Alcohol-free beer at Lidl: Perlenbacher 0.0%, and what else to buy
Lidl’s own alcohol-free lager came top in a blind taste test this year. Here’s what we know about it, and what to buy if your store’s out.
By Rich, founder of Unhopped | Published October 2026 | Checked 9 October 2026
Lucky Saint, our top lagerGuinness 0.0, at AldiFor delivery: Holy Faith
The short answer
Yes. Lidl’s own alcohol-free lager is Perlenbacher 0.0%. It came top of twelve alcohol-free lagers in Which?’s blind taste test, published in April 2026, scoring 71% and winning a Best Buy, ahead of Corona Cero, Stella Artois and Heineken. Which? priced it at £3.29 for six 330ml bottles.
Which? found it in Lidl stores in April. Lidl doesn’t sell groceries online, and its website only shows the week’s offers, so you won’t find Perlenbacher 0.0% there: check the beer aisle of your local store.
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Lidl’s own alcohol-free lager is the reason to look in its beer aisle: a taste-test winner at well under a pound a bottle. If you want a cheap 0.0% lager for the fridge, pick some up with your shop. For anything hoppier or darker, you’ll want another supermarket or a specialist, and both are covered below.
Perlenbacher is Lidl’s own beer brand, and this is its alcohol-free pils. Lidl calls it Perlenbacher Pils Alcohol Free, and Which? lists it as Perlenbacher 0.0%.
In Which?’s blind taste test, 79 people tasted twelve alcohol-free lagers without knowing which was which. Perlenbacher scored 71%, the highest of the twelve, and was named a Best Buy and Great Value. Lidl says it was also Good Housekeeping Approved in 2024.
At £3.29 for six, it’s 55p a bottle.
Lidl doesn’t list it online, so the price in your store may differ from Which?’s April figure.
Taste tests depend on the panel. In our own reviews the lager we rate highest is Lucky Saint Unfiltered Lager (8.7), which Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado and Co-op all sell.
If your Lidl is out: the cheapest alcohol-free lager elsewhere
Aldi’s own lagers are the closest match on price: Rheinbacher Pilsner 0% is £3.29 for six 330ml, the same as Which?’s Perlenbacher price, and Sainte Etienne is 69p for 500ml. For a big brand, Stella Artois Alcohol Free in Asda’s ten-pack was the best value we found at shelf price, and Tesco’s Clubcard Price on the same pack is lower still until 2 November.
The cheapest alcohol-free beer per litre, all supermarkets
Sainte Etienne Alcohol Free Lager, 500ml at Aldi£1.38
Rheinbacher Pilsner 0%, 6 × 330ml at Aldi£1.66
Stella Artois Alcohol Free, 10 × 440ml at Asda£1.95
Budweiser Zero, 12 × 330ml at Morrisons£2.02
Bavaria 0.0, 8 × 330ml at Asda£2.07
Kronenbourg 1664 Bière 0.0, 6 × 330ml at Ocado£2.07
Tennent's Zero, 4 × 440ml at Morrisons£2.13
Beck's Blue, 15 × 275ml at Morrisons£2.18
Gold bars are Aldi. Shelf prices on each supermarket’s website, 9 October 2026, best-value pack. Shandies and mixed packs left out. Lidl isn’t shown because it doesn’t list prices online.
Want more than lager?
For IPAs, pale ales and stouts, these four are some of the best alcohol-free beers we’ve reviewed, and none is sold in a supermarket we checked. All were in stock for delivery on 9 October.
Yes. Lidl’s own alcohol-free lager is Perlenbacher 0.0% (Lidl calls it Perlenbacher Pils Alcohol Free), and Which? found it in Lidl stores in April 2026. Lidl GB doesn’t sell groceries online and its website only lists the week’s offers, so check in store.
Is Lidl’s alcohol-free beer any good?
In Which?’s blind taste test of twelve alcohol-free lagers, published in April 2026, Perlenbacher 0.0% came top with 71% and was named a Best Buy and Great Value, ahead of Corona Cero, Stella Artois, Heineken and Peroni.
How much is Lidl’s alcohol-free beer?
Which? listed Perlenbacher 0.0% at £3.29 for six 330ml bottles in April 2026, which is 55p a bottle. Lidl doesn’t list it online, so check the price in store.
Rheinbacher Pilsner 0%, £3.29 for six 330ml at Aldi. It scored 68% in the same Which? test, joint fourth of twelve. See our Aldi guide.
The verdict
If you shop at Lidl, try Perlenbacher 0.0%: a taste-test winner at 55p a bottle is worth a place in the trolley. If your store is out, Aldi’s Rheinbacher is the nearest match.
For anything beyond lager, the specialists deliver.
How we checked. Lidl GB doesn’t sell groceries online and its website lists only weekly lines; when we searched lidl.co.uk on 9 October 2026, it listed no alcohol-free beer. Perlenbacher’s result and price come from Which?’s taste test (14 April 2026), and its name from Lidl’s own press release of August 2024. We haven’t reviewed it yet. Scores come from Unhopped’s own reviews. Spotted a change? Tell us.
