Burnside Right to Roam IPA
By Burnside · UK
Burnside’s alcohol-free IPA, brewed in Aberdeenshire to 0.5% with what the brewery calls “a special yeast strain”. It won Gold at the World Alcohol-Free Awards 2025, and Burnside says its alcohol-free beers are its bestsellers. It’s vegan, Burnside doesn’t publish calories, and Dry Drinker had it sold out when we checked.
At 0.5% ABV, this isn’t alcohol-free under UK guidance, which keeps the term for 0.05% or less. We list it with alcohol-free beers, as UK shops do. How UK labels work
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What is Right to Roam?
Right to Roam was the first of Burnside’s alcohol-free beers, released in 2022. It’s brewed to 0.5% in small batches “using a special yeast strain to be naturally alcohol free”, Burnside says. The brewery doesn’t name the strain or the hops.
When Scotmid started stocking it in December 2024, Aberdeen Business News described “notes of caramel, orange marmalade, and earthy pine, complementing the rich Scottish malt”. Dry Drinker describes citrus, pine and gentle bitterness over a clean malt backbone, and Burnside’s website talks of “the finest Scottish malt and mountain water”.
It won Gold at the World Alcohol-Free Awards 2025, the organiser’s results show, and Gold at the 2022 SIBA Scotland Independent Bottle & Can Beer Awards, run by the independent brewers’ association. Burnside also lists a Great Taste award, which Aberdeen Business News dates to 2023. It’s vegan, Burnside says, but not gluten-free.
Dry Drinker lists it but had it sold out when we checked, and Wise Bartender doesn’t sell it. Its stablemate is Wayfinder, an alcohol-free lager. For IPAs you can buy now, see our ranking of the best alcohol-free IPAs.
Awards
- World Alcohol-Free Awards 2025: Gold
- SIBA Scotland Independent Bottle & Can Beer Awards 2022: Gold (non-alcoholic and low ABV)
- A Great Taste award, which Burnside lists without a year; Aberdeen Business News dates it to 2023
The World Alcohol-Free Awards and SIBA results are from the organisers’ own results pages. We couldn’t find the Great Taste award in the organiser’s directory. Checked October 2026.
Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and descriptions from Aberdeen Business News (caramel, orange marmalade, earthy pine) and Dry Drinker (citrus, pine, gentle bitterness), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
Key facts
| Official name | Right to Roam (Burnside calls it an alcohol-free IPA) |
|---|---|
| Brewery | Burnside, UK |
| Style | IPA |
| ABV | 0.5% ABV, according to Burnside |
| Pack | 330ml bottle (cases of 6, 12 and 24 at Dry Drinker) |
| Calories | Not published |
| Ingredients | Water, barley, wheat, hops and yeast (Cotswold Fayre, a trade wholesaler) |
| Hops | Not named by Burnside |
| Allergens | Barley and wheat (gluten) |
| Vegan | Yes: Burnside says it clears its beers with only time and temperature, not additives that often include animal products, and Cotswold Fayre, a trade wholesaler, lists it as vegan |
| Gluten | Contains gluten (barley and wheat); Burnside says it doesn’t make a gluten-free beer |
| How it’s made | Brewed in small batches “using a special yeast strain to be naturally alcohol free”, Burnside says; it doesn’t name the strain |
| Brewed | By Burnside in Aberdeenshire, which brews and bottles on site; its new, bigger brewery near Laurencekirk, at Fordoun, had its first brew at the end of 2025 |
| Awards | World Alcohol-Free Awards 2025: Gold; 2 more listed above |
| UK availability | Sold out at Dry Drinker |
Sources: Burnside’s website, the World Alcohol-Free Awards’ 2025 results, Cotswold Fayre, CAMRA, Aberdeen Business News, Opportunity North East, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender, checked October 2026. The label on the can or bottle is always the final word.
How Right to Roam sits in the Burnside range
| Beer | Style | ABV | Per 100ml | Unhopped score | UK status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right to Roam (this beer) | IPA | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | Sold out at Dry Drinker |
| Wayfinder | Lager | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | Sold out at Dry Drinker |
The Burnside beers in our directory, checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10. Burnside says these are its two alcohol-free beers.
About Burnside
Burnside is an independent craft brewery in Aberdeenshire, founded in 2010 by Gary and Dave Metcalfe as Laurencekirk’s local brewery and taken over in 2018 by its current owners, led by Steve Lewis and Margo Macnab. It opened a bigger brewery at Fordoun, near Laurencekirk, at the end of 2025. Its two alcohol-free beers are its bestsellers, it says.
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