Fierce Beer Alcohol-Free Beers

Fierce Beer is a craft brewery in Dyce, on the edge of Aberdeen, set up in 2015 by Dave Grant and David McHardy. Most of its beers are full strength, but it sells six 0.5% beers, five lagers and a hazy IPA, and it has brewed alcohol-free beer for other brands too.

Who are Fierce Beer?

Dave Grant and David McHardy set up Fierce Beer in Aberdeen: the company was registered in March 2015, and its brewery in Dyce started brewing in 2016. We used to say it was founded in 2016. In 2017 Southern Cross Beverages, a food and drink group, invested £400,000 for about 20%, and Fierce went on to open bars in Edinburgh and Manchester; the Manchester bar closed in December 2024.

Companies House lists Dave Grant as the only person with significant control, with between 25% and 50% of the shares. No larger brewer or drinks group controls it, so we show it as independent. Fierce Beer Limited is active, with its filings up to date, and we found no sign of insolvency.

Fierce’s alcohol-free beers

Fierce started brewing alcohol-free beer in 2022 with Cerveza 0.5, and it says it brews every one to 0.5% from the start, rather than brewing to full strength and taking the alcohol out. Most are sold as gluten-free, with the gluten removed after fermentation; Fierce says Brewlab tests them at below 20 parts per million. Fierce says everything it brews is vegan friendly.

The lagers: Hometown Lager 0.5, the 0.5% version of its everyday lager, “light and refreshing”, in 330ml cans; Peach Fuzz Lager 0.5, a pale lager with natural peach extract; and 1983 Lager 0.5, made with Aberdeen FC and named after the club’s 1983 European Cup Winners’ Cup win, which isn’t sold as gluten-free. Fierce gives the three the same nutrition panel, 17 kcal per 100ml. In September 2026 Fierce added two limited editions from one base recipe: Mango & Lime and Pineapple & Habanero.

Fancy Juice Hazy IPA 0.5 uses the same Citra, Mosaic and Galaxy hops as Fierce’s full-strength Fancy Juice. We also list Fierce Cerveza 0.5, a Mexican-style lager. Fierce’s blog called it a year-round bestseller in September 2026, but on 28 October it wasn’t in Fierce’s shop; The Alcohol Free Co was the only UK shop we found selling it. There’s no alcohol-free pale ale, though we used to say Fierce had a range of them. We haven’t scored any of the seven yet.

The Fierce beers in our directory

All 0.5% ABV, Fierce says. The calorie figures are Fierce’s, and the same for three beers. Checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Brewing for other brands

Fierce’s brewery has made alcohol-free beer for others. Mash Gang named Fierce as its production partner in its 2022 crowdfunding campaign, and a review on free-beer.co.uk says Amundsen brewed Eazy Peazy, its alcohol-free hazy IPA, at Fierce’s brewery for the UK, “with some help from the nolo expertise at Fierce”.

Where to buy Fierce alcohol-free beer

Dry Drinker had Peach Fuzz in cases of six and 12 cans on 28 October 2026 (£21.03 for six), and Mango & Lime in cases of six (£28.24); those are affiliate links. It had Pineapple & Habanero sold out. Fierce’s own shop sells all six of its 0.5% beers, as singles from £1.55 and, for most, in 12s, and had 12 cans of Peach Fuzz for £15. The Alcohol Free Co had Cerveza 0.5, which Fierce’s shop doesn’t list, at £26.99 for six, and also had Hometown, 1983 and Pineapple & Habanero, though for more than Fierce’s own shop charges; that’s an affiliate link too. Wise Bartender doesn’t sell Fierce, and the Fierce beers we found at Sainsbury’s and Morrisons were full strength.

Facts checked against Companies House, The Gazette, Fierce Beer’s shop, product data and blog, Aberdeen FC, Dry Drinker, Wise Bartender, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Mash Gang’s crowdfunding page, free-beer.co.uk and trade press, October 2026.