Czech Pilsner
83/100
The short takeCrisp, dry, and refreshing. The hop carries farther than the light body suggests.
Tasted Karl HillHow we score
Serve Cold, in a pils glass.
Who it’s for Anyone who drinks Czech lager and wants the zero-proof version to taste like Czech lager.
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In the glass
- Nose
- Fresh Saaz-style hop grassiness and clean pilsner malt — the classic Czech aromatic signature.
- Palate
- Crisp and properly bitter; grassy hops over a light, clean malt body with genuine pilsner bite.
- Finish
- Dry, bitter and refreshing — the hop character carries a long way for a 42-calorie can.
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Structure
- Bitterness
- Modest bitterness
- Body
- Light body
- Acidity
- Bright acidity
- Finish length
- Short finish
The beer
The nose is the Czech signature: grassy, not tropical, and not a bag of citrus peel. It smells like beer that was built to be bitter and pale.
The palate is crisp and properly bitter. Bitterness is the structure. The malt does not turn sweet, and the hop does not turn harsh. Body stays light. There is no hazy juice character and no caramel filler. That restraint is why it tastes like a pilsner rather than like an IPA that ran out of alcohol.
Dry, bitter, and refreshing once the sip is gone. The hop character carries farther than the light body suggests, which is the best thing about the glass. Serve it cold, in a pils glass. Warm, the malt shows more and the snap dulls.
The hop bitterness is right, and the malt is clean. Drink it when you want a lean pilsner and do not need a long, bready finish. The limit is weight, not correctness. Cold, the grassy hop is the pleasure, and the dry finish is what makes the next sip make sense. The bitterness is the structure. Grass over clean malt, then a dry end.
83 is typical of the 35 dealcoholized beer bottles we've tasted.
The bottle
Trade record, where to buy, and product facts.
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Research notes
Absence of removal language is not evidence for naturally-low-alcohol production. Czech Pilsner names the style, not the country of origin.
Where to buy
- Nonny Beer (direct)
- Package
355 ml can
- Typical price
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$50.00 / 16 × 355 ml cans
≈ $3.13 per can
- Availability
US via us.nonny.beer and specialty NA retailers including Upside Drinks
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
- Nonny Beer (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
- Origin
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Bottle / can
- 355 ml can
Sources & verification
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Evidence at a glance
- Producer documented10 facts
- Bottle verified1 fact
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Producer us.nonny.beer
Producer documented4 notes
- Price
- Current US store offers sixteen cans for USD 50, available. Variant barcode strings are internal pack SKUs, not GTINs.
- Country
- Producer: brewed in Canada.
- Availability
- Reopened producer product data; the sixteen-can variant is available at USD 50, while the twenty-four-can variant is unavailable. Variant barcode strings are pack SKUs, not GTINs.
- Production
- Production path undeclared after checking the producer product and about pages. Brewed, ingredient and ABV statements do not verify a no-removal process.
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.
- Classification changed · ClassificationCorrected from naturally-low-alcohol to Unclassified. The prior classification inferred a no-removal process from low ABV and silence about technique. Those statements do not establish the production path; classification is now Unclassified pending process documentation.
- Fact corrected · SummaryCorrected from From the Czech Republic to Brewed in Canada; Czech-style pilsner. The producer explicitly states brewed in Canada. The structured country was already correct; the summary confused beer style with origin.
- Classification changed · ClassificationCorrected from Unclassified to dealcoholized. Karl direct observation 2026-10-08: nonny.beer PDP body reads "Non-Alcoholic Czech Pilsner"; PDP claims list product classification as dealcoholized. Named removal technology unpublished.
Price
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83/100