Non-Alcoholic Beers from Germany

What is the German Purity Law?

The German Purity Law, also known as Reinheitsgebot, was established over 500 years ago. It had three goals, firstly, to protect beer drinkers from rising prices, secondly, to ban the use of wheat, so that more wheat would be available for bread making, and thirdly, to prevent unscrupulous brewers from using toxic ingredients. Under the German Purity law, beer makers were limited to three ingredients; barley, hops and water. Of course, since then, the law has been updated and these days, malted grains, hops, water and yeast can also feature in German beer - but nothing else.

What are the best non-alcoholic German beers?

Over the last few years, non-alcoholic beer consumption has increased sharply in Germany. Many iconic German breweries are now making non-alcoholic beer. Our selection of non-alcoholic German beer includes Snorkeler's Alcohol-Free Sea Salt IPA, Erdinger, Weihenstephan, Bitburger, Maisel's and Kehrwieder.

How many calories are there in non-alcoholic German beer?

Non alcoholic beer is much lower in calories than traditional beer because alcohol is very calorific. Sans Drinks stocks a wide range of non alcoholic German beer, and they vary in calorie count. Erdinger Alcohol Free wheat beer is 25 calories per 100ml, Bitburger Drive 0.0 is 22 calories per 100ml and Clausthaler Original Pilsner is 26 calories per 100ml.