BrewDog Nanny State 0.5% Alcohol Free Vegan Beer - 24 x 330ml Cans

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You may have noticed that I have often referred to ‘low or no alcohol beers’ in this article – that is because Nanny State has the official rating of 0.5% abv. While this, obviously, isn’t alcohol free, it should be viewed in context. A ripe banana contains around the same amount of alcohol. So what you get is a surprisingly full bodied, and quite bitter drink. Much different to what I was expecting, and unlike many other low alcohol beers that I have tried. In terms of specific flavours, the lighter fruit flavours hit you before the bitterness – it is heavy on the citrus (orange and lemon) and there are also hints of sherbert and lychee there as well. There is a malty (as you would expect with so many different varieties) and biscuity hint to the aftertaste. On the plus side, that means the beer definitely isn’t too sweet. There’s a hint of a sweet biscuit-like taste from the amber malt (the malted and toasted barley used to make the beer), but that’s more than balanced out by the hops. Mouthfeel and aftertaste It supplemented these beers with the occasional one-off publicity-inducing beers such as “Tactical Penguin”, a 32% ABV beer, to the wrath of regulators and industry bodies.In 2007 James & Martin, begged borrowed and raised as much money as they could to start their mission: There’s no denying it—Britain is a nation of beer lovers. The beverage has been brewed for centuries and shows no sign of losing its appeal, and with both multi-national corporations and smaller establishments offering a huge variety of British beers and ales you’re certainly not short of options. Overall, the taste is nicely balanced yet feels like it’s missing a vital element and ends up a little flavourless and watery. Verdict

The contrast between the light and sweet fruity notes, with the harsher bitter and malty aftertaste really balances perfectly. You end up with a wonderfully refreshing drink, but a sophisticated one – it is made for people that love ‘craft’ beers, and I think it would satisfy even the most fussy of craft beer drinkers.This leads to Wake Up Call perhaps ultimately reading more like “iced coffee” than it does coffee stout, per se, which isn’t such a bad thing for a non-alcoholic beer. It might not specifically scratch the “stout” itch, if that’s what you’re craving, but it certainly delivers on the coffee. Unlike these other beers, this might be one I’d be reaching for not when I really wanted a stout, but when I wanted a twist on iced coffee.

It is made with 5 types of hops and 8 different types of malts – the idea of this is to give it as full a body as possible, and that is definitely apparent, even from just pouring it into a glass. They have helpfully given us the IBU rating, which is 45. For the uninitiated, this is the International Bitterness Scale, and a rating of 45 puts it towards the bitter end of the most common section of the scale. Often, when I review a drink like this, it is one from a smaller brewery, or one that has just been released. However, with this drink, you don’t just have to take my (highly trained and professional) word for it. Nanny State has regularly polled at the top of non or low alcohol free beer top 10 lists, and it is not hard to see why. It’s a great drink, and one of the pioneers for the industry in this country. Obviously, drink this chilled, as you would any beer. I am always hesitant to compare low or no alcohol beers to their alcohol equivalents, they are different drinks and should be viewed as such. However, on this occasion, what I will say is this: if you lined up 5 or 6 different beers, and included Nanny State, I don’t think your average beer drinker would be able to tell you which one was the one without alcohol with any certainty. It really is a very good, and authentic, craft beer – no matter what the alcohol content. Yet, it’s still a decent drop. And because it’s likely to be available through Brewdog’s current sales channels, it will make a nice option when faced with limited alcohol-free choices in supermarkets and pubs. Punk AF versus Nanny State The term “ale” basically refers to any beer that’s been fermented at a warm temperature using top-fermenting yeast. (That’s yeast that likes to hang out higher up in the fermenting container.) Beers brewed in this way include US IPAs (India pale ales), Belgian strong ales, and British stouts.

The aroma – and the hype – behind Punk AF promised so much. But, despite that gorgeous and varied aroma, it falls a bit flat. Two men. One Dog & a mission to make other people as passionate about great craft beer as they were are is how it all started. A full flavoured craft beer at 0.5% ABV There’s the milk sugar, lactose, in this brew too. So it’s not suitable for vegans. Punk AF calories In your glass, you’re going to find an amber-brown coloured brew with a slightly red tinge to it. Colour is largely dictated by malt profile and in this case, the use of darker profiled malts like Dark Crystal, Chocolate and to an extent Amber and Rye all give a higher Lovibond and in turn darker profile.