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 5 Business Live's South West Business Reporter is William Telford. William has more than a decade's experience reporting on the business scene in Plymouth and the South West. He is based in Plymouth but covers the entire region.

Producers don’t have to reveal the ingredients in drinks over 1.2% ABV and the ingredients in Doom Bar Zero give an insight into the unexpected things the big beer producers add to their brews. Upon tasting, the flavours of sweet malt completely dominated, and unfortunately, drowned out any hints of bitter, aromatic hops. Doom Bar Zero seemed a lot less balanced than its alcoholic counterpart which, although sweet, has enough citrusy hoppiness to create a more well-rounded experience. Mouthfeel and aftertasteThere’s 3.2g of carbs and 1.1g of sugar per 100ml, so the added sugar – plus the sugars from the malt – only produce just over 5g of sugar per bottle. Flavours, appearance and mouthfeel My husband, James, decided he’d like to come along for the ride too (no surprises there). Appearance Amber’ ales are one member of the wider ‘pale ale family’, which is a beer style characterised by the use of pale malt and hops. Pale ales are often referred to as ‘bitters’, so you might’ve heard both terms used before now. The largest brewer of cask beer in the South West, Sharp’s flagship beer, Doom Bar, is probably the most successful cask beer of its generation and is the UK’s top performing cask beer brand and winner of The Grocer’s Drinks Brand of the Year 2019.

Sharp’s head brewer Aaron McClure said: “We are so excited to introduce Doom Bar Zero to our customers.The level of carbonation is a plus—it adds a refreshing note to this ale and helps soften the overall biscuity sweetness.

For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. Not a good effort from Sharp’s / Molson Coors, which is surprising considering how popular it’s alcoholic big brother is. This may be one of the AF beers that gets a new recipe within six months, if not then it’ll be fuel for the nay-sayers who are adamant that it’s not possible to create a decent non-alcoholic beer. Buy Doom Bar Zero James Nicholls, marketing controller at Sharp’s, said: “We feel that Doom Bar Zero redefines the quality standard of the category, and are proud that as a truly alcohol-free option, Doom Bar Zero can fit your lifestyle, when it suits you. An ‘ale’ is a type of beer that’s been brewed with a type of yeast that does its magic higher up in the fermenting container (aka ‘top fermenting yeast’). Ales are also distinguished from other beer styles (such as lager) by their relatively warm fermentation temperature.Now it really is popping up everywhere.In the UK in 2019, it was the highest-earning “premium” bottled ale and biggest-selling cask ale. And it’s available not just in pubs and shops across the UK but in countries such as Japan and the USA. Much of the bitterness in an ale comes from the use of hops. ‘Hops’ are the flowers from the hop plant, Humulus lupulus and their distinctive flavours can either be the main feature of a beer or can be used to balance out other features, such as sweetness from the use of malt. Sharp’s has a tally of more than 100 international brewing awards, which in 2019 included five medals at the Drinks Business Awards, five medals at the International Beer Challenge, two medals at the World Beer Challenge and five titles at the esteemed World Beer Awards 2019, all against stiff competition. Sharp’s Brewery has launched the UK’s first widely available 0.0% ABV amber ale to complement its flagship beer, Doom Bar (the UK’s number 1 cask and bottle ale [2]). In Doom Bar Zero, Sharp’s has produced a beer which shares the same “moreish and balanced character as the mother brand” and stays true to the amber ale style with a sweet roasted malt flavour and a subtle green hop aroma, the company said.