Mikkeller Weird Weather Hazy IPA
By Mikkeller · Denmark
A 0.3% hazy IPA from Mikkeller: “a floral, bitter New England Style IPA with a full body and grassy notes of pine”, the brewer says. We score it 8.5.
At 0.3% 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 Weird Weather?
Mikkeller is a Copenhagen brewer founded in 2006 by Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, a former maths and physics teacher, and Kristian Klarup Keller, who left in 2007. Bjergsø still controls it; Carlsberg bought 20% in 2024, and the investment firm Orkila Capital is the second-largest shareholder. Its alcohol-free beers use a yeast it developed with the Belgian brewery De Proefbrouwerij, which, it says, makes beer with little alcohol but plenty of flavour; most are 0.3%. Mikkeller lists ten alcohol-free beers. The UK shops sell Drink’in the Sun, Weird Weather, Burst Free and Energibajer, and The Alcohol Free Co has Drink’in the Snow too.
Mikkeller calls Weird Weather “a floral, bitter New England Style IPA with a full body and grassy notes of pine”. It says the beer won Best Beer, of all beers, at the Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival in October 2018; we couldn’t check that with the organisers.
It’s 0.3%, in 330ml cans. A Dutch shop gives 13 kcal per 100ml; Mikkeller doesn’t publish a figure. The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker label it vegan. We score it 8.5 out of 10.
Awards
- Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2018: Best Beer, Mikkeller says
Mikkeller’s own claim; we couldn’t check it with the organisers.
Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and Mikkeller’s description (floral, bitter, full-bodied, grassy pine), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
Key facts
| Official name | Weird Weather |
|---|---|
| Brewery | Mikkeller, Denmark |
| Style | Hazy (New England-style) IPA |
| ABV | 0.3% ABV, Mikkeller says |
| Pack | 330ml cans: singles and cases at The Alcohol Free Co; cases at Dry Drinker; singles at Wise Bartender |
| Calories | 13 kcal per 100ml, a Dutch shop, Alcoholvrij Bierhuis, says; Mikkeller doesn’t publish a figure |
| Ingredients | Not published |
| Allergens | Not published |
| Vegan | Labelled vegan by The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker; Mikkeller makes no claim |
| Gluten | No gluten-free claim |
| How it’s made | Brewed with Mikkeller’s own yeast, mikkellensis, which it says makes beer with little alcohol |
| Brewed | Mikkeller doesn’t say. It brews mainly at partner breweries, above all De Proefbrouwerij in Belgium; the UK shops say Denmark |
| Awards | Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2018: Best Beer, Mikkeller says |
| UK availability | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender |
Sources: Mikkeller’s own website, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, checked October 2026. The label on the can or bottle is always the final word.
How Weird Weather sits in the Mikkeller range
| Beer | Style | ABV | Per 100ml | Unhopped score | UK status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weird Weather (this beer) | Hazy (New England-style) IPA | 0.3% | 13 kcal | 8.5 | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender |
| Drink’in the Sun | Wheat ale in an American pale style (Mikkeller calls it a wheat ale; the UK shops sell it as a pale ale) | 0.3% | 22 kcal | 8.2 | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender |
| Burst Free | IPA | 0.3% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker |
| Energibajer | Wheat ale | 0.3% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker |
| Drink’in the Snow | Winter ale | 0.3% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
| Racing Beer | Lager | 0.3% | Not published | 8.1 | Not on sale in the UK; not in Mikkeller’s current range |
The Mikkeller beers in our directory, checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
About Mikkeller
Mikkeller is a Copenhagen brewer founded in 2006 by Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, who still controls it; Carlsberg owns 20%. It brews mostly at partner breweries, and its alcohol-free beers, most of them 0.3%, use a yeast it developed with De Proefbrouwerij in Belgium.
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Door 21 of our alcohol-free advent calendar. Mikkeller Weird Weather Hazy IPA is one of the 24 beers in the calendar you can build yourself, chosen from the highest scorers in our reviews. The full line-up is in our guide to alcohol-free advent calendars for 2026, alongside every calendar on sale. It’s also door 7 of the 24-beer calendar you can buy in one order.
