This is a dry hopped.
A dry hopped what?
A dry hopped nonalcoholic.
Yes, but a nonalcoholic what?
With cascade hops! Unfiltered!
<sigh> You're giving me nothing to work with. What is it?
Full-bodied! It's a brew!
Does it comply with German beer purity standards?
Yes, but, apparently Germany does not allow it to be called a beer.
So it's a...?
Beverage. It's a beverage.
The Amber beverage does a fine job of pretending to be a beer with a completely convincing head that fizzles down to a thin but complete layer of white bubbles on top of the beer with a strong ring around the sides. The aroma is bitey - with floral hops and a smack in the face of wort. As I sniff it a few times, it becomes less of a sting on the nose, and the wort becomes a little more warm. Am I getting used to it this quickly, or was I just unprepared for the dry hopped nature of this nonalcoholic pseudo-adult beverage?First sip is a little skunked. The expiration date for this beverage is not until nine months from now, so I don't know why there would be a skunk to it. Aside from that, the caramel malt is sweet, and it seems to be overcoming the hops that have been tossed in to add additional flavor. I recently read that someone declared that nonalcoholic beers were just as good as regular beers now. I suppose you could make that argument, as I have had worse beers than this. I have had many worse beers than this. That said, the sip isn't great.
Tip-in is that skunk (that seems worse than in the sip) with caramel malt and flowers. The middle pushes the skunk to the outsides as the malt turns quite watery at the center and hops are just barely lighting up the sides. The finish is a return of heavy skunk and a sensation of wort before a flowery and skunky trail off.
Bottom line: I don't know. Maybe I just got a bad one.
0.75/5