Low Alcohol Ghost Ship Now On Draught

Yes! We now have Adnams Low Alcohol Ghost Ship available on draught. Since its introduction in bottles last year, this beer has proved extremely popular at the Case. It is brewed with pale ale, rye crystal and cara malts, using citra and a blend of other American hop varieties to create bold citrus flavours. The beer has a lemon and lime aroma.

Perhaps confusingly, it’s also known as ‘Ghost Ship Alcohol Free’ and ‘Ghost Ship 0.5%’. So how can it be both Alcohol Free and 0.5% ABV at the same time you ask? Well apparently ‘Alcohol Free’ is EU terminology for beers of this strength. But don’t worry about that – all you really need to know is that it tastes great.

It’s produced by ‘de-alcoholising’ 4.5% Ghost Ship. As the Adnams Head Brewer, Fergus Fitzgerald, explains: “Over the past few years we looked at lots of different ways of making low alcohol beers, the reverse osmosis method gave by far the best tasting beer. It allows us to brew and ferment as normal and then at cold temperatures remove the alcohol whilst leaving the other flavours of the fermentation in the beer. It’s all very high tech magic allowing our Ghost Ship to sail away free from alcohol but remaining full of its original ­flavours and aromas.”

Adnams have made this short video available to illustrate the process: