We Can Be Friends Hades Stout
By We Can Be Friends · UK
A 0.5% stout from We Can Be Friends, with chocolate, coffee and caramel notes and a lingering roast, Dry Drinker says. It was sold out at Dry Drinker when we checked in October 2026, and it isn’t in the brewer’s own shop.
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 Hades?
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.
Hades was one of the first three beers we listed from the brand, with Ghost and Zeus. Dry Drinker describes proper dark-beer character at 0.5%, with chocolate, coffee and caramel notes, a full palate and a lingering roasted finish.
It comes in 440ml cans, and Dry Drinker labels it vegan. On 28 October 2026 Dry Drinker had sold out of every case size, and Hades wasn’t in We Can Be Friends’s own shop. We don’t know whether it will be brewed again. We haven’t scored it yet.
Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and Dry Drinker’s description (chocolate, coffee and caramel; full and roasty), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
Key facts
| Official name | Hades; Dry Drinker sells it as We Can Be Friends Hades - Non Alcoholic Stout Beer |
|---|---|
| Brewery | We Can Be Friends, UK |
| Style | Stout |
| ABV | 0.5% ABV, according to Dry Drinker; We Can Be Friends doesn’t give ABVs on its own site |
| Pack | 440ml cans, Dry Drinker says |
| Calories | Not published by the brewer or the shops we checked |
| Ingredients | Not published |
| Allergens | Not published |
| Vegan | Labelled vegan by Dry Drinker |
| 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 | Sold out at Dry Drinker; not in the brewer’s shop |
Sources: Dry Drinker and We Can Be Friends’ own website, checked October 2026. The label on the can or bottle is always the final word.
How Hades 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 | 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 (this beer) | 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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