Guinness says its new non-alcoholic beer has 'the same beautifully smooth taste, perfectly balanced flavour and unique dark colour of Guinness Draught, just without the alcohol.' Brewers have different methods for removing the alcohol from their beers, with varying effects on the flavour. Guinness says its 0.0 is brewed exactly the same way as usual, but with an extra stage of cold filtration that removes alcohol without stressing the liquid. As the name suggests, Guinness 0.0 is an alcohol-free version of the famous Guinness Draught stout with an ABV of 0.0%. Overall both of our tasters found Guinness 0.0 a delightful alternative to Guinness Draught. Veteran Guinness drinkers will most likely be able to tell which is which, but as alcohol-free alternatives go, our tasters thought Guinness is onto a winner with the 0.0. Whilst I have never been a heavy drinker, I have enjoyed a pint of Guinness all of my life. I was delighted when Guinness ’00’ was launched and I do thoroughly, thoroughly enjoy it. The canned version is undoubtedly the nearest to draught I have ever sampled; excellent… but…

The tasters rated both Guinness types highly in appearance, with the characteristic dark and ruby body and creamy white head appealing to tasters in equal measure.Cheers Mind pale ale from @fierceandnoble . Bready malts, peppery spice and grapefruit citrus on the nose. Bitterness when we taste, grapefruit citrus and earthy pine, this carries on through the drink. Some tropical and stone fruit manages to peek through free-beer.co.uk/fierce-noble… @FreeBeer_UK - Aug 11 Eazy Peazy from @amundsenbrewery . Aroma is full on tropical - juicy mango and pineapple, citrus orange, resinous pine. Tropical fruit sweetness when we taste, with more citrus coming through and bringing in the bitterness, along with some earthy notes free-beer.co.uk/amundsen-eaz… @FreeBeer_UK - Jul 20 Update 11/11/2020: Guinness has announced a recall of Guinness 0.0, due to a contamination which it says may make some cans unsafe to drink.

I do wish everyone would stop calling these alcohol free or 0% alcohol, when they are NOT this one for instance is 0.05% ABVEach pint takes so long to dispense on the micro draught system it will prove impossible to serve enough on a busy night. It cannot be served via keg and beer lines as it is alcohol free and I forsee landlords stopping selling it via micro draught due to the time taken to serve. I can see it sold only by widget cans soon enough. After tasting each pair of drinks, both tasters were asked to choose whether they thought each drink was Guinness 0.0 or Guinness Draught.

Guinness Label Tankard- for those who love enjoying more Guinness this lovely Guinness dimpled glass tankard is the perfect old-school accessory.Appearance- did the drink look appealing? Was there clear separation between the dark body and the creamy white head? Did it look flat or lively? It was a humorously perilous business for both of us. For, before we proceed further, it must be said that the monkey-rope was fast. At 70 calories per 440ml can, you get less than half the calories drinking Guinness 0.0 than you do drinking a 440ml can of Guinness Draught (154 calories).

On the all-important matter of taste, both tasters were very impressed by the flavours of both drinks. Coffee and dark chocolate came through stronger again in the Guinness 0.0, whereas malt and hops were found to be more present in the Guinness Draught. For our blind tasting two testers, one a regular Guinness drinker and the other a Guinness novice, poured glasses of each drink for each other without revealing which was the Guinness 0.0 and which was the Guinness Draught. Svart/Hvit from @nogneo . Treacle, coffee, roasted malts and vanilla on the nose, restrained bitterness with more roasted grains, coffee and a slight caramel sweetness as we taste. Lovely hefty body. Could easily pass for a full-fat stout free-beer.co.uk/nogne-o-svar… #alcoholfree @FreeBeer_UK - Sep 5Our tasters thought Guinness has done an excellent job of replicating Guinness Draught with its Guinness 0.0, though on a blind tasting both tasters found that they slightly preferred the Guinness Draught. Both drinks were enjoyed immensely, but for our two tasters the Guinness Draught came out on top. Could we tell the Guinness 0.0 from the Guinness Draught?