Clausthaler Alkoholfrei

www.clausthaler.de

Brewed by Binding-Brauerei AG
Style: Non-alcoholic Pils
Germany

Since its launch in 1979, Clausthaler has been one of the non-alcoholic beer pioneers, consistently voted as producing one the best non-alcoholic beers in the world!

See the company has had a few issues with consumer wtahcdogs in Germany and Switzerland over their claims to be alcohol free yet have some minute traces of alcohol. Very annoying as most drinkers know full damn well that a large amount of non alcoholic beers do have some low levels of alcohol in them, it’s a given, its residual alcohol. But that doesn’t mean you are going to get drunk or whatever. I dont really see the point of complaining about this…….silly stuff.

Review: 0,5l, green bottle of Clausthaler Alkoholfrei original: < 0.5% vol.

Comes in a bottle that looks like a regular beer. Certainly fooled me, that’s why I bought the fucking thing, thinking it was normal beer. Damn!!!!

On the pour I have to say the beer looks fantastic, a great big frothy white head, with a lot of good lively carbonation resulting in a nice clear golden coloured beer on appearance.

Head maintains very well, and some good lacing left on the glass. A good looking beer, sparkling, surprisingly good for a non alcoholic brew.…………

Smells pretty good too, getting a nice malty aroma on the nose for sure, but also a rather strange aroma. Guess could put that down to the sweet grains and floral hops. Some stringent corn smells too. Overall not bad on the nose.

Get a lot in the bottle, which is always a big plus.

The taste is a bit urgh, all very sickly sweet and very bitter. First impressions not good at all. Kind of a spicy and creamy off taste to it.

For a non alcoholic beer it is quite hoppy and bitter, which is very surprising to me. It certainly does taste like a beer, with the malts, barley and grains to the fore, which is impressive. Could definitely fool people into thinking it was a regular beer.

But not pleasant really, or very enjoyable, a dry finish with an artificial bitter taste that isn’t going to do it for me, will pass, thank you very much………….