Non-alcoholic beer debuts at Brooklyn Brewery amid declining alcohol sales

Fox Business ^ | 10/1/2019 | Jeanette Settembre

[Bonemaker]

More beer makers are crafting up sober brews.

Brooklyn Brewery is launching its first non-alcoholic beer nationwide, the New York City-based brewer announced Tuesday. It’s the latest brewery to cater to a sober-curious crowd.

Brooklyn Special Effects was made to mimic the flavor profile of regular beer, minus the alcohol and is described as a hoppy lager-style brew.

“It's not just for people who are sober, pregnant, or driving, but rather it’s for people who want to do more with their lives while still enjoying a fun and flavorful beverage,” Robin Ottaway, Brooklyn Brewery President, said in a statement.

[Bonemaker]

Next thing you know they'll come out with non alcoholic vodka. America is going to hell.

[tallyhoe]

When I was young I drank beer for 1 reason.. To get a buzz on!!!

[Fido969]

Talk about free advertising.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Thanks to MADD and stupid DUI laws.

[a fool in paradise]

For sale to all customers or just those 21 and older?

[lee martell]

So, these are “Beer-Coolers” instead of the Wine Coolers that were popular 30 years ago?
If you’re that worried about alcohol, just get some tea, fruit juice or Ginger Ale. No need to even pretend that
you’re ‘partying’.

[seowulf]

There are many beverages that taste better than beer.

Drink water from a beer bottle if you want to look like one of the crowd.

[2banana]

Who wants to drink a pint full of non alcoholic carbs????

[headstamp 2]

Beer sales are declining. Any millennial I’ve met is into either vaping, smoking doobie, wine or the hard sweet drinks like the seltzers, lemonade, etc.

[Berlin_Freeper]

If people want alcohol they could take a screwdriver and stab their liver.

[sevlex]

Near beer is like Roller Derby.

Every twenty years it becomes the “fastest growing” market segment.

[fella]

It’s a big hit with the muzzies.

[Starcitizen]

... And the growing Jihadist influence on the US, supported by the Demonrats.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Things are better when they are real.

NA beer? Plant-based meat? Sex robots? Pffft!

[Viking2002]

How the hell can alcohol sales be declining in this current cultural environment? I gotta show this to my wife to justify my increased beer intake. It's my patriotic duty to save American jobs by consuming more of the industry's wonderful, cold, frosty end product. 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[Bonemaker]

I prefer gradually via the oral route.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

There are some great nonalcoholic beers today. I drink them in lieu of sugary soft drinks. Near-beers and sugary soft drinks are about the same; in terms of carbs and calories. To me, these are soft drinks — somewhat bitter tasting, rather than cloyingly sweet; but, still soft drinks.

If you ever find yourself, with a can of sugary soda in your hand — you could be enjoying the taste of a near-beer instead.

[Bonemaker]

Democrats will want to ban it...gateway to real beer don’t you know.

[Chode]

is it made with tofu?

[Bonemaker]

“There are many beverages that taste better than beer.”

Whiskey for one.