How Is Non-Alcoholic Beer Made?

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Updated May 2026

US “non-alcoholic” on a malt beverage is not a process crown. Under 0.5% ABV cannot be labeled beer, lager, ale, porter, or stout. “Non-alcoholic” needs the adjacent less-than-0.5% line (7.65). “Low alcohol” only if under 2.5%. Methods are not types. No calorie table.

Related: low-alcohol beer, root beer alcohol, beer drinks.

Label vs method

Language 12 oz drinks
Non-alcoholic ~0
Cannot say beer —
Low / reduced alcohol Read the can
Best NA method —

Read the can. Do not invent ABV or calorie tables.

Sources

  • https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/7.145 — under 0.5% cannot bear beer/lager/ale/porter/stout.
  • 27 CFR 7.65 alcohol-content statements. NIAAA December 2025.
  • (27 CFR 7.145)

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