Hammerton Alcohol-Free Beers

Two Hammerton beers in our directory, both 0.5% stouts: CRUNCH AF and Fudge City AF. We haven’t scored either yet. Hammerton also makes Zed, an alcohol-free pale ale we don’t list yet.

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Hammerton is an independent brewery in Islington, north London, best known for its dessert stouts. Most of its beers are full strength; its two 0.5% stouts, CRUNCH AF and Fudge City AF, are alcohol-free versions of the same idea.

Hammerton at a glance

Founded: 2014, by Lee Hammerton; his wife, Karina Benavente, is co-founder
Owner: Lee Hammerton, with 75% or more, Companies House says
Brewery: Roman Way, Islington, north London
Alcohol-free: CRUNCH AF and Fudge City AF, both 0.5% stouts, and Zed, a pale ale we don’t list yet
Where to buy: Hammerton’s own shop; Dry Drinker lists both stouts but was sold out

Who are Hammerton?

Lee Hammerton swapped a career in IT for brewing in 2014, Hammerton says, and his wife, Karina Benavente, is co-founder. The brewery is on Roman Way in Islington, and Hammerton also runs a pub, the House of Hammerton, on Holloway Road. It calls itself “Independent • Multicultural • Family-Run”. Companies House lists Lee Hammerton as owning 75% or more of Hammerton Brewery Limited, and as its only director, so we show it as independent.

Hammerton’s alcohol-free beers

Most of Hammerton’s beers are full strength, including its dessert stouts: CRUNCH, a 5.3% peanut butter stout, and the chocolate fudge cake stouts City of Cake (5.5%) and Cake Metropolis (8.1%). Its first alcohol-free beer was Zed, a pale ale that’s still in its core range and was on sale by 2020. We haven’t added Zed to our directory yet. We used to say we had all of Hammerton’s alcohol-free beers, and that it went straight to stouts; neither was right.

CRUNCH AF, the 0.5% version of CRUNCH, promises “a massive hit of roasted peanuts and biscuit on the nose”, Hammerton says. It contains peanut and lactose, so it isn’t vegan, and it was in stock at Hammerton’s shop when we checked. Fudge City AF, a 0.5% “decadent deep and rich chocolate milk stout”, is a limited release, and it was sold out everywhere we checked; Hammerton hasn’t published its ingredients. The Grocer listed both among the new alcohol-free beers for January 2024. Hammerton doesn’t publish calorie figures for either, and we haven’t scored them yet.

The Hammerton beers in our directory

Beer	Style	ABV	Per 100ml	Unhopped score	UK status
CRUNCH AF	Peanut butter milk stout	0.5%	Not published	Not yet rated	In stock at Hammerton’s own shop; sold out at Dry Drinker
Fudge City AF	Chocolate milk stout, Hammerton says	0.5%	Not published	Not yet rated	Sold out everywhere we checked; a limited release

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

Where to buy Hammerton

Hammerton’s own shop had CRUNCH AF in stock on 28 October 2026, at £12.29 for four cans or £35.91 for twelve, with free UK delivery on orders over £48; Fudge City AF was sold out there. Dry Drinker lists both, but every case size was sold out (that’s an affiliate link). We didn’t find them at Wise Bartender or in supermarkets.

Facts checked against Hammerton’s website and shop, Companies House, The Gazette, The Grocer, free-beer.co.uk, Untappd and Dry Drinker, October 2026.

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Hammerton Beers in Our Directory

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Hammerton CRUNCH AF Peanut Butter Milk Stout

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Hammerton Fudge City AF

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Frequently asked questions

Who owns Hammerton?

Lee Hammerton, who started the brewery in 2014. Companies House lists him as the only person with significant control of Hammerton Brewery Limited, with 75% or more of the shares, so we show Hammerton as independent. His wife, Karina Benavente, is co-founder, Hammerton says.

Where is Hammerton brewed?

At Hammerton’s brewery on Roman Way in Islington, north London. It also runs a pub, the House of Hammerton, on Holloway Road.

Is Hammerton beer alcohol-free?

Most of Hammerton’s beers are full strength. Its two alcohol-free stouts, CRUNCH AF and Fudge City AF, are 0.5% ABV, Hammerton says. UK government guidance, which is voluntary, keeps the term alcohol-free for 0.05% ABV or below, though many 0.5% beers are sold in the UK as alcohol-free. More in our 0.0% vs 0.5% guide.

Do Hammerton’s alcohol-free stouts contain peanut or milk?

CRUNCH AF does: it’s a peanut butter milk stout, and the can lists peanut and lactose, as free-beer.co.uk transcribed it. Hammerton hasn’t published the ingredients or allergens for Fudge City AF, which it calls a chocolate milk stout, so check the can if you have an allergy.

Where can I buy Hammerton’s alcohol-free beers?

From Hammerton’s own shop, which had CRUNCH AF in stock on 28 October 2026, at £12.29 for four cans. Fudge City AF, a limited release, was sold out there. Dry Drinker lists both, but every case size was sold out.