Grolsch 0.0% swing-top bottle
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Grolsch 0.0%

GrolschBeerPils

Reviewed by Karl Hill, editor

80/100 How we score

  • ABV 0.0%
  • Classification Naturally low alcohol
  • Evidence Documented
  • Origin Netherlands
  • Price Price unknown

Sources

A real pilsner from a 400-year-old Dutch brewery, minus the alcohol: the green-hop bitterness and full malt body are unmistakably Grolsch.

At a glance

Flavor profile
  • Fruit
Structure
  • Modest bitterness
  • Short finish
Perfect for
Anyone who knows Grolsch and wants the zero-proof version to actually taste like Grolsch.

Tasting notes

  1. 01

    Nose

    Green hop aroma with a soft bready malt base — the Grolsch house signature carried over.

  2. 02

    Palate

    Full-bodied for an NA pilsner; crisp hop bitterness over a rounded malt backbone, no watery gaps.

  3. 03

    Finish

    clean and crisp with a pleasant, lasting bitterness. A real pilsner from a 400-year-old Dutch brewery, minus the alcohol: the green-hop bitterness and full malt body are unmistaka….

The beer

Grolsch 0.0% is brewed or fermented to finish at low ABV without a published removal step from Netherlands. Grolsch’s own product page states: ‘we use a special yeast to craft our core natural zero alcohol beer. Our unique full fermentation process produces no alcohol to create a 0.0% beer without compromise’ — explicit formulated-from-the-start language, not a removal process.

On the nose, Green hop aroma with a soft bready malt base — the Grolsch house signature carried over. On the palate, Full-bodied for an NA pilsner; crisp hop bitterness over a rounded malt backbone, no watery gaps. The finish is clean and crisp with a pleasant, lasting bitterness. A real pilsner from a 400-year-old Dutch brewery, minus the alcohol: the green-hop bitterness and full malt body are unmistaka….

Serve cold, in a pils glass.

How to drink it

Cold, in a pils glass.

How it was made

Classification: Naturally low alcohol — Grolsch's own product page states: 'we use a special yeast to craft our core natural zero alcohol beer. Our unique full fermentation process produces no alcohol to create a 0.0% beer without compromise' — explicit formulated-from-the-start language, not a removal process.

Evidence status: Documented

Sources 6 facts · 2 sources

Product facts are only as strong as their sources. Editorial tasting notes are opinion.

  • Secondary source Cited source grolsch.com

    ABV · Producer · Country · Ingredients · Availability · Classification

  1. Grolsch 0.0% — Grolsch (NL) product page

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