Klokk & Co Alcohol-Free Beers

Klokk & Co is a small Oslo company that develops alcohol-free beers in its own test lab and has them brewed under contract in Norway, mainly at Arendals Bryggeri in a long-term partnership and on spare capacity elsewhere, the grocer MENY says. The UK shops we link to list seven of them, all 0.5%: two FRIPA IPAs, three FRIPA radlers, Gringo and NADA.

Who are Klokk & Co?

Klokk & Co AS was set up in Oslo on 2 March 2016, the Norwegian company register shows (via Proff). It started under the name Nordic Brewing, the Norwegian beer blog Beerblog reported in 2017; the register entry we read shows no former name.

Two of the three founders now work full-time in the company, MENY says, without naming the third. The food magazine Smak names two co-founders: Kristine Lund, and Leif Klokk, the brewmaster and the man behind the company’s name. Lund wanted better alcohol-free beer than she could find, and Klokk developed FRIPA, its first beer, MENY says.

The register lists its shareholders as Kristine Lund, Håkon Olsen and two holding companies, with one-sixth each, and other, unnamed shareholders with a third. We found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent.

Who brews Klokk & Co’s beer?

MENY’s profile of the company says it has a close and long-term partnership with Arendals Bryggeri, and brews on spare capacity in the market, developing the beers in its own test lab. That page isn’t dated. Older sources agree: in 2017 Beerblog said it sold beer brewed by others, mainly at Arendals Bryggeri, and in 2018 Smak reported production there.

What else Klokk & Co makes

It makes full-strength beers too, such as Oi Oi, an 8% imperial IPA, Vinmonopolet and Untappd list, and soft drinks, including a ginger beer and SKVIZ soda. In 2018 MENY’s Matskatter awards gave it third place and a NOK 100,000 grant to develop more alcohol-free beers, and the jury called FRIPA perhaps Norway’s best alcohol-free beer, the organiser’s press release says. That’s a development grant, not a medal; we found no competition medals for its alcohol-free beers.

How big is Klokk & Co?

Small: one to four employees, and revenue of NOK 27.9 million in 2025, Proff shows, up from sales of NOK 336,000 in 2016, Beerblog reported. In Norway its beers are sold in shops, including MENY, hotels, restaurants and bars, MENY says, adding that today they also export three of their alcohol-free beers to the UK and Finland. The UK shops we link to list seven, on sale at The Alcohol Free Co since 25 June 2026; as MENY’s page is undated, we can’t say which is more recent.

Klokk & Co’s alcohol-free beers

Klokk & Co doesn’t say which method it uses. The brewer told Smak in 2018 that, because it can’t let fermentation bring out body and flavour, it’s up to the combination of raw ingredients alone to create a real beer feel (our translation from the Norwegian).

FRIPA, its first beer, is an alcohol-free IPA, on Untappd since 2018. FRIPA Mango adds mango purée and is now sold all year, MENY says. The radlers, Lime & Mango, Mandarin & Lemongrass and Trippel Sitrus, are half alcohol-free IPA and half sugared lemonade, the Norwegian listings say. Gringo is a Mexican-style lager with lime and ginger. NADA, an American pale ale, came after MENY asked whether Klokk & Co could make an alcohol-free beer to go with rakfisk, fermented trout.

All seven are 0.5%, the UK shops and Untappd say, though Vinmonopolet lists FRIPA, the Lime & Mango radler and Gringo at 0%. Klokk & Co doesn’t publish calorie figures that we could read; the Norwegian grocer Oda gives 18 to 24 kcal per 100ml for six of them (none for Gringo), which we don’t use in our calorie tools. Norway has more, not sold by the UK shops we link to, such as JuleFRIPA, a seasonal FRIPA with apple and cinnamon, MENY says.

The Klokk & Co beers in our directory

Checked 30 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Klokk & Co

On 30 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co had six of the seven at £15.40 for six, and Dry Drinker at £15.71 (affiliate links). Both had sold out of FRIPA. For more from Norway, see Lervig and our guide to the best Norwegian alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against MENY, Proff (from the Norwegian company register), Smak, Beerblog, NTB (MENY’s press release), Untappd, Vinmonopolet, Oda, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, 31 October 2026.