At a glance

Flavor profile
  • Oxidative
  • Toasted grain
Structure
  • Off-dry
  • Modest bitterness
Perfect for
When the only other option is tap water, and you still might pick the water.

Tasting notes

  1. 01

    Nose

    wet cardboard and a faint grain whisper. Nothing you would call malt.

  2. 02

    Palate

    Water with a hint of sweetness and almost no bitterness. It tastes like nothing.

  3. 03

    Finish

    gone before you swallow. No hop, no malt, no aftertaste. A documented dealcoholized lager that tastes like nothing. The process is real. The glass is empty.

The beer

Heineken 0.0 is dealcoholized. The base is The traditional Heineken brew, made with the same A-Yeast before alcohol extraction. Alcohol extracted from the traditional brew using vacuum distillation columns, following a double-brew step with Heineken’s A-Yeast (documented by The Process).

On the nose, wet cardboard and a faint grain whisper. Nothing you would call malt. On the palate, Water with a hint of sweetness and almost no bitterness. It tastes like nothing. The finish is gone before you swallow. No hop, no malt, no aftertaste. A documented dealcoholized lager that tastes like nothing. The process is real. The glass is empty.

Serve ice cold, if you drink it at all. Warmth makes the emptiness louder.

How to drink it

Ice cold, if you drink it at all. Warmth makes the emptiness louder.

How it was made

Classification: Dealcoholized

Evidence status: Documented

Method: Alcohol extracted from the traditional brew using vacuum distillation columns, following a double-brew step with Heineken's A-Yeast (documented by The Process)

Sources 9 facts · 3 sources

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

  • Secondary source Cited source heineken.com

    ABV · Calories · Producer

  • Secondary source Cited source laughingsquid.com

    Classification · Method · Base beverage

  • Secondary source Retail listing instacart.com

    Price · Volume · Availability

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