We Can Be Friends Forever
By We Can Be Friends · UK
A 0.5% helles from We Can Be Friends, released for Oktoberfest season: German malts and the noble hop Hallertau Mittelfrüh, with soft cereal notes and “a touch of wild honey on the finish”, the brewer 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 Forever?
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.
We Can Be Friends calls Forever a German-inspired helles lager, released for Oktoberfest season: a traditional pale lager base of German malts with the noble hop Hallertau Mittelfrüh, a “smooth carbonic bite”, soft cereals and “a touch of wild honey on the finish”. The Alcohol Free Co calls it a clean, balanced lager.
It comes in 440ml cans, at 0.5%, according to The Alcohol Free Co. Nobody publishes calories, an ingredients list, or a vegan or gluten-free claim. We haven’t scored it yet.
Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and the brewer’s description (German malts, soft cereals, a touch of honey, noble hops), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
Key facts
| Official name | FOREVER, as the brewer styles it; The Alcohol Free Co sells it as We Can Be Friends Forever - Alcohol Free Helles |
|---|---|
| Brewery | We Can Be Friends, UK |
| Style | Helles lager |
| ABV | 0.5% ABV, according to The Alcohol Free Co; We Can Be Friends doesn’t give an ABV 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 | Not published; the brewer says German malts and Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops |
| Hops | Hallertau Mittelfrüh |
| Allergens | Not published |
| Vegan | Not stated |
| 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 Forever 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 (this beer) | 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 | 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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