Amstel Alcohol-Free Beers

Amstel 0.0 is 0.0% ABV with 23 kcal per 100ml, according to Amstel. Amstel doesn’t say whether it’s vegan, and it isn’t gluten-free. It’s the alcohol-free version of the Amsterdam lager owned by Heineken, and it’s hard to find in the UK.

Who are Amstel?

Amstel opened on the Mauritskade in Amsterdam on 11 June 1870. Its founders, Charles de Pesters and Johannes van Marwijk Kooij, named it after the river Amstel, and it stored ice cut from the city’s canals in double-walled cellars to lager its beer.

Heineken merged with Amstel in 1968. The Mauritskade brewery was demolished in 1982, and Amstel is now brewed at Heineken’s Zoeterwoude brewery; the UK cans say they’re brewed in the UK and the Netherlands.

Amstel 0.0

Amstel 0.0 is the alcohol-free version. Amstel says it’s brewed with its cold contact method and Aurora hops, and describes “a full, approachable taste”. Cold contact is a technique in which the yeast meets the wort at a low temperature, so it adds flavour but makes very little alcohol. Amstel doesn’t say whether any alcohol is removed afterwards.

Amstel’s Dutch product page gives 23 kcal, 5.4g of carbohydrate and 3.4g of sugar per 100ml. We used to show 18 kcal, the figure on a Dutch supermarket’s listing, but Amstel’s own figure is higher. The ingredients are water, barley malt, hops, hop extract and natural malt flavouring, so it isn’t gluten-free. In 2019 Amstel’s UK site said full-strength Amstel was suitable for vegans, according to the vegan directory Barnivore; the site no longer says so, and we found no vegan statement for the 0.0.

How strong is regular Amstel?

Amstel’s UK site gives 4.1%, and so does Heineken UK, which adds that Amstel in bottles is 3.4%. The cans and bottles we found in UK shops, at Ocado and Iceland, are labelled 3.4%. A pint at 3.4% is about 1.9 units of alcohol. Our beer strength guide compares the big lager brands with their alcohol-free versions.

Where to buy Amstel 0.0 in the UK

It’s hard to find. Amstel 0.0 isn’t part of Heineken UK’s range, and we didn’t find it at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose, Iceland or the Co-op. Dry Drinker lists 330ml cans, at £13.92 for six, but they were sold out when we checked on 26 October 2026; that’s an affiliate link.

Heineken’s alcohol-free lager in UK shops is Heineken 0.0. For more, see our ranking of the best 0.0% beers and our guide to Dutch alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against Amstel’s UK and Dutch websites, Heineken, the Oxford Companion to Beer, UK and Dutch supermarket listings and Dry Drinker, October 2026.