Cornet Alcohol-Free Beers

Cornet is an oaked Belgian blond from Brouwerij De Hoorn in Steenhuffel, part of Palm, which belongs to the Dutch brewing group Royal Swinkels. Its alcohol-free version, 0.3%, is sold in the UK as Cornet Oaked Alcohol-Free; Albert Heijn now lists it as Cornet Alcoholfree. It’s sold out at the UK shops we link to.

Who makes Cornet?

Brouwerij De Hoorn, in Steenhuffel, “had been brewing for its village and the surrounding areas for around 300 years”, Beer52 reported: Andries and Joanna Van Doorselaer bought it in 1706 and set it up as a brewery, and it was “acquired in 2014 by Palm Belgian Craft Brewers and restored to its former glory”. “Today, it is part of the Swinkels family of breweries.”

Albert Heijn’s listings give the supplier as “Brouwerij de Hoorn Palm nv-sa”, at Steenhuffeldorp 3, Steenhuffel. The Belgian register lists Palm there as a public limited company set up in 1942, with about 148 full-time staff.

Who owns Cornet?

Royal Swinkels, the Dutch brewing group based in Lieshout, formerly Bavaria. It announced a 60% stake in Palm in May 2016 and took it to 100% in 2021, according to Wikipedia, which says the company “is fully owned by the Swinkels family for seven generations”. It became Swinkels Family Brewers in 2018, gained a royal title in 2019 and shortened its name to Royal Swinkels in 2024, Wikipedia says. Cornet belongs to a large brewing group, so it isn’t independent.

Cornet Oaked

Beer52 described the full-strength beer as “a richly oaked, heavy blond beer with a subtle vanilla note from the oak on which it is matured”. The Belgian supermarket Colruyt lists Cornet Oaked at 8.5%.

Cornet’s alcohol-free beer

Cornet Oaked Alcohol-Free came out in June 2021, Alcoholvrij Bierhuis says, and made-in.be reported that Cornet Alcohol-Free followed in bottle and can in 2021. It’s 0.3%, and Albert Heijn files it as low-alcohol beer. On the oak, sources differ: The Alcohol Free Co and the Dutch shop Alcoholvrij Bierhuis say it’s Cornet Oaked with the alcohol removed, then oaked again with oak chips; the ingredient list at Albert Heijn and Colruyt declares oak extract. Both may apply.

Since September 2026 it’s also on draught, made-in.be reported, quoting brewmaster Stijn Bundervoet, who said that thanks to the combination of its alcohol-free brewing technology and lightly toasted oak chips, it had succeeded. The article doesn’t say whether that technology is dealcoholisation.

Albert Heijn now sells “Cornet Alcoholfree” in single bottles, four-packs and twelve-packs, and shows its older “Cornet Oaked blond alcohol-free” four-pack as no longer in its range. That looks like a new name for the same beer, but that’s our reading; we couldn’t read Cornet’s own website to check. Albert Heijn’s listings give 25 kcal per 100ml, with 1.5g of sugars, from the brewer’s product data. We found no awards for it.

How Cornet’s alcohol-free beer compares

Alcohol-free Belgian blonds in our directory. Calories as published; checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Cornet beer in our directory

Checked 31 October 2026. Calories are from Albert Heijn’s listings. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Cornet

On 31 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker both listed it, but had sold out of every size, and Wise Bartender doesn’t list it; we didn’t check the UK supermarkets. For another alcohol-free Belgian blond, Troubadour Zestra was in stock at The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker. More in our guide to the best Belgian alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against Beer52, Wikipedia, the Belgian company register (via companyweb), Albert Heijn, Colruyt, made-in.be, Alcoholvrij Bierhuis, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, 31 October 2026.