Jelly King - Non-Alcoholic
Bellwoods Brewery
- From:
- Bellwoods Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Low-Alcohol Beer
- ABV:
- 0.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 9.09%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 23, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 10, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Non-Alcoholic Jelly King is the culmination of our efforts to make a non-alc beer in Jelly King’s image, and one that can convincingly wear the Jelly King crown. We don’t often toot our own horn, but we’re really happy with the results.
Jelly King translates well to a non-alc version, as many of the flavours that make it so nice to drink come from the yeast and the bacteria used in the brewing process. We sour the base of both the beer and the non-alc in the same way, and this results in interesting, predominantly peachy characteristics brought on by mixed fermentation.
Allergens: Barley, Wheat, Oats
Jelly King translates well to a non-alc version, as many of the flavours that make it so nice to drink come from the yeast and the bacteria used in the brewing process. We sour the base of both the beer and the non-alc in the same way, and this results in interesting, predominantly peachy characteristics brought on by mixed fermentation.
Allergens: Barley, Wheat, Oats
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL in a pint glass. Gifted by owner Graham from Erie St. GastroPub's bottle shop in nearby downtown Windsor. Best before September 11/26. My 38th beer from the Toronto, Ontario brewery, and 12th for 2026. Unbelievable to Gracie the cat...
Mar 23, 2026
Reviewed by Mikehicks100 from Canada (ON)
3.25/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a little less than an inch of foam. Blonde gold color. Smells hoppy and a little tangy. Taste is a little sour and hoppy with some grain after tase. Almost like a spritz of citrous zest was added.
It's not bad but it's not as good as their regular alcoholic version but that's to be expected.
Would consider buying it again but there are many other NON ALC options out there that I like more.
Still, it's worth another purchase maybe one of these days when I do another NON ALC beer order.
Oct 05, 2025It's not bad but it's not as good as their regular alcoholic version but that's to be expected.
Would consider buying it again but there are many other NON ALC options out there that I like more.
Still, it's worth another purchase maybe one of these days when I do another NON ALC beer order.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.96/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; best before Jul 31 2025 and served slightly chilled. As a big fan of the original JK and most of its variants, I am definitely interested in finding out if they've managed to design a good de-alcoholized version.
Pours a relatively clear pale straw yellow, giving rise to nearly two fingers of foamy, creamy white head that lasts for the better part of five minutes. It leaves behind a half-inch curtain of even lace, with a thin collar and filmy cap floating on the surface - looks excellent thus far. Clean aroma of doughy malts, wheaty bread & lemon zest, with hints of yogurt, unripe stone fruit and melon rind. You can tell it's not the real deal, but it's still fairly impressive for a non-alcoholic beer.
You could say the same about the flavour profile - it does have some essence of the real Jelly King, but fails to capture the magic of the original. Gritty malts and whole grain wheat bread are discernible, with lemon coming through clearly; this backdrop is punctuated by suggestions of honeydew melon & melon rind, as well as touches of grape and unripe stone fruit. There is some noticeable sourness, but compared to the other JKs it's downright restrained; finishes dry-ish. Light in body, with moderately lively carbonation that feels crisp; not exactly thirst-quenching, but very crushable.
Final Grade: 3.96, a B+. As a non-alcoholic option, NA Jelly King must be considered one of the better choices available to Ontario beer geeks. While I wouldn't necessarily say that this is a *great* substitute for actual JK, it's at least an adequate one, which is all you can really ask out of this style. If, heaven forbid, I should (at some distant point in a dismal future) be required to limit myself to NA beer, this would be near the top of my list.
Sep 10, 2024Pours a relatively clear pale straw yellow, giving rise to nearly two fingers of foamy, creamy white head that lasts for the better part of five minutes. It leaves behind a half-inch curtain of even lace, with a thin collar and filmy cap floating on the surface - looks excellent thus far. Clean aroma of doughy malts, wheaty bread & lemon zest, with hints of yogurt, unripe stone fruit and melon rind. You can tell it's not the real deal, but it's still fairly impressive for a non-alcoholic beer.
You could say the same about the flavour profile - it does have some essence of the real Jelly King, but fails to capture the magic of the original. Gritty malts and whole grain wheat bread are discernible, with lemon coming through clearly; this backdrop is punctuated by suggestions of honeydew melon & melon rind, as well as touches of grape and unripe stone fruit. There is some noticeable sourness, but compared to the other JKs it's downright restrained; finishes dry-ish. Light in body, with moderately lively carbonation that feels crisp; not exactly thirst-quenching, but very crushable.
Final Grade: 3.96, a B+. As a non-alcoholic option, NA Jelly King must be considered one of the better choices available to Ontario beer geeks. While I wouldn't necessarily say that this is a *great* substitute for actual JK, it's at least an adequate one, which is all you can really ask out of this style. If, heaven forbid, I should (at some distant point in a dismal future) be required to limit myself to NA beer, this would be near the top of my list.
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