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Blue Lemon 0.0
Beerflavoured lager

Blue Lemon 0.0

Beck's lager base blended with lemon flavouring, making a 0.0% take on the classic radler format.

About This Drink

Blue Lemon 0.0 uses the same four-ingredient lager that goes into Beck's Blue, brewed to the Reinheitsgebot in Bremen, de-alcoholised, then blended with lemon flavouring. The approach is straightforward, which is probably why it works. The pour is pale and clear with a quickly-fading head. Lemon is the dominant note throughout: fresh peel on the nose, clean and moderately sharp on the palate, with the base lager's light bitterness giving it some structure underneath. It's less sweet than many fruit-flavoured alcohol-free drinks, which keeps it from feeling cloying. The finish is dry and the carbonation is brisk. It sits in familiar shandy territory but with a cleaner, drier profile than most. Worth trying cold, ideally straight from the can rather than poured.

Ingredients

Water, Barley Malt, Hops, Yeast, Lemon

Key Specs

Per 100ml

Sugar
3.5g

Tasting Notes

Taste

LEMON PEEL LIGHT MALT GENTLE HOP BITTERNESS CLEAN CITRUS SHARPNESS

Aroma

FRESH LEMON PEEL LIGHT BISCUIT MALT FAINT GRASSY HOPS

Character

Appearance
PALE STRAW CLEAR WITH A LIGHT WHITE HEAD
Mouthfeel
LIGHT-BODIED WITH LIVELY CARBONATION
Finish
CRISP AND DRY WITH LINGERING LEMON CITRUS

Production

Brewed using the Reinheitsgebot process; fermented then gently de-alcoholised before lemon flavouring is added

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Key Specs

Per 100ml

Sugar
3.5g

Tasting Notes

Taste

LEMON PEEL LIGHT MALT GENTLE HOP BITTERNESS CLEAN CITRUS SHARPNESS

Aroma

FRESH LEMON PEEL LIGHT BISCUIT MALT FAINT GRASSY HOPS

Character

Appearance
PALE STRAW CLEAR WITH A LIGHT WHITE HEAD
Mouthfeel
LIGHT-BODIED WITH LIVELY CARBONATION
Finish
CRISP AND DRY WITH LINGERING LEMON CITRUS

Production

Brewed using the Reinheitsgebot process; fermented then gently de-alcoholised before lemon flavouring is added