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Northern Monk Alcohol-Free Beers

We have reviewed all 6 alcohol-free beers from Northern Monk. Their top-rated beer scores 8.9/10.

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NA Beers
8.9
Top Score

Northern Monk is one of the most celebrated craft breweries in Britain. Based in Leeds and known internationally for their full-strength range, their alcohol-free beers bring serious craft credibility to the NA category — particularly their Heaven AF stout, which has become one of the most talked-about alcohol-free beers in the UK.

Who are Northern Monk?

Northern Monk was founded in Leeds in 2013 by Russell Bisset. They've grown into one of the UK's most respected craft breweries, known for hoppy IPAs, rich stouts, and a steady stream of limited collaborations with breweries around the world. Their Refectory taproom in Holbeck, Leeds, has become a pilgrimage site for UK craft beer drinkers.

Their move into alcohol-free beer has been gradual but impressive. Rather than knocking out a token 0.5% beer to tick a box, Northern Monk has applied the same craft rigour to NA brewing that they apply to their full-strength releases. The result is an alcohol-free range that stands up to anything from specialist NA breweries.

What makes Northern Monk's alcohol-free range different?

Craft-brewery DNA

Northern Monk's NA beers are made in the same brewery, by the same team, using the same philosophy as their full-strength releases. That continuity matters. It means the alcohol-free range isn't a separate product line with different standards — it's held to the same craft quality bar as their most celebrated regular beers.

Style ambition

While many alcohol-free breweries play it safe with lager and pale ale, Northern Monk has gone the other way. Their NA stouts and pastry-style beers are among the most adventurous in the category, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in alcohol-free brewing.

Cultural heft

Northern Monk's involvement in the alcohol-free space gives the whole category a credibility boost. When one of the most celebrated craft breweries in the country makes world-class NA beer, it changes how established craft drinkers think about the category. That halo effect is genuinely valuable.

The Northern Monk alcohol-free range

Heaven AF Chocolate Maple Stout (0.5%)

The star. A rich, chocolate-forward alcohol-free stout with maple sweetness and a proper creamy body. Widely rated as one of the best NA stouts ever made — the beer that proves alcohol-free can compete with pastry stouts three or four times its strength.

Faith Pale Ale

Northern Monk's classic alcohol-free pale ale. Bright, hoppy, easy-drinking, and reliably available. A solid all-rounder and a great entry point for drinkers new to the brewery's NA range.

Hope and Glory Session IPA

A hoppier, more intense step up from Faith. Tropical and citrus hop character with a firm bitter finish. If you drink Northern Monk's full-strength IPAs, Hope and Glory is the NA version you've been looking for.

Is Northern Monk's alcohol-free range worth exploring?

If you're an established craft beer drinker moving into alcohol-free, Northern Monk is probably the easiest transition. Same brewery you already trust, same quality standards, genuinely exciting NA beers. Heaven AF alone is worth the price of admission — and the rest of the range is consistently excellent.

See the best alcohol-free stouts in the UK or browse the full alcohol-free stout category.

Full Range

All Northern Monk Alcohol-Free Beers

Northern Monk Heaven AF Chocolate Maple Stout alcohol free stout
Stout
Northern Monk Heaven AF Chocolate Maple Stout
Northern Monk · UK
0.5% ABV8.9
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Northern Monk Holy Faith alcohol free hazy ipa
Hazy IPA
Northern Monk Holy Faith
Northern Monk · UK
0.5% ABV8.8
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Northern Monk Reimagined Dream Hazy IPA alcohol free hazy ipa
Hazy IPA
Northern Monk Reimagined Dream Hazy IPA
Northern Monk · UK
0.5% ABV8.7
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Northern Monk Beyond New World IPA alcohol free ipa
IPA
Northern Monk Beyond New World IPA
Northern Monk · UK
0.5% ABV8.6
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Northern Monk Faith Unwind Hazy Pale alcohol free hazy ipa
Hazy IPA
Northern Monk Faith Unwind Hazy Pale
Northern Monk · UK
0.5% ABV8.4
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Northern Monk Peak Citra Lager alcohol free lager
Lager
Northern Monk Peak Citra Lager
Northern Monk · UK
0.5% ABV—
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Frequently asked questions

Is Northern Monk Heaven AF really alcohol-free?
Yes — Heaven AF is brewed at 0.5% ABV, within the UK/EU alcohol-free labelling threshold. The series includes Heaven AF Chocolate Maple Stout and various seasonal collaborations. It's currently the highest-rated beer on Unhopped (8.9/10 community score) and demonstrates how far AF stout brewing has come — particularly in the dessert/imperial-stout style.
What's Northern Monk's most famous AF beer?
Holy Faith — a 0.5% ABV hazy pale ale — is Northern Monk's best-known and most-distributed alcohol-free release. It's frequently cited by drinkers as one of the AF beers indistinguishable from full-strength craft beer. Heaven AF Chocolate Maple Stout pushes harder on the high-end of the range and currently carries the highest community score.
Can I buy Northern Monk AF in supermarkets?
Holy Faith and parts of the Heaven AF range appear in selected Tesco, Waitrose, and independent bottle shops, with availability shifting between releases. Northern Monk's own webshop carries the full current AF lineup, and Dry Drinker stocks most of the staple beers.
What's Patrons Project?
Patrons Project is Northern Monk's collaboration series with artists, musicians, and other breweries — typically full-strength rather than alcohol-free. A few Patrons Project releases have been alcohol-free, but the bulk of Northern Monk's AF range comes through the Heaven AF, Holy Faith, and standalone AF programmes rather than Patrons.
How does Northern Monk's AF range compare to BrewDog's?
Different ambitions. BrewDog's AF range is broad, accessible, and supermarket-led — Punk AF, Nanny State, Hazy Jane AF as the everyday options. Northern Monk's AF range is narrower but pushes harder on craft-experimental territory — pastry stouts, fruited hazies, limited releases. For drinkers wanting AF craft as serious as full-strength craft, Northern Monk is generally the more interesting brewery.