How do brewers make alcohol-free beer taste good?

By Kit Chapman2023-12-08T06:07:00

A can of Carlsberg 0.0% alcohol-free beer and a glass sitting on a picnic table outdoors with some snacks on a sunny day

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Distil the chemical processes used to keep beer’s flavour, smell, colour and stability

Whether it’s mocktails, alcohol-free beer or low-alcohol wines and spirits, keeping people hangover-free is big business. Read this Everyday chemistry article to discover the chemical processes brewers use to remove ethanol from beer – skipping fermentation, diluting the alcohol, vacuum distillation and reverse osmosis – all while trying to keep its flavour, smell, colour and stability. Plus, find out why there’s no such thing as no-alcohol beer …

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