Guinness Alcohol-Free Beers

Guinness has brewed at St James’s Gate in Dublin since 1759, and it now belongs to Diageo, the drinks group. Guinness 0.0, launched in 2020, is its only alcohol-free beer on sale in the UK, and Diageo says it’s the best-selling alcohol-free beer in Great Britain by value.

Who are Guinness?

Arthur Guinness signed the lease on St James’s Gate in Dublin on 31 December 1759, and Guinness has brewed there ever since. It now belongs to Diageo, the drinks group behind Johnnie Walker and Crown Royal, so we don’t show it as independent. In August 2026 Diageo announced a $1bn investment in Guinness, and the brewery it opened at Littleconnell, County Kildare, in May 2026 has permission for a second brewery for Guinness and Guinness 0.0.

How Guinness 0.0 is made

Diageo says its brewers start by brewing Guinness “exactly as they always have”, with water, barley, hops and yeast, then remove the alcohol through cold filtration, which avoids “thermal stress” to the beer, and blend the flavours to match Guinness. The ingredients also include fructose and natural flavourings. All Guinness 0.0 is brewed at St James’s Gate, Drinks Industry Ireland reported in 2023, in a €25 million facility built for it. The cans carry Guinness’s widget, which releases nitrogen for the creamy head.

A launch, a recall and a relaunch

After four years of development, Guinness 0.0 went on sale in the UK on 26 October 2020, at Waitrose, Morrisons and online. About two weeks later Diageo recalled it: the Food Standards Agency said some cans might contain mould, and The Grocer later reported that an investigation had found a production process failure. It came back to Great Britain in August 2021, and from December 2022 Diageo sold it to pubs in 538ml cans. We used to say it launched in 2021.

Guinness 0.0 on draught

Draught Guinness 0.0 is common in Ireland, where Diageo said in October 2024 that it was on tap in about 1,700 pubs, The Irish Times reported. In Britain it’s still rare: Diageo has trialled it on draught in a handful of pubs, mostly in London, since 2023, and we found no sign of a wider rollout. Some British pubs pour it through Guinness’s Microdraught system, from a 558ml can, and many sell the 538ml can. We used to say it was on draught in thousands of UK pubs; that was wrong.

Guinness 0.0 in our directory

We score Guinness 0.0 8.1/10. Guinness gives 17 kcal and 3.8g of carbohydrate per 100ml, about 75 kcal a 440ml can. It contains gluten, from the barley, and Guinness says it’s vegan. Diageo says it’s the best-selling alcohol-free beer in Great Britain by value. For our full verdict, read the Guinness 0.0 review, or see how it compares in our guide to the best alcohol-free stouts.

The Guinness beer in our directory

Checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Guinness 0.0

Most big supermarkets sell it. On 28 October 2026 Tesco had four 440ml cans for £4.86, price-matched to Aldi, and ten for £12.25; Sainsbury’s and Morrisons had four for £5.45, Waitrose four for £6.30, and Morrisons had ten for £12, or three ten-packs for £30 online until 1 November. Online, Dry Drinker had cases of 440ml cans from £13.51 for six and 538ml pint cans from £18.23, and Wise Bartender had single pint cans at £3.20; those are affiliate links.

Facts checked against guinness.com, Diageo’s press releases and 2026 annual report, Companies House, the Food Standards Agency, Barnivore, the trade press, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender, October 2026.