Brouwerij Viven Alcohol-Free Beers

Viven is a small brewery in Sijsele, in Damme, near Bruges, which dates itself to 1999 and has been run by Tony Traen since 2005. Its one alcohol-free beer is Nada IPA, at 0.3%.

Who are Viven?

It began in 1999 as Kapel van Viven, named after the village of Vivenkapelle, made by Willy de Lobel, a hobby brewer and proud resident, the brewery says. In 2005 the right person was found in Tony Traen of Drankenservice Traen (DST), who gave the beers new energy and renamed them Viven Blond and Viven Bruin. A pub blog, Blackfriars Tavern’s, says Viven launched in 2010; the brewery’s own history starts in 1999.

In 2007 it added an ale, a porter and an imperial IPA, at a time when the IPA style wasn’t yet well known, it says. Krystle Traen joined in 2015 and is its taste brain, and since 2017 its Experimentum series has brought one new beer a month.

Where Viven brews

A new brewhouse went into the Sijsele buildings in 2015, and in 2018 a new brewery was built and started on site, the brewery says, with a 12-hectolitre automatic brewhouse; it says the brewery has now really become too small. It calls it its microbrewery in Damme. Beertasting.com says that Willy De Lobel, with no brewery of his own, found Dirk Naudts’ De Proefbrouwerij, where Dirk and his staff went on perfecting the Viven brewing process; the brewery’s own history doesn’t name a host brewery.

Who owns Viven?

Its website names DST BV, of Stationsstraat 89, Sijsele, and the Belgian register lists Dst, set up in 2007, as a small company with 2.6 full-time staff, registered for retail trade in drinks. The register we read doesn’t show its shareholders, but Tony Traen took Viven over in 2005, the brewery says, and the Dutch shop Alcoholvrij Bierhuis names Tony and Krystle Traen as the people behind it. We found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent.

What Viven brews

Its Classic Collection runs from Original Blond, Champ Weisse and Classic Bruin to Master IPA, New England IPA, Imperial IPA, Chocolate Stout, Smoked Porter, Barley Wine, Premium Tripel, Cherry Rouge and Spiced Ambree, with Craft and Experimentum series and a Viven Dammum Whisky alongside.

Viven’s alcohol-free beer: Nada IPA

Nada IPA is in the Classic Collection, at 0.3%. The brewery says: nada, nothing, zero, except when it comes to taste. It calls it fruity, fresh and summery, and The Alcohol Free Co a soft, full-bodied beer with aroma hops and American bitter hops. Viven doesn’t say how it’s made or publish its ingredients or calories, and we found no launch date and no awards for it.

How Nada IPA compares

Alcohol-free IPAs from European and US brewers in our directory. Calories as published; checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Viven beer in our directory

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

Where to buy Viven Nada IPA

On 31 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co had single bottles at £3.89 (an affiliate link), though its cases had sold out; Dry Drinker had sold out of every case. In Belgium, Viven’s own web shop lists single 33cl bottles at €2.49. In December 2024 Blackfriars Tavern in Great Yarmouth said it was usually available there. More in our guide to the best Belgian alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against Viven’s own website and shop, the Belgian company register (via companyweb), Beertasting.com, Blackfriars Tavern, Alcoholvrij Bierhuis, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, 31 October 2026.