# From Zero To Hero: The Rise Of Non-Alc Beer

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Published: 2026-06-24T14:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

"I don't see any ceiling for non-alc beer." It's fair to say there were plenty of skeptics when non-alcoholic beer first started to appear in earnest in the local beer scene. Yet, in the half-decade-plus since we ran a blind tasting featuring early entrants to the market, the sector has grown and grown. While some brands have come and gone, there's a growing number of established brands and many other breweries for whom their non-alc range forms a significant part of their sales. What's more, Bridge Road Brewers and, more recently, Heaps Normal have started putting non-alc beer on tap [https://craftypint.com/news/3981/tapping-into-non-alcs]. To assess where the market sits, where it could be heading, and why it's come so far already, we pulled together a panel from different facets of the beer world. Molly Rose [https://craftypint.com/brewery/457/molly-rose-brewing] founder Nic Sandery is the brewer behind both Molly Rose and Hiatus non-alcs, Sam Bethune is a former brewer who's now a technical sales specialist at Bintani [https://craftypint.com/business/581/bintani-australia], and former Fixation main man Tom Delmont brings a sales and brand perspective from his role at Hop Nation [https://craftypint.com/brewery/285/hop-nation], who produce a broad range of alcohol-free beers. We look at advances in technology, processes and ingredients, the dos and don'ts of non-alc brewing, take lessons from overseas, and attempt a spot of crystal ball-gazing. This week's opening is a global affair with James recently landed in London amid a European heatwave that looks a lot like Australia in January – albeit without aircon... We discuss two venue openings in the Yarra Valley [https://craftypint.com/news/4111/the-beer-slingers-woori-yallock-tap-house] and the Sunshine Coast [https:…

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