Abbeydale Brewery release their first low alcohol beer
- Guild Secretary
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Sheffield based Abbeydale Brewery, the UK’s first 100% employee owned brewery, has this week announced the launch of Reverence - their first low alcohol offering. A 0.5% pale ale, the beer is designed to be low in alcohol, but full of flavour, without sacrifice.
Loosely inspired by Heathen, Abbeydale Brewery’s popular American Pale Ale, Reverence is hopped using Mosaic for refreshing tropical flavours and notes of zesty grapefruit. As with the rest of their releases, Reverence is also brewed to be gluten free.
This news comes right as the brewery – the current holders of the title of Employer of the Year from industry body SIBA - begin to celebrate their 30th anniversary year. With the “no and low” category showing huge growth, Abbeydale Brewery believe it has become more important than ever to invest and innovate to ensure they’re offering something to all their customers. Having introduced Sparkling Hop Water as an alcohol free option in 2024, the release of Reverence expands upon this and fills an identified gap within their extensive range.
Brewer and Quality Manager Christie McIntosh, who also sits on the board as Abbeydale’s Employee Representative, says “the release of Reverence is the culmination of many months of hard work, extensive research, and meticulous lab analysis, coupled with being able to take advantage of an array of technological advancements in the wider field. Our ethos is to make sure we’re offering the same experience to all those choosing to drink our products, and we believe that the final result is something that looks like beer, tastes like beer, is brewed like any other beer… and simply is a proper beer, for beer lovers, but with just a tiny fraction of the booze.”
Reverence is available in 440ml cans from Abbeydale Brewery directly and via independent retailers.
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Additional information/notes to editors
Who are Abbeydale Brewery?
An independent brewery established in 1996 and employee owned since 2024, Abbeydale has continually grown steadily and now makes up to 500HL of beer per week and employs over 25 members of staff. Abbeydale are well known for producing a huge range of beers (in particular their flagship pale ale, Moonshine), blending innovation with heritage and reflecting these values across their wide range of beers. The brewery also operates the Rising Sun community pub in Nether Green. Both the brewery and pub are 100% employee owned, with a company name chosen by the new employee owners of Sheffield Beerworks EOT Ltd.
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