Suspended In A Sunbeam Pils
85/100
The short takeA flagship pils from Illinois' first nonalcoholic craft brewery that drinks like the real thing: German malt and hops, light and crisp, no apology anywhere in the glass.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Cold, in a tall pils glass.
Who it’s for The fridge staple, the weekday dinner beer, the one you hand a pilsner drinker to prove nonalcoholic beer works.
In the glass
- Nose
- Fresh bread crust and a grassy hop lift — classic German pilsner aromatics, no ester heaviness.
- Palate
- Light, crisp and properly bitter; noble-hop grass and a clean malt backbone that carries the bitterness rather than fighting it.
- Finish
- Dry and snappy, the hop bitterness lingering politely.
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Structure
- Bitterness
- Modest bitterness
- Body
- Light body
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Finish length
- Short finish
The beer
It smells like a German pilsner: clean malt, noble-hop grass, and no ester heaviness. The aroma is the style, not a flavored approximation of it.
The hop grass leads, and a clean malt backbone carries the bitterness instead of fighting it. Body stays light. There is no sticky middle and no harsh astringency. Bitterness is modest and in the right place, which is what makes a pilsner a pilsner once the alcohol is no longer doing that job.
Dry and snappy at the end. The hop bitterness lingers politely and then leaves. Serve it cold, in a tall pils glass. If the beer warms, the bread crust gets louder and the snap goes dull.
It drinks like the beer it is copying. The limit is depth, not correctness. A second glass is easy. A long, malty finish is not what this one is for. Cold, in a tall glass, the bread crust and the grassy hop are the whole beer, and they are enough. The grassy hop is the part that earns the second glass. Bread crust under the hop, then stop.
85 is typical of the 36 naturally low alcohol beer bottles we've tasted.
The bottle
Trade record, where to buy, and product facts.
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Research notes
Go Brewing's own product FAQ states: 'We use Go Brewing's proprietary brewing process to keep it naturally under 0.5% ABV without dilution or dealcoholization, allowing for full pilsner character' — an explicit statement ruling out dealcoholization.
Where to buy
- Go Brewing
- Package
12 fl oz can
$14.99 per 6-pack (producer)
- Also listed
- Go Brewing (United States) · Producer
- Availability
US retail including Giant Food, and direct from gobrewing.com
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Product facts
- Producer
- Go Brewing (Naperville, Illinois; Illinois' first non-alcoholic craft brewery, founded 2022)
- Origin
- Naperville, Illinois, United States
- Bottle / can
- 12 fl oz (355 ml)
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- Producer documented10 facts
- Secondary source1 fact
- Community database1 fact
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Producer gobrewing.com
Producer documentedNote
- Volume
- Unable to re-verify on 2026-10-03.
Additional sources
Product record history Sourced changes and open disagreements. Prior claims stay on the record when sources conflict.
- ReviewedReviewed and published.
- UpdatedCatalog record updated from sourced research.
- ABV verified · ABVCorrected from <0.5% to 0.46%. Producer PDP now prints ABV 0.46 / 0.46 ABV MAX (was catalogued as <0.5%).
Instead
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Brevet Pils
A higher-scoring bottle in this style
Halfway Crooks Beer Brevet Pils sits at 88 in the same style. It has more bitterness.
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