Guinness releases Open Gate Pure Brew non-alcoholic beer

I'm holding out for the imperial version.

 

I remember in the early '70's my grandfather drank Zing, I think that was non alcoholic. Maybe @jesskidden knows. But i guess there is a market for it.

 

Seems to me there have been several relatively well-known NA's over the years that didn't simply use the boil off or distillation methods to remove alcohol, but instead claimed to use a "special yeast" and/or so-called "arrested fermentation" or other techniques, including Birell, Moussy, Clausthaler and the short-lived 'craft' Firestone NA of the 1980s.

Zing, like a couple of other US NA's like Kingsbury Brew Near Beer and Schmidt Select, was a product of Heileman. There were a few other near beers that pre-dated the brief NA revival period in the 1980s (when AB came out with O'Douls, Coors had Cutter and Miller had... Miller Somethin'-or-Nother). Pearl had a Texas Select (which might have actually been a contract-brew IIRC) and Metropolis (aka Champale/Black Horse) in NJ had Metbrew. Forget who brewed the infamous "Disco Beer"...

 

Ah, it was Dis-Go Beer - from the notorious Eastern Brewing Corp., of Hammonton, NJ.

(I actually bought this once at the local 7-11 just out of curiosity because I'd never seen a near beer sold like that as a soft drink. Don't remember which can I got, "he" or "she". Pretty sure that later - in the neo-prohibitionist 1980s? - many states passed laws to prohibit NA sales to minors.).

 

I want those cans

They made a cola too

Enjoy

 

I don't remember those but how cool. These are pretty sweet looking.

 

I will give this Guinness a try. I am not a big fan of NA beer but it has its place I guess so if it tastes good cool.

 

Doesn't sound like you'll get a chance to right away unless you want to pop for the trans-Atlantic airfare:

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I just had to steal this image.

 

Pretty funny 'cause I just read your comment in this thread and saw it and thought, "WTF?"

Hey, ain't "my image" - just a quicky "Google 'n' 'Shop job" to illustrate my post.

 

Given how relentlessly woeful they are at brewing anything other than porter/stout, I can't wait to give this a miss.

 

If it makes it past the public test also, if this one goes sour it may never leave the local area ha ha. I figured it probably would be some time till the states see it if the feedback is positive, if it makes it here I will try one to see how it tastes.

 

I'll certainly give this a try when it becomes available here. What could possibly go wrong?

 

In Ireland there is great mourning for the late great missing alcohol.

 

waiting for a non-alcoholic NE/hazy IPA

 

If it has any flavor at all, next will be a thread discussing which brand of vodka is best for a post pour addition. Another Russian intervention, I would suppose.

 

Why are they acting like this is something new? They have been doing this for years already with Kaliber.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/209/5333/

 

Mix a hop soda with your juice of choice (e.g. orange, Sunny D, Five Alive, etc.).