Non-alcoholic beers and small breweries

Alcohol-free beers are more varied and exciting than ever before. Normally production beer with very little or no alcohol demands costly and technical installations. However, this is beginning to change as more smaller breweries are now producing this type of beer. Rudolph Michel presents the latest and upcoming market trends for the non and low-alcohol segment in selected European countries. Martina, a researcher from the Technical University Munich-Weihenstephan, describes which techniques are available and what exciting possibilities exist to retain flavour whilst getting rid of ethanol. Manuel and Angel, two Spanish micro brewers share their experience of developing an alcohol-free IPA, in a market where the share of no/low alcoholic beers is above 10% of the beer market.