A lot of people ask why and complain that non-alcoholic beer is expensive. “If it doesn’t have the alcohol, why does it cost so much?” Alcohol, however, is not something that is “added” to beer it is a byproduct of a process, and while it adds to the body and flavor, the remaining flavor comes from the malts and hops used. Making a non-alcoholic beer uses a similar amount of the most expensive ingredient, hops, and plenty of malts (sometimes the same), along with additional safety processes. Many NA Beers begin as full-strength beers which the alcohol is then removed from. While they maybe benefit from lower taxes, this alcohol now must be dealt with either by turning it into a separate...

Non-Alcoholic beer is growing rapidly across the US. At the moment there are over 120 breweries producing their own non-alcoholic beer, either solely non-alcoholic breweries or breweries with one or more NA versions alongside their standard offerings. There are two categories of producing NA beer; ways that produce less than 0.5% alcohol during the brewing process or the removal of alcohol from a full-strength beer after production. The good thing is that today, both methods and variations of them have produced excellent tasting NA beers. Brewing Without Creating Alcohol: Many of the more recent, and rapidly growing, brands in the NA beer sector proudly state they brew in a way that...