The best alcohol-free beers in the UK right now are Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA and Northern Monk Holy Faith, level on 8.8 out of 10. Run Wild is the easier to find: Tesco and Ocado both sell it.
For a lager, buy Lucky Saint Unfiltered (8.7), on sale at almost every big supermarket. For a stout, Big Drop Galactic Milk Stout (8.6). Our highest-rated beer of all, Northern Monk Heaven AF (8.9), was out of stock at every shop we checked, so snap it up if you see it.
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There are a lot of alcohol-free beers on sale in the UK now, and plenty of forgettable ones. This list cuts straight to the 20 non-alcoholic beers we rate highest that you can actually buy today, out of the 227 in the Unhopped directory.
Every beer here was in stock at Dry Drinker or Wise Bartender, or on a supermarket’s website, when we checked on 9 October 2026; by 12 October Heaps Normal Quiet XPA had sold out at both, and it’s still available from Heaps Normal’s own UK shop. Each one links to our full review, and the buttons go straight to a shop.
| Beer | Style and strength | Our score | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPAAthletic Brewing | IPA, <0.5% | 8.8 | Tesco, Ocado, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 2. Northern Monk Holy FaithNorthern Monk | Hazy IPA, 0.4% | 8.8 | Dry Drinker |
| 3. Lucky Saint Unfiltered LagerLucky Saint | Lager, 0.5% | 8.7 | Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado, Co-op, Majestic, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 4. Athletic Brewing Free Wave Hazy IPAAthletic Brewing | Hazy IPA, <0.5% | 8.7 | Ocado, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 5. Lucky Saint Hazy IPALucky Saint | Hazy IPA, 0.5% | 8.6 | Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, Ocado, Co-op, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 6. Brulo Lust for Life DDH IPABrulo | IPA, 0.5% | 8.6 | Morrisons, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 7. Big Drop Galactic Milk StoutBig Drop | Stout, 0.5% | 8.6 | Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 8. Beavertown Lazer CrushBeavertown | IPA, 0.3% | 8.5 | Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, Ocado, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 9. Athletic Brewing Upside DawnAthletic Brewing | Pale Ale, <0.5% | 8.5 | Ocado, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 10. Big Drop Pine Trail Pale AleBig Drop | Pale Ale, 0.5% | 8.5 | Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 11. Drop Bear Yuzu Pale AleDrop Bear Beer Co | Pale Ale, 0.5% | 8.5 | Ocado, Dry Drinker |
| 12. Lervig No Worries Grapefruit IPALervig | IPA, 0.5% | 8.5 | Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 13. Mikkeller Weird Weather Hazy IPAMikkeller | Hazy IPA, 0.3% | 8.5 | Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 14. Heaps Normal Quiet XPAHeaps Normal | Pale Ale, <0.5% | 8.5 | Heaps Normal (own UK shop) |
| 15. Lucky Saint Superior Lemon LagerLucky Saint | Lager, 0.5% | 8.4 | Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose |
| 16. Lervig No Worries IPALervig | IPA, 0.5% | 8.4 | Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
| 17. Brulo Cascadian Tides StoutBrulo | Stout, 0.5% | 8.4 | Wise Bartender |
| 18. Heaps Normal Half Day HazyHeaps Normal | Hazy IPA, <0.5% | 8.4 | Dry Drinker |
| 19. Mash Gang Chug Hazy IPAMash Gang | Hazy IPA, 0.5% | 8.4 | Waitrose |
| 20. Drop Bear Bonfire StoutDrop Bear Beer Co | Stout, 0.5% | 8.3 | Ocado, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender |
Joint best alcohol-free beer
IPA, <0.5% Athletic Brewing, USA
Pine resin, grapefruit and lemon zest, with more bite than most alcohol-free IPAs. It smells and drinks like a proper craft IPA. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Tesco and Ocado. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
Joint best alcohol-free beer
Hazy IPA, 0.4% Northern Monk, UK
Pillowy and soft, with huge mango, papaya and passion fruit and a gentle bitter finish. Order it from Dry Drinker. Read our review.
Delivered by Dry Drinker.
No. 3
Lager, 0.5% Lucky Saint, UK
Hazy pale gold, bready malt and a clean, dry finish, with more body than most alcohol-free lagers. Our top-scoring lager, and the one to buy if you only buy one. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado and Co-op, and by the case at Majestic. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 4
Hazy IPA, <0.5% Athletic Brewing, USA
Athletic’s hazy IPA, hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Mosaic for tangerine and grapefruit, with a soft, juicy body. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Ocado. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 5
Hazy IPA, 0.5% Lucky Saint, UK
Soft, juicy and tropical, with gentle bitterness. The easy-drinking IPA for anyone who finds most IPAs too bitter. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, Ocado and Co-op. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 6
IPA, 0.5% Brulo, UK
Double dry-hopped, with mango, pineapple and grapefruit and a creamy finish that lingers. One of the best alcohol-free IPAs we’ve reviewed. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Morrisons. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 7
Stout, 0.5% Big Drop, UK
Coffee, dark chocolate and sweet cream, full-bodied and velvety. Sweeter and creamier than Guinness 0.0. Read our review.
Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 8
IPA, 0.3% Beavertown, UK
Tropical and citrus hops with a clean, dry finish: a proper IPA at just 0.3%. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose and Ocado. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 9
Pale Ale, <0.5% Athletic Brewing, USA
Athletic’s easy-drinking golden ale: light-bodied and clean, with citrus on the nose and a gently earthy, spicy edge. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Ocado. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 10
Pale Ale, 0.5% Big Drop, UK
Citra, Chinook and Columbus hops give citrus and pine, with a clean, dry finish. An everyday pale ale, not a substitute. Read our review.
Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 11
Pale Ale, 0.5% Drop Bear Beer Co, UK
An American-style pale ale with yuzu from Swansea’s Drop Bear, which describes lemon, lime and grapefruit over biscuit and toffee malt. It’s vegan and labelled gluten-free. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Ocado. Delivered by Dry Drinker.
No. 12
IPA, 0.5% Lervig, Norway
A Norwegian IPA with real grapefruit: zesty, cleanly bitter and very refreshing. Read our review.
Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 13
Hazy IPA, 0.3% Mikkeller, Denmark
A hazy Danish IPA with ripe mango, citrus and floral hops and a silky body, at 0.3%. Read our review.
Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 14
Pale Ale, <0.5% Heaps Normal, Australia
Heaps Normal’s flagship XPA, with what it calls a “tropical and citrus aroma” and “balanced bitterness”. It was named the World’s Best No & Low Alcohol Pale at the 2022 World Beer Awards. Read our review.
Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender had sold out by 12 October; Heaps Normal’s own UK shop sells four-packs.
No. 15
Lager, 0.5% Lucky Saint, UK
Lucky Saint’s lager brewed with lemon and lime juice: clean and citrus-fresh. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.
No. 16
IPA, 0.5% Lervig, Norway
Citrus and tropical fruit up front, a solid malt backbone and a dry finish. Read our review.
Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
No. 17
Stout, 0.5% Brulo, UK
Dark chocolate, coffee and a hint of vanilla: a smooth, robust stout. Read our review.
Delivered by Wise Bartender.
No. 18
Hazy IPA, <0.5% Heaps Normal, Australia
Mango and pineapple, a smooth, juicy body and a gentle dry finish. Read our review.
Delivered by Dry Drinker.
No. 19
Hazy IPA, 0.5% Mash Gang, UK
Mango, passionfruit and grapefruit with a crisp, zesty finish: Mash Gang’s World Beer Cup-winning hazy IPA. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Waitrose.
No. 20
Stout, 0.5% Drop Bear Beer Co, UK
A stout brewed with smoked malt by Swansea’s Drop Bear, which promises espresso, smoke and dark chocolate. It’s vegan and labelled gluten-free. Read our review.
On supermarket shelves at Ocado. Delivered by Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender.
Know what you like already? These are the highest-rated beers you can buy in each style, with a link to the style guide or our review.
A few of our highest-rated beers weren’t in stock at any shop we checked, so they’re not in the top 20. If you see them, buy them: Northern Monk Heaven AF Chocolate Maple Stout (8.9), Northern Monk Reimagined Dream Hazy IPA (8.7), Big Drop Poolside DDH IPA (8.6), Northern Monk Beyond New World IPA (8.6) and Mash Gang Lesser Evil Stout (8.5).
Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA and Northern Monk Holy Faith, both 8.8 out of 10 in Unhopped’s ratings, are the best alcohol-free beers you can buy in the UK right now. Northern Monk Heaven AF scores higher (8.9) but wasn’t in stock at Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender or any supermarket we checked in October 2026.
Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA (8.8), at Tesco and Ocado. Lucky Saint Unfiltered Lager (8.7) is the best you’ll find almost everywhere: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado and Co-op all sell it. Our supermarket guide has the full ranges and prices.
For IPA drinkers, Run Wild: it smells and drinks like a proper craft IPA. For stout drinkers, Guinness 0.0, which looks exactly like Guinness in the glass. Our guide to alcohol-free beer that tastes like real beer goes further.
Lucky Saint Unfiltered Lager, 8.7 out of 10. Our alcohol-free lager ranking covers every lager we rate that’s on sale.
La Trappe Nillis (8.2), an alcohol-free Trappist beer, then Guinness 0.0 (8.1). Every beer on this page is 0.5% or under; our best 0.0% beer guide ranks the ones with no alcohol at all.
By Unhopped score, out of 10, from tastings logged in the Unhopped app. Only beers in stock at Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender or a supermarket on 9 October 2026 are included, and where scores tie, the beer you can buy in more places comes first.
Buying for someone else? Start with our alcohol-free gift guide, or go straight to the best alcohol-free beer gift sets, alcohol-free hampers and alcohol-free advent calendars.
Start with Run Wild or Holy Faith if you like hops, Lucky Saint if you drink lager, and Galactic if you want a stout. Then build a mixed case of the rest: it’s the quickest way to find your own favourite.
How we rank. We take every beer in the Unhopped directory with a score, keep the ones on sale on 9 October 2026, and rank them by score. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10, from tastings logged in the Unhopped app. Stock changes daily, so the buttons always take you to today’s price. Spotted a change? Tell us.
