Beer
Guinness 0.0
91/100 How we score
- ABV 0.0%
- Classification Dealcoholized
- Method Cold filtration
- Evidence Documented
- Origin Ireland
Verdict
The rare dealcoholized beer that still pours, looks, and drinks like itself. Cold filtration keeps the roast; the fructose is the compromise you can taste if you hunt for it.
At a glance
- Flavor profile
- Roasted barley
- Cocoa nib
- Coffee
- Structure
- Off-dry
- Modest bitterness
- Light body
- Short finish
- Mouthfeel
- Dry cocoa and a clean, slightly thin close. The head lasts. The beer does not.
- What stands out
- Roasted barley, cocoa nib, and a little coffee grounds. Nitrogen does the usual theater. It smells like Guinness poured too early in the day, which is the compliment.
- Perfect for
- A pub pint when the rest of the table is drinking the 4.2%. Also the best case for dealcoholized beer as a category.
Tasting notes
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Nose
roasted barley, cocoa nib, and a little coffee grounds. Nitrogen does the usual theater. It smells like Guinness poured too early in the day, which is the compliment.
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02
Palate
Silky, bitter-sweet, and shorter than Draught. The roast is genuine. A faint confectionery edge — fructose is on the label — keeps it from being a perfect carbon copy.
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03
Finish
Dry cocoa and a clean, slightly thin close.
The beer
Guinness 0.0 is dealcoholized from Dublin, Ireland. The base is Stout brewed from water, barley, hops, and yeast at St James’s Gate. Cold filtration after a conventional Guinness brew.
On the nose, roasted barley, cocoa nib, and a little coffee grounds. Nitrogen does the usual theater. It smells like Guinness poured too early in the day, which is the compliment. On the palate, Silky, bitter-sweet, and shorter than Draught. The roast is genuine. A faint confectionery edge — fructose is on the label — keeps it from being a perfect carbon copy. Mouthfeel: Dry cocoa and a clean, slightly thin close. The head lasts. The beer does not. The finish is Dry cocoa and a clean, slightly thin close.
The rare dealcoholized beer that still pours, looks, and drinks like itself. Cold filtration keeps the roast; the fructose is the compromise you can taste if you hunt for it. Serve cold, in a pint glass, poured to let the surge settle. Do not serve it like a lager.
How to drink it
Cold, in a pint glass, poured to let the surge settle. Do not serve it like a lager.
How it was made
Classification: Dealcoholized
Evidence status: Documented
Method: Cold filtration after a conventional Guinness brew
Sources disagree on the following points.
- Abv: Guinness markets the beer as 0.0% alcohol. A detailed third-party review reports a maximum detectable trace around 0.05% ABV, the floor of common lab reporting.
- Calories: Diageo's 2020 launch note cited 16 kcal/100 ml and 70 kcal per standard can. The current Guinness product page lists 17 kcal/100 ml.
Sources
Product facts are only as strong as their sources. Editorial tasting notes are opinion.
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91/100 How we score