Force Majeure Bruin
By Force Majeure · Belgium
Force Majeure’s Belgian brown beer, at 0.4%, with “tones of caramel, cinnamon and a hint of roasted malt”, Force Majeure says. Its own shop now sells it as Dubbel.
At 0.4% 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 Bruin?
Force Majeure’s website calls it Bruin, “a real Belgian brown beer”. Since 2026 its own shop has sold it as Dubbel, and Dry Drinker lists it as Force Majeure Double (Bruin); we can’t tell whether the Dubbel is a new recipe or a new name. We used to call it Force Majeure Double Bruin, a name nobody else uses, and filed it with our stouts. It’s a brown ale, so it’s now with the other Belgian ales, which we file with our wheat beers.
Force Majeure describes “tones of caramel, cinnamon and a hint of roasted malt”, and its shop’s newer description mentions coffee and cinnamon. Dry Drinker describes it as dark amber, with caramel, toffee and roasted malt. The ingredients, as Alcoholvrij Bierhuis lists them, are water, barley malt, hops, yeast, spices and sucralose, a sweetener.
Force Majeure doesn’t publish a calorie figure, and nobody says whether it’s vegan. It isn’t gluten-free. Force Majeure added it to the range in 2021. We score it 8.0. For more, see our best Belgian alcohol-free beers.
Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and Force Majeure’s description (caramel, cinnamon and a hint of roasted malt), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
Key facts
| Official name | Bruin on Force Majeure’s website; its own shop has called it Dubbel since 2026, and Dry Drinker lists it as Force Majeure Double (Bruin) |
|---|---|
| Brewery | Force Majeure, Belgium |
| Style | Belgian brown ale, or dubbel (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) |
| ABV | 0.4% ABV, according to Alcoholvrij Bierhuis and Untappd; Dry Drinker says 0.3%. We haven’t seen the label |
| Pack | 330ml bottle (cases of 6, 12 or 24 at Dry Drinker) |
| Calories | Not published by Force Majeure or any UK shop |
| Ingredients | Water, barley malt, hops, yeast, spices and sucralose (a sweetener), as Alcoholvrij Bierhuis lists them |
| Allergens | Barley (gluten) |
| Vegan | Not stated by Force Majeure or any shop |
| Gluten | Not gluten-free: it’s brewed with barley malt |
| How it’s made | Not stated by Force Majeure. In 2021 it told a Dutch beer writer that it didn’t de-alcoholise its beers, but brewed them from a wort with few fermentable sugars |
| Brewed | In Belgium, under contract, by a brewery Force Majeure doesn’t name; Force Majeure is based in Genk |
| UK availability | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
Sources: Force Majeure’s website and shop, Alcoholvrij Bierhuis, Untappd, Dry Drinker, checked October 2026. The label on the can or bottle is always the final word.
How Bruin sits in the Force Majeure range
| Beer | Style | ABV | Per 100ml | Unhopped score | UK status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Blond | Belgian blond (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | Not published | 7.9 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Bruin (this beer) | Belgian brown ale, or dubbel (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | Not published | 8.0 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Kriek | Kriek, a Belgian cherry beer (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | 30 kcal | 8.1 | In stock at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Tripel | Belgian tripel (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | 30 kcal | 8.1 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Tripel Hop | Hoppy Belgian tripel (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | Unconfirmed | 8.0 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Winter Ale | Winter beer: a dark blond with chai-like spice (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | <0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
The Force Majeure beers in our directory, checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10. ‘Unconfirmed’ means the only calorie figures we found look unreliable.
About Force Majeure
Force Majeure is a Belgian brand of beers under 0.5%, set up in Genk in 2019 by Stijn Panis. It has no brewery of its own: a Belgian brewery it doesn’t name brews the beers under contract.
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