Ter Dolen Alcohol-Free Beers
Two Ter Dolen beers in our directory: IPA Op De Dool and Kriek Op De Dool, both 0.3% by the shops’ figures.
Ter Dolen is a small castle brewery at Helchteren, in Belgian Limburg, brewing at its castle since 1994. Its alcohol-free beers are called Op De Dool: an IPA and a Kriek, both 0.3% by the shops’ figures.
- Company: De Dool NV, Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg
- Brewery: Kasteelbrouwerij De Dool, at the castle in Helchteren; opened in July 1994
- Founder: Mieke Desplenter, who bought the castle at the end of 1993, it says
- Owner: Private; no parent company in the Belgian company data we saw. Independent
- Size: 10.4 full-time equivalent staff in 2025, companyweb shows
- Alcohol-free: IPA Op De Dool and Kriek Op De Dool
- Where to buy: The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker (the Kriek was sold out)
Who are Ter Dolen?
At the end of 1993 Mieke Desplenter bought the castle and began renovating it, Ter Dolen says, and in July 1994 the brewery opened its doors to great interest. The castle is first recorded in 1282, it says. It calls itself a modern castle brewery, with top-quality abbey beers.
The company, De Dool NV, has been registered since October 1987, the Belgian company data on companyweb shows, with no parent company; its directors aren’t named there. A visit report published by NEOS says the current owners still live in the remaining part of the castle. We found no drinks group behind it, so we list it as independent.
How Ter Dolen brews
It can brew and bottle all its beers in-house, Ter Dolen says, and its brew kettle holds 25 hectolitres a brew. In an undated article, Brouwland said it brews 2,500-litre batches four times a week, has had its own bottling plant since 2013, and that its brewmaster, Hendrick Hanssen, is responsible for production.
How big is Ter Dolen?
Small: 10.4 full-time equivalent staff in 2025 and 2024, down from 14.6 in 2022, and a gross margin of €629,867 in 2025, companyweb shows.
What Ter Dolen brews
Its full-strength range, Ter Dolen lists, is Blond (6.1%), Donker (7.1%), Kriek (4.5%), Tripel (8.1%), Armand (7%), Winter (9.1%) and Wit (5.1%).
Ter Dolen’s alcohol-free beers
Op De Dool, which the shops and Untappd spell “D00l”, with zeros, is two beers, both described by Ter Dolen as alcohol-free, without a figure. IPA Op De Dool is a refreshing blonde with a dry-hopping touch and citrusy hop notes, it says; the shops give 0.3%. Kriek Op De Dool has a soft body, rich cherry aromas and a sweet kriek taste; the shops give 0.3%, and Untappd 0.2%.
Ter Dolen doesn’t say how they’re made, or publish their ingredients or calories. The Dutch shop Alcoholvrijbierhuis lists grapefruit peel in the IPA, and cherry concentrate, natural cherry flavouring and invert sugar in the Kriek, and gives 24 kcal per 100ml for each; those are a shop’s figures, which we don’t use in our calorie tools. We found no awards for either.
How Op De Dool compares
Belgian alcohol-free IPAs and cherry beers in our directory. Calories as published (Ter Dolen doesn’t publish any); checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
The Ter Dolen beers in our directory
Checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
Where to buy Ter Dolen
On 31 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co had IPA Op De Dool at £20.61 for six, or £3.61 a bottle, and Dry Drinker at £20.61 for six (affiliate links). Both had sold out of Kriek Op De Dool in every size, and we found no web shop on Ter Dolen’s own site. For more, see our guide to the best Belgian alcohol-free beer.
Facts checked against Ter Dolen’s own website, companyweb, Brouwland, NEOS, Untappd, Alcoholvrijbierhuis, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, 31 October 2026.
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