Guinness 0.0
Non-alcoholic stout
People say it tastes very close to regular Guinness, without the flat, sock-like flavour common in non-alcoholic beer.
People say it tastes very close to regular Guinness, without the flat, sock-like flavour common in non-alcoholic beer.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Tastes close to regular Guinness
“the 0% version is surprisingly close to "real" Guinness and has none of those sock-y flavours that most non-alcoholic beer has”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops” “0% Guinness is the only beer I would say that matches the taste of alcohol based beer”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops” “A Guinness Zero on draft is pretty much the same taste as the regular stuff.”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops” - Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops”
- Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops”
- Comment from 30 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops”
- Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops”
Good on draft and in pubs
“A Guinness Zero on draft is pretty much the same taste as the regular stuff.”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops” “Guiness Zero is my go to for a sipping beer when I'm actually in a pub.”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops”
What people said
13 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“closest to the regular version with alcohol”
“Guinness 0.0 scratches an itch, but I find it a little sweet.”
“0% Guinness is the only beer I would say that matches the taste of alcohol based beer”
“it's a near drop in replacement for normal Guinness as far as I'm concerned”
“Guinness company were very keen to retain their standards rather than slop out an inferior product”
“Even the non-alcoholic Guiness tastes pretty close to normal Guiness.”
“Guiness Zero is my go to for a sipping beer when I'm actually in a pub.”
“I'm told that Guinness 0% is pretty good”
“A Guinness Zero on draft is pretty much the same taste as the regular stuff.”
“the 0% version is surprisingly close to "real" Guinness and has none of those sock-y flavours that most non-alcoholic beer has”
“NA guinness tastes the same”
“Guiness NA - the can with the blue stripe on top - absolutely delicious.”
“Heathrow has the best Guinness+ in the world - those pumps just don't stop.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.