Maisels Weisse 0.5% - Yes

I'm very surprised to report that this completely alcohol-free beer didn't taste like some kind of energy drink, which had been my fear from previous alcohol-free wheat beers. In fact, this was a very pleasing pint to pour and had had an authentic flavour.

Big Drop Brewing - Pine Trail Pale Ale 0.5% - Yes

Good balance of sweet and bitter. There's a tiny hint of berry fruit in the up front taste. Aftertaste like a toned down Sierra Nevada. I would like to taste back to back with Bero Double Tasty. Very similar I think. 

BERO Noon Wheat 0.5% - Maybe

So close to being a yes, perhaps only a because I seen to be less enthusiastic about Wheat Beers than I used to be.

Nicely balanced with a dash of floral lemon.

BERO Double Tasty West Coast Style IPA 0.5% - YES

Pleasingly citrus but still very much beer flavoured over the fruit. Nice mouth feel. Good for a sunny day.

BRULO 7 HOP 7 GRAIN 0.5% - Yes

I'm starting to taste a selection of low and no alcohol beers from the Alcohol Free Co.  Their range was good, but the communication around unavailable items and refunds has not been on point so far. 

For this set of reviews I'll be judging whether to order again, so it will be simply Yes/No/Maybe 

First up is this BRULO 7 hop 7 grain, which has a distinct pineapple aroma.

The sharpness and bitterness are in good balance on the palate and there's no over sugary feel in the mouth. 

Brewed in Belgium and one to order again.

Moinette Brune 8.5%

A brown ale from brasserie Dupont, manufacturers of the famous Saison.

This would have made a good head-to-head with the Maredsous. I'm not sure why I didn't taste them together. 

Treacle Toffee apple noie and palate. Pleasing acidity and spicy hop notes but perhaps not the saltiness from the abbey ale? Only back to back tasting would reveal if salty one day is spicy another...

I'm keen on this although the appearance in the glass is perhaps a little less alluring that l than Maredsous, as the head dies more quickly and the colours is more chestnut than ruby.

I'll happily drink a case full. 8/10

Maredsous 8 Brune. Abbey Ale - 8% abv

Caramel, Treacle Toffee malt fills your palate, but there's enough tongue tingle from the lasting effervescence and the accompanying acidity to keep the sweetness from becoming overpowering. 

As the sweetness dies there's bitterness and a salty edge, that I suspect comes from the hops.

The ruby brown is accompanied by a pleasing yellowy head that persists long enough to keep things attractive.

It's a satisfying beer from many angles. It will be interesting to see how it measures up to the Trappist ales that it aims to emulate.