Warsteiner Alcohol-Free Beers
Two Warsteiner beers in our directory: Fresh 0.0% in cans and Premium Fresh in bottles, alcohol-free pilsners the UK shops list at 0.0%.
Warsteiner has brewed beer in Warstein since 1753 and is led by Catharina Cramer, the ninth generation of the Cramer family, it says. Two of its alcohol-free pilsners are sold in the UK: Fresh 0.0% in cans and Premium Fresh in bottles, both listed at 0.0%.
- Company: Warsteiner Brauerei Haus Cramer KG, Warstein; the group was renamed Haus Cramer Gruppe in 2023
- Since: 1753, when Antonius Cramer made the first recorded beer-tax payment, its press kit says
- Owner: Catharina Cramer, the ninth generation, owner since 2012. Independent
- Size: About 2 million hectolitres a year at Warstein and about 980 staff in the group, its press kit says
- Water: The Kaiserquelle spring, discovered in 1928, its press kit says
- Alcohol-free in the UK: Fresh 0.0% (cans) and Premium Fresh (bottles)
- Where to buy: The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker
Who are Warsteiner?
The brewery says it has brewed beer in Warstein since 1753. 1753 is the year farmer Antonius Cramer made the first recorded beer-tax payment, its press kit says, and Caspar Cramer set up the original headquarters in the centre of Warstein in 1803.
The brewery says it is led in the ninth generation by Catharina Cramer. Its press kit describes a family-owned business operating as Haus Cramer Holding KG, with Catharina Cramer as owner since 2012; in 2023 the Warsteiner Gruppe was renamed the Haus Cramer Gruppe. In 2017 it hired the consultants Roland Berger to lead a restructuring, inside.beer reported. We found no outside owner, so we list it as independent.
Its visitor centre, the Warsteiner Welt, is in the Waldpark a few metres from the brewery, it says.
Water, hops and size
The Kaiserquelle spring was discovered in 1928, and its soft water marked the start of the brewery’s specialisation in Pilsner, the press kit says; Food Chain Magazine says the spring is at the edge of the Arnsberg Forest, still supplies the brewery and has a hardness of one to two degrees. For its alcohol-free beer the brewery names very soft brewing water, Hallertau hops and top-quality summer barley malt.
The Warstein brewery makes about 2 million hectolitres a year and the group has about 980 staff, its press kit says, and it sells in more than 50 countries, the brewery says (Food Chain Magazine says more than 60). inside.beer reported about 2.25 million hectolitres sold in 2016, against a group peak of 6,293,000 hectolitres in 1994.
What Warsteiner brews
Its full-strength beers include Warsteiner Premium Pilsener (4.8%, the UK importer James Clay says), Natur Radler (2.0%) and Winter (5.6%), and Wikipedia lists Premium Verum, Dunkel and König Ludwig Weiss. In Germany its alcohol-free range includes Alkoholfrei and Herb alkoholfrei (double-hopped), both shown with DLG Gold 2023 seals on its website; we haven’t checked the DLG’s results. Food Chain Magazine says it won six DLG gold medals in 2016.
Warsteiner’s alcohol-free beers in the UK
Warsteiner Fresh 0.0% launched in more than 700 Tesco stores in March 2017, Food Chain Magazine says, after a UK distribution contract with Marston’s in 2015. James Clay & Sons imports Warsteiner. We couldn’t check whether Tesco still sells it, and a Sainsbury’s search on 1 November 2026 showed no alcohol-free Warsteiner.
The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker sell Warsteiner Fresh 0.0% in cans and Warsteiner Premium Fresh in bottles, and we list them as the shops do. James Clay lists “Warsteiner Fresh” in 50cl cans and kegs and “Warsteiner Fresh 0.0%” in 33cl bottles, both as “A pale golden, non-alcoholic pilsner with a crisp, full-bodied Warsteiner taste”. We couldn’t find whether the two UK listings differ in recipe.
The UK shops, James Clay and Alcohol Change UK all give 0.0%; Carlsberg Ukraine’s page for Warsteiner Fresh gives 0.05% as a maximum, and we didn’t find Warsteiner’s own figure. Fresh 0.0% is dealcoholised by vacuum distillation at low temperature after brewing, Food Chain Magazine says; Difford’s Guide and Wikipedia say it’s brewed like Premium Verum and the alcohol is then removed. The brewery’s own pages don’t describe it.
Alcohol Change UK gives 23 kcal per 100ml for Premium Fresh, 76 per bottle, and Carlsberg Ukraine’s page for Warsteiner Fresh gives 23 kcal per 100g, with 5.1g of carbohydrate and 1.6g of sugars, made from water, barley malt, hops and hop extract. The Alcohol Free Co describes Fresh 0.0% as “Pale golden with crisp malt character, floral hop aroma and clean refreshing finish”; Alcohol Change UK’s reviewer gave Premium Fresh 4 out of 5, with a good lager taste and a head that fades fairly quickly.
How Warsteiner compares
Alcohol-free pilsners and lagers from German breweries in our directory. Calories as published in our directory; checked 1 November 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
The Warsteiner beers in our directory
Checked 1 November 2026. Calories as given by Alcohol Change UK and Carlsberg Ukraine; we didn’t find Warsteiner’s own UK figure. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.
Where to buy Warsteiner
On 1 November 2026 The Alcohol Free Co had Fresh 0.0% at £2.32 a can or £13.91 for six, and Dry Drinker had six cans for £14.11. For Premium Fresh, The Alcohol Free Co had single bottles at £2.34 and six for £13.84, and Dry Drinker six for £13.50. These are affiliate links. Wise Bartender lists Fresh but had sold out. For more, see our guide to the best German alcohol-free beer.
Facts checked against Warsteiner’s own website and press kit, Food Chain Magazine, inside.beer, James Clay, Carlsberg Ukraine, Alcohol Change UK, Difford’s Guide, Wikipedia, The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender, 1 November 2026.
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