compromise.

Tasted Karl HillHow we score

Serve Cold, in a Kölsch stange (the 0.2L glass) if you have one; a pint glass works too.

Who it’s for The bottle-of-something that should be in every US craft shop's NA door, especially for Kölsch drinkers.

Updated 18 Oct 2026 — production method corrected.

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In the glass

Nose
Pilsner-malt light toast, a touch of green apple, no corn-rice adjunct heaviness.
Palate
Clean and crisp; a soft malt body with the slight hop bitterness Kölsch demands, dry rather than syrupy.
Finish
Long and clean for a nonalcoholic craft beer — the dryness carries the close.
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The beer

Cold in a Kölsch stange if you have one — the small 0.2L glass — or a pint if you do not. Session pour, kept crisp; not a glass you nurse until it goes soft.

Bright acidity, light body, modest bitterness — the shape of the style, not a near-beer compromise. Toast leads; green apple is a sideline, not candy. The malt stays soft; the hop bitterness is present without scraping.

From toast and green apple through that dry exit, it holds the Kölsch line: malt soft, hop bitterness present, no sticky middle. Cold glass, cold beer, and another pour while the dryness still frames the toast. Light, slightly toasty, and clean enough to keep reaching for the next small glass. This is the cleanest Kölsch-shaped pour on the craft shelf when you want toast, a little green apple, and a dry finish that behaves like the style.

84 is typical of the 35 dealcoholized beer bottles we've tasted.

The bottle

Trade record, where to buy, and product facts. Show Hide

Cold filtration — alcohol removed by cold filtration after full-strength brewing (Best Day Brewing, Jeremy Rudolf, email 2026-10-18).

Research notes

Best Day: full-strength brew then proprietary low-temperature alcohol removal; reporting says not vacuum distillation. Exact technology undisclosed.

Where to buy

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Package

12 fl oz

$13.99 per 6-pack of 12 fl oz cans (Best Day Brewing)

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  • Best Day Brewing (United States) · Producer
Availability

US retail including Target, and direct from bestdaybrewing.com

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Product facts

Producer
Best Day Brewing (US craft brewery, founded 2019)
Origin
Sausalito, California, United States
Bottle / can
12 fl oz (355 ml) can

Ingredients & nutrition

Ingredients
Water, Barley, Hops, YeastVerified from producer documentation · Sep 2026
Calories
55 calories per 12 fl oz (355 ml) can
Per 100 ml
15.5 kcal

Tasting notes are opinion. Facts are printed only when a source supports them. Scores are not for sale, and a sample does not guarantee a review.

How we score and verify · Send a correction

Cite Karl Hill, “Best Day Brewing Kölsch,” The Dry Standard, September 18, 2026, https://drinkdrystandard.com/reviews/beer/best-day-kolsch/. 84/100.

Sources & verification

Facts checked Oct 2026 3 primary sources Method: documented Conflicts: none Show details Hide details

Evidence at a glance

  • Producer documented7 facts
  • Retailer sourced2 facts
  • Community database1 fact
  • Unverified1 fact

Sources

  • Producer bestdaybrewing.com

    • ABV
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    • Producer
    • Country
    • Ingredients
    Producer documented

  • Producer Producer

    • Method
    Producer documented

  • Producer beeradvocate.com

    • Calories
    Producer documented

  • Retail listing target.com

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    Retailer sourced
    2 notes
    Price
    Rechecked 2026-09-25.
    Volume
    Reverified 2026-10-08.

  • Community database world.openfoodfacts.org

    • Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
    Community database

  • Cited source target.com

    • Availability
    Unverified

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Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
  1. ReviewedReviewed and published.
  2. UpdatedCatalog record updated from sourced research.
  3. Method verified · MethodCorrected from Proprietary low-temperature alcohol removal after full-strength brewing (not vacuum; exact tech undisclosed) to Cold filtration — alcohol removed by cold filtration after full-strength brewing (Best Day Brewing, Jeremy Rudolf, email 2026-10-18).. Direct producer statement by email 2026-10-18: Jeremy Rudolf (jeremy@bestdaybrewing.com), introduced by Freddy Goepel. Reply to our technical information request; answer was "It is cold filtration." Supersedes the prior "not vacuum, exact technology unnamed" note.

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