0.0%
80/100
The short takeA real pilsner from a 400-year-old Dutch brewery, minus the alcohol: the green-hop bitterness and full malt body are unmistakably Grolsch.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Cold, in a pils glass.
Who it’s for Anyone who knows Grolsch and wants the zero-proof version to actually taste like Grolsch.
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In the glass
- Nose
- Green hop aroma with a soft bready malt base — the Grolsch house signature carried over.
- Palate
- Full-bodied for a nonalcoholic pilsner; crisp hop bitterness over a rounded malt backbone, no watery gaps.
- Finish
- Clean and crisp with a pleasant, lasting bitterness.
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Structure
- Bitterness
- Modest bitterness
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Finish length
- Short finish
The beer
Clean and crisp with a pleasant, lasting bitterness — that is the close on Grolsch 0.0.
Cold, in a pils glass. The lasting bitterness is what sells the pilsner shape; malt fills the middle so the hop has somewhere to land. Green hop first, bread second, then that firm bitter close that asks for another sip. Nothing thin in the center, nothing sweet hanging on after the hop. The body stays full enough that the bitterness reads as pilsner, not as watery hop tea. Rounded malt keeps the green hop from tasting hollow; the lasting bitter snap is the signature. Pour cold and let the bitterness finish the sentence — green hop, bready malt, lasting bitter snap. Full malt middle, green hop aroma, crisp lasting bitterness: start from that finish and the rest of the glass falls into place. Pils glass, cold: green hop, bread, lasting bitter snap. No watery gaps; the bitterness lasts.
80 sits below the median of the 37 naturally low alcohol beer bottles we've tasted.
The bottle
Trade record, where to buy, and product facts.
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Research notes
Grolsch's own product page states: 'we use a special yeast to craft our core natural zero alcohol beer.
Where to buy
- Package
500 ml can
- Typical price
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$3.00 / 500 ml can
- Availability
Dutch retailers (AH, etc.), Canadian retailers (Loblaws, London Drugs)
Prices and availability are independently observed and may change. Retailer listings do not imply endorsement. A different package is labeled as a different format. Reader-service exceptions and commercial links are identified above; neither affects scores, rankings, classification, verification, or editorial coverage.
Product facts
- Producer
- Grolsch (Netherlands; brewed since 2017 for the 0.0% line)
- Origin
- Enschede, Netherlands
- Bottle / can
- 500 ml
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Sources & verification
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Where sources disagree
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Volume: Grolsch 0.0 ships in several containers: Plus (NL) lists a 300 ml bottle and another retailer a 6 x 33 cl can pack. The tasted unit was bought from Upside Drinks, which lists Grolsch 0.0 as a 500 ml can (single, 4-pack, 24-pack), so the 500 ml can is the canonical container. Retracted 2026-10-03: an earlier revision carried 330 ml can sourced to the producer page, which never stated a container.
Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented2 facts
- Secondary source2 facts
- Retailer sourced3 facts
- Unverified5 facts
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- Country
- The brewery story says the founder opened a brewery in the Dutch town of Grolle in 1615, and that the brewery later stood in Enschede.
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- Production
- evidence normalization 2026-09-21: product verified requires primary production-type evidence; stance lowered, canonical type retained (tier was secondary).
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2 notes
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- Upside Drinks product data gives this barcode for the single 500 ml can; GS1 check digit verified.
- Volume
- Upside Drinks lists Size: 500mL and a 1 Can (500ml) option.
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.
- OpenDiscrepancyVolume.