Meteor Alcohol-Free Beers

Meteor is a family-owned, independent brewery in Hochfelden, Alsace, which dates its history to 1640 and says it is the oldest brewing site in France. It makes two 0.0% beers sold in the UK: Sans Alcool, a lager, and IPA 0,0%.

Who are Meteor?

Meteor’s story begins in 1640 with Jean Klein, its 2025 press kit says. Martin Metzger bought the brewery in 1844, and in 1898 Louis Haag married Louise Metzger, the owners’ daughter. The brewery took the name Meteor in 1925, and the Metzger-Haag family has owned it since 1844, Good Beer Hunting reported in 2024.

Michel Haag ran Meteor from 1975 to 2021, Good Beer Hunting says, and Edouard Haag is the eighth generation in charge. Reports differ on when Edouard Haag took over: Le Journal des Entreprises has given both 2018 and February 2021, and Good Beer Hunting says his parents handed over the reins in 2021.

Meteor calls itself 100% family-owned and independent, and Good Beer Hunting reports that the family has turned down every takeover approach. “When I took charge of Meteor, there were twenty-one independent, family-owned breweries in Alsace,” Michel Haag told it. “They all closed or lost their independence, except for us.” We found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent.

What Meteor brews

Meteor Pils, made since 1927, is about 40% of what Meteor brews, Good Beer Hunting reported; its recipe hasn’t changed except for the Alsatian hop Aramis, added in 2010. The range also takes in a 5% Lager, a 4.7% Blanche, IPAs, a cherry beer, seasonal beers and an 8% Triple, the press kit says. Meteor says it uses only French barley malt, most of it from within 30km, and that about 90% of its aroma hops are Alsatian.

Meteor’s press kit lists medals for its full-strength IPA: gold at the Concours Général Agricole in 2025, silver at the International Beer Challenge in 2023 and bronze at the World Beer Awards in 2020. We haven’t checked these with the organisers. We found no awards for its alcohol-free beers.

How big is Meteor?

It brews about 500,000 hectolitres a year, Good Beer Hunting reported in 2024, the same figure Le Journal des Entreprises gave in 2022, when it put Meteor at 2% of the French beer market. The press kit gives €58 million of turnover in 2024, with 5% of output exported; Good Beer Hunting lists the UK first among its export markets. About three-quarters of its beer goes out in returnable containers, the press kit says.

Since 2016 Meteor has run a visitor centre, the Villa Meteor, in Hochfelden, with a 90-minute visit that ends with a tasting. The press kit says it has 25,000 visitors a year; Good Beer Hunting gives 20,000.

Meteor’s alcohol-free beers

Meteor Sans Alcool is a lager brewed from pure malt, fine and balanced, with subtle honey notes, the press kit says. Meteor gives it as 0.0%; some older and export listings, including Norway’s Vinmonopolet, give 0.5%. Other listings put it in 250ml bottles. We couldn’t read Meteor’s own product page, so we haven’t seen its ingredients or calories, and we found no launch date.

Meteor IPA 0,0% is, the press kit says, its newest beer. It’s brewed with Simcoe and Teorem hops, macerated cold during lagering, at 33 IBU, a colour of 13 EBC and an original gravity of 5.5°P, Meteor says. Teorem is an experimental cross of Strisselspalt and Cascade from Hop France, Good Beer Hunting says. Meteor describes a pale, slightly hazy beer with “Lively exotic fruit notes” and a fruity, smooth taste. It doesn’t publish calories; the French shop Bienmanger gives 21 kcal per 100ml.

Meteor doesn’t say how it keeps the alcohol out or removes it, and we found no awards for either beer. It also makes a Panaché du Brasseur under 1%, which isn’t alcohol-free.

How Meteor’s beers compare

The French alcohol-free beers in our directory. Calories as published; Meteor doesn’t publish any. Checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Meteor beers in our directory

Checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Meteor

On 30 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co had both, from £13.31 for six, and Dry Drinker from £12.99; those are affiliate links. For more 0.0% beers, see our guide to the best 0.0% alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against Meteor’s own website and 2025 press kit, Good Beer Hunting, Le Journal des Entreprises, Vinmonopolet, Bienmanger, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, 31 October 2026.