Brass Castle Alcohol-Free Beers
Two Brass Castle beers in our directory: Squeeze, a grapefruit IPA, on sale now, and Life’s AF Beach, its first, which no longer seems to be.
Brass Castle is an independent brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, that says every beer it makes is vegan and gluten-free. Its first alcohol-free beer, Life’s AF Beach, is in our directory but no longer seems to be on sale; its current one is Squeeze, a grapefruit IPA.
- Founder: Phil Saltonstall
- Based: Malton, North Yorkshire, since 2014
- Company: Brass Castle Brewery Limited, incorporated in 2013
- Owner: Independent: Phil Saltonstall and Ian Goodall are the people with significant control
- Dietary: Every beer vegan, and lab-tested to under 20ppm of gluten, Brass Castle says
- Alcohol-free beers: Squeeze, a 0.5% grapefruit IPA, on sale; Phantasm, a 0.5% IPA, listed at Dry Drinker; Life’s AF Beach, no longer on its shop
- In the UK: Brass Castle’s own shop, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker
Who are Brass Castle?
The idea for Brass Castle was born, it says, “in a Manhattan apartment and on the brewhouse floor of Triumph Brewing in Princeton”. Its second batch ever, Bad Kitty, was brewed in the garage of a Yorkshire house; after a spell brewing at the Garrowby Brewhouse, it set up in Malton in 2014, “with money cobbled together from family and friends”. Phil Saltonstall is its founder. In 2015 its Burnout was named Supreme National Champion Cask Beer at the Society of Independent Brewers’ BeerX.
Vegan and gluten-free
Brass Castle says it never uses animal products, so every beer is vegan, and that every beer it has brewed since December 2017 has been based on a gluten-free recipe. Every batch, it says, is tested by a third-party laboratory to under 20ppm of gluten, the limit for a gluten-free claim. It doesn’t name a certification body.
Is Brass Castle independent?
Yes. It calls itself an “independent Malton-based Yorkshire brewery”, and Companies House lists two individuals, Phil Saltonstall and Ian Goodall, as its people with significant control, each with 25–50%. We found no stake by a larger brewer.
The alcohol-free beers
Life’s AF Beach was “our first ever ALCOHOL FREE beer!”, Brass Castle said: a 0.5% “pina colada style ale” with “sweet fresh pineapple, with a huge coconut aroma, and a big hit of hops”. When we checked on 26 October 2026 it wasn’t on Brass Castle’s shop, Dry Drinker’s page had no price, and another shop marked it as previously stocked, though Brass Castle hasn’t said it has been dropped.
Its current alcohol-free beer is Squeeze, a 0.5% grapefruit IPA in 440ml cans: “fresh grapefruit bursts from the glass with vibrant citrus aromas and a crisp, juicy character”, Brass Castle says. It’s unfiltered, and Brass Castle says it’s certified gluten-free. Dry Drinker also lists Phantasm, a 0.5% IPA with Mosaic and El Dorado hops, which was out of stock and isn’t in our directory yet. In December 2025 Brass Castle said it was working on more alcohol-free beers.
The Brass Castle beers in our directory
Checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
Where to buy Brass Castle alcohol-free
Brass Castle’s own shop sells Squeeze from £3.30 a can, with 10% off a case of 12. On 26 October 2026 Dry Drinker had it in stock in cases of 6, 12 and 24, and on 29 October The Alcohol Free Co had it at £4.65 a can or £26.57 for six; those links are affiliate links. We didn’t find Brass Castle at Wise Bartender or the supermarkets we could check. For more alcohol-free beer from small UK breweries, see our best craft alcohol-free breweries.
Facts checked against Brass Castle’s website, shop and blog, its trade listing, Companies House, the Society of Independent Brewers, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender and Beer Ritz, October 2026.
Brass Castle Beers in Our Directory
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