Mikkeller Alcohol-Free Beers
Six Mikkeller beers in our directory, most of them 0.3%: five on sale in the UK, and Racing Beer, which isn’t any more. We score Weird Weather 8.5, Drink’in the Sun 8.2 and Racing Beer 8.1.
Mikkeller is the Copenhagen brewer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø started in 2006, famous for brewing at other people’s breweries. Its alcohol-free beers, most of them 0.3%, use a yeast it developed with De Proefbrouwerij in Belgium, and five of them were on sale in the UK when we checked.
- Founded: 2006, in Copenhagen, by Mikkel Borg Bjergsø and Kristian Klarup Keller, who left in 2007
- Owner: Mikkel Bjergsø, who keeps control; Carlsberg owns 20% (since 2024) and Orkila Capital is the second-largest shareholder
- Brews at: Mostly partner breweries, mainly De Proefbrouwerij in Belgium
- Alcohol-free: Ten beers on its current list, most of them 0.3%
- Where to buy: The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender
Who are Mikkeller?
Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, a maths and physics teacher, and the journalist Kristian Klarup Keller founded Mikkeller in Copenhagen in 2006; the name joins theirs. Keller left in 2007. From the start it was a “gypsy” brewer, designing beers and brewing them at other breweries, mainly De Proefbrouwerij in Belgium, its partner since 2007. It now runs bars in several countries and says it’s present in more than 40 markets.
Bjergsø still controls the company. The US investment firm Orkila Capital first invested in 2016, and in 2024 Carlsberg bought 20% from Orkila, which remains the second-largest shareholder; Carlsberg also handles Mikkeller’s sales in Denmark. Mikkeller says it “remains an independent craft brewer”, and since no larger brewing group owns it, we list it as independent.
Mikkeller’s alcohol-free beers
Mikkeller developed a yeast, which it calls mikkellensis, with De Proefbrouwerij; it says it makes beer with little alcohol but plenty of flavour. Its current list has ten alcohol-free beers, most of them 0.3%. Drink’in the Sun, a wheat ale in an American pale style, was its top-selling alcohol-free beer in 2019, and we score it 8.2; Weird Weather, a hazy IPA, scores 8.5 with us.
The UK shops also sell Burst Free, an alcohol-free version of its Burst IPA; Energibajer, a wheat ale with peach and apricot; and Drink’in the Snow, a winter ale. Racing Beer, a lager we score 8.1, is no longer on Mikkeller’s list or in UK shops. Our Mikkeller review goes through the range.
The Mikkeller beers in our directory
Checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
Where to buy Mikkeller
The Alcohol Free Co had five Mikkeller alcohol-free beers in stock on 29 October 2026, from £17.42 for six; Dry Drinker had four, and Wise Bartender had Drink’in the Sun and Weird Weather as single cans. Those are affiliate links. Mikkeller’s own shop sells posters, not beer.
Facts checked against Mikkeller’s own website, its Carlsberg announcement (January 2024), Good Beer Hunting, HORESTA, Systembolaget, The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender, 29 October 2026.
Mikkeller Beers in Our Directory
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