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Axing the Gluten in NA Beers
45 Gluten-Free, Gluten-Removed and Gluten-Reduced NA Beers
Myles Faulkner
August 23, 2025
MODSUB#98
Wotcha!
This week, I’m dedicating the entire issue to one topic: gluten in NA beers.
A few weeks back, Judy R. reached out and asked if I had any recommendations for non-alcoholic beer that was also gluten-free.
I always love inquires from ModSub readers that enable me to share my knowledge. But in this instance, I also gained some knowledge. I was aware there were a few options out there; but to be honest, I didn’t know much more than that.
So, after doing some digging, actually a lot of digging, and asking a few friends in the industry—I’m stoked to share 45 options for you to explore.
Enjoy some great drinks this week!
Cheers,
Myles
P.S. Do you know someone with gluten-related health issues who might benefit from this edition of The Modern Substitute?
Please to forward it their way. From now on, I’m going to mark every drink I recommend as either GF or not.
In this week’s edition:
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New NA Drink News
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Gluten and NA Beer - North America
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Gluten and NA Beer - Worldwide
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New Non-Alcoholic Drink News
NORTH AMERICA
• BEER: Up in Michigan, Founders Brewing will soon be debuting Nonetheless Golden. (Link)
• CIDER: ModSub readers will know I’m a big fan of cider, so I was stoked to hear Proxies has announced a limited edition Dry Cider. Plus the can art is gorgeous. (Link)
WORLDWIDE
BEER: Australia’s Coopers Brewery launches Coopers Zero, the brewery’s first NA beer. (Link)
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MODSUB: Roughly 7% of American adults have a medically recognized gluten-related issue and up to 30% of adults avoid or limit gluten. Combine that with the fact that 40% of Americans don’t drink alcohol and, it’s clear there’s a real market for non-alcoholic gluten-free beer.
But if NA beer is just starting preschool, gluten-free NA beer has only just left the maternity ward. Options are still very limited, though I expect that to change as the category grows.
A quick disclaimer: I’m not a medical professional, and I have no expertise in celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity(NCGS). This piece is simply a starting point for your own research. Please double-check anything before drinking.
The bad news: In North America, no breweries currently certify their NA beers as gluten-free. Glutenberg (Montreal) once offered one, but the brewery appears to be on hiatus.
The good news: There’s a solid range of NA beers labeled “gluten-removed” or “gluten-reduced,” giving more options to those with NCGS.
In this article, I’ve marked these beers with GR. Where possible, I’ve included gluten ppm levels and links to brewery pages explaining how they reduce gluten.
One last note: Most European NA beers fall under the GF label since they test below the 20 ppm threshold for certification. I’ve still marked them GR, since they’re not entirely gluten-free.
As always, do your own research and stick to the precautions that work best for you.
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North American Breweries
Go Brewing’s Freedom line were the only non-alcoholic beers I could find that did not contain gluten. All the other were gluten-reduced. I checked in with Joe Chura, owner of the brewery, to see why his beers were different from the other beers on the market.
MODSUB: Would you consider all three Freedom beers to be gluten-free?
JOE: They are gluten-free in the sense that we use certified gluten-free grains and take precautions on cross contamination. To note, we don't claim to be certified gluten-free though. We've gone through third party testing multiple times and no gluten was found.
MODSUB: Why did you decide to focus on your Freedom line? Three non-alcoholic GF beers is a considerable offering for the GF community given the nascent stage of the NA beer industry.
JOE: All three of our Freedom beers we consider gluten-free. When we started, we simply asked our customers what they wished they had and that was our number one request. We've since found that we're among the only ones making a brew without Clarex or gluten ingredients, and the (lauter tun volume) LTV and bundling of gluten products is very strong and over-indexes. It's also allowed us to get creative with adaptogens and try different things.
The following beers are widely available across the North America: Freedom West Coast Pale, Freedom Amber and Freedom Hazy IPA.
For Go Brewing’s notes on their brewing process, please follow the above links and scroll down the page.
Though headquartered in Alberta, Canada, Partake Brewing have strong distribution links throughout North America. So it shouldn’t be too difficult to find these beers. Note that three of the four beers—Pils, IPA and Pale—come in below 5 ppm with their Blonde also coming in under the <20 ppm threshold.
Partake addresses the gluten in their beers in their FAQs. Scroll down to Nutritional Information.
Grüvi out of Colorado has one gluten-reduced beer, their golden ale—Golden Era. They to have strong distribution across the country and so you shouldn’t have too much of a problem finding it.
Grüvi addresses the gluten in their beers in their FAQs.
All four of Bravus Brewing’s core line of beers—Blood Orange IPA, West Coast IPA, Peanut Butter Dark and Golden Light—come in at less than 20 ppm of gluten.
They should be available at all good NA bottle shops and beyond, and of course online.
Bravus addresses the gluten in their beers in their FAQs.
Not a ton of information available on Athletic Brewing’s Upside Down Golden. From their website: “Crafted to remove gluten. This product is fermented from grains containing gluten and crafted to remove gluten. The gluten content of this product cannot be verified, and this product may contain gluten.”
I have read on Reddit that the site used to state <20 ppm but I wouldn’t take that as gospel.
That’s what I could find in North America. If you know of any I have missed, please let me know so I can pass it on to readers in the next edition.
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United Kingdom
One of the more prominent UK NA breweries, East Anglia’s Big Drop Brewing have three gluten-reduced beers—Paradiso Citra IPA, Pine Trail Pale Ale and Galactic Milk Stout.
The Paradiso Citra IPA, the only one I’ve tried, is a absolute corker.
Big Drop Brewing addresses their gluten-free status on this page.
One of my favorite set of can designs across the whole industry is from Scotland’s Jump/Ship Brewing. Their core line of nautical-themed NA beers come in at less than 10 ppm of gluten. Check out Jackstaff IPA, Yardarm Lager, Steamboat Hazy Pale and Stoker’s Stout.
Jump/Ship Brewing addresses their gluten-free status on this page.
UNLTD from The Alcohol Free Brewing Company in Hertfordshire have a couple of beers in their line—IPA and Lager. Check out their store locator with locations.
UNLTD’s blog post abut the evolution of gluten-free beer.
Welsh non-alcoholic brewery, Drop Bear Brew Co., have four core low-gluten beers plus four more fruit-flavored Cut Lagers to choose from. Look for New World Lager, Yuzu Pale Ale, Tropical IPA and Bonfire Stout.
Here’s how Drop Bear Beer Company brew their GF beer.
East London’s Nirvana Brewery also has an IPA, Pils, Nitro Stout and an Amber Ale under 20 ppm.
Also from London, Infinite Sessions has an IPA and a new limited edtion, Blood Orange and Grapefruit Lager.
Launched in 2021, another London brewery, Impossibrew, have Enhanced Lager coming in under 10 ppm of gluten.
Impossibrew addresses the gluten in their lager in their FAQs. Scroll down the page.
Over in the West Country, Bristol’s Below Brew Company has one gluten-reduced bevvie amongst their non-alc beers—Heaven and Helles.
Germany
Over to mainland Europe, Germany’s Lammsbräu have a non-alc version of their Bio Glutenfrei.
Here’s some info on their gluten free beer. You’ll need to pop it through Google translate.
Spain
Under the umbrella of S.A. Damm’s Free Damm comes in three flavors—Free Damm Lager, Free Damm Tostada and Free Damm Lemon.
S.A. Damm addresses the gluten in their beers in their FAQs.
Also from Spain comes Ambar’s Triple Zero. In 2011 the brewery was the first in Europe, to create a non-alcoholic gluten-free beer with Celiacos 0,0 which later became Triple Zero.
Finland
Scandinavian brewery, Laitlan have been producing beer since 1998 and have four non-alc gluten-reduced beers with their Lager, Pils, Tumma (Dunkel) and IPA.
Australia
Queensland brewery Sobah has a couple of beers—Davidson Plum GF and Wattleseed Gold GF Ale—amongst their range of NA beers.
Here’s a little more info on Sobah’s gluten-reduced beers.
I’m sure there are some I’ve missed but 45 beers are a good start. If you have any to add, please let me know so I can pass it on to readers in the next edition.
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