• rbn@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    Is non-alcoholic beer reallly more expensive than the regular? In Europe they’re on par in most places. In Northern Europe (Norway, Denmark) it’s even significantly cheaper due to taxes.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, it tends to be pricier. It’s not addictive, so they need bigger margins that they can’t make up in volume.

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        1 year ago

        It’s actually a more costly process to make non alcoholic beer, than with alcohol.

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          The process? Distillation method, sure. Limited fermentation, fermentation free, and dilution are quite similar to their alcoholised counterparts.

          The ingredient/supply costs for non-alcoholic beer is more expensive; which is mostly a volume thing, but their is a portion of that related to precision required for a near-beer not required for a normal beer.