Alcohol-Free Tempest Face Hopper IPA
By Tempest Brewing · UK
Bold hop character, punchy grapefruit and tropical notes and a clean malt base, with bitterness that is “firm but not aggressive”, Dry Drinker says.
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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Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and Dry Drinker’s and EEBRIA’s descriptions (punchy grapefruit, bitterness that is firm but not aggressive, full-bodied), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
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The story behind Face Hopper
From the Scottish Borders brewery whose founders built their first brewing kit in a New Zealand garage — and which was named Scottish Brewery of the Year at the 2016 Scottish Beer Awards, the trade press reported (Thirst Magazine instead reported a win at the BII Scotland Awards in May 2016) — Face Hopper is a 0.5% alcohol-free IPA in 440ml cans, which the trade site EEBRIA describes as full-bodied and hazy.
The sources give different hops: Chinook, Citra and Krush, with flaked oats and wheat, on EEBRIA; Idaho 7, Mosaic and Krush on Dry Drinker, which calls it “properly beer like rather than thin”. With oats and wheat in it, it isn’t gluten-free, and we found no calorie figure or launch date.
Serve cold and let it shout. The origin story, from the garage kit to the Kelso dairy and Tweedbank, is on our Tempest hub.
