We Can Be Friends Cosmic Groove
By We Can Be Friends · UK
A 0.5% IPA from We Can Be Friends, the London alcohol-free brand, brewed with Strata and Superdelic hops on an oat-rich base: berry and tropical fruit with a dank edge, The Alcohol Free Co says. In 440ml cans.
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 Cosmic Groove?
We Can Be Friends is an independent alcohol-free brand from south-east London: Sam Ray set up the company in September 2023, owns most of it, and sold its first beer that December. It has no brewery of its own; it brews with partner breweries, and its stated aim is “to make the best alcohol free beer in the world”. Its partners have included Track, Overtone and Vault City, and it made a pilsner, Ghost In The Machine, with Mash Gang.
The Alcohol Free Co describes Cosmic Groove as an IPA brewed with Strata and Superdelic hops on a soft, oat-rich base, with berry and tropical fruit, a dank edge, and “a smooth pithy bitterness” that keeps the fruit in check. We Can Be Friends doesn’t list it on its own site.
It comes in 440ml cans, at 0.5%, according to The Alcohol Free Co, which labels it vegan. No calorie figure or ingredients list is published. We haven’t scored it yet.
Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and The Alcohol Free Co’s description (berry and tropical fruit, dank, a pithy bitterness), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
Key facts
| Official name | Cosmic Groove; The Alcohol Free Co sells it as We Can Be Friends Cosmic Groove - Alcohol Free IPA |
|---|---|
| Brewery | We Can Be Friends, UK |
| Style | IPA |
| ABV | 0.5% ABV, according to The Alcohol Free Co; We Can Be Friends doesn’t give ABVs on its own site |
| Pack | 440ml cans: singles and cases of 6, 12 or 24 at The Alcohol Free Co |
| Calories | Not published by the brewer or the shops we checked |
| Ingredients | Brewed on an oat-rich base with Strata and Superdelic hops, The Alcohol Free Co says; no full list is published |
| Hops | Strata and Superdelic, The Alcohol Free Co says |
| Allergens | Not published |
| Vegan | Labelled vegan by The Alcohol Free Co |
| Gluten | No gluten-free claim |
| How it’s made | Not stated |
| Brewed | We Can Be Friends doesn’t say where. It has no brewery of its own and brews with partner breweries; the company is registered in Chislehurst, in south-east London. |
| UK availability | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
Sources: The Alcohol Free Co and We Can Be Friends’ own website, checked October 2026. The label on the can or bottle is always the final word.
How Cosmic Groove sits in the We Can Be Friends range
| Beer | Style | ABV | Per 100ml | Unhopped score | UK status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eight | New England IPA (“quintessentially New England in style”, the brewer says) | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
| Forever | Helles lager | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
| Day Off V2 | IPA | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
| Cosmic Groove (this beer) | IPA | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
| I’m The Shadowman | Hazy IPA, The Alcohol Free Co says | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
| Cloudy Krush | Lemon sour, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker say | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Ghost | Czech-style pilsner | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | Sold out at Dry Drinker; not in the brewer’s shop |
| Zeus | Lager | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | Sold out at Dry Drinker; not in the brewer’s shop |
| Hades | Stout | 0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | Sold out at Dry Drinker; not in the brewer’s shop |
The We Can Be Friends beers in our directory, checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10. Ghost, Zeus and Hades were sold out at Dry Drinker and weren’t in We Can Be Friends’ own shop.
About We Can Be Friends
We Can Be Friends is an independent alcohol-free brand from south-east London, set up by Sam Ray in 2023. It brews with partner breweries, including Track, Overtone, Vault City, Sureshot and Baron, and The Alcohol Free Co sells most of its current beers.
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About the hops: Strata and Superdelic. Types of hops · What are hops?
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