Kaliber

Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Low Alcohol
Dublin, Ireland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

For a non-alcoholic brew, this is OK. There are hints of dark malts and wheat. A bit watery sometimes, but then that is to be expected.

Bottled. Golden with a large steady head. Hoppy, bready and sweetish aroma and flavour. Too thin but fine to be a NA.

Bottled, Pasteurised. Light golden with bubbly head, highly carbonated. Little to say about this, some cardboard flavour with a soupcon of malt. Better off drinking orange juice.

Since this is made by Guinness I thought this might be a dark N/A beer, but it isn’t. What it is a clear golden beer with a fluffy white head and little carbonation. The taste is light and mostly malty; not bad for an N/A beer. I think I’d buy this again.

Drinking low alcohol beer is like kissing your sister. If you don’t want to take in alcohol or you are looking to cut calories, may I suggest diet soda/pop? Cheper and more flavorful. While I thought that Guinness might put a little effort into making a drinkable low alc beer, I was mistaken. Just poor caliber Kaliber.

UPDATED: FEB 18, 2006 Light golden color with a nice thick white creamy head. Smells a lot like a light beer. Light malty flavor that is actually pretty nice. I think this beer deserves a lot more credit than it gets.

From the bottle this pours a very clear golden color with a medium white head. This was a very malty brew, tastes a lot like sweet wort, not as chemical as I was expecting being a non-alcoholic brew. This really wasn’t all that awful, i was expecting much worse.

Malt and grassy nose, dark gold color, fizzy head. Sweet malt with an artificial aftertaste. Thin and weak, but not as bad as expected. Actually, I’ve had worse beers with full alcohol content.