We’ve officially hit the time of year when beer and spirits writers are now bombarded with samples and press releases about non-alcoholic and low-alcohol offerings, and for me it comes at a fortuitous time.
Another major craft player looking to expand their foothold in the growing N/A market is Scotland’s BrewDog, which has massively expanded its U.S. presence in the last few years since opening its first brewery/taproom in Columbus, OH in 2017. Just a few years later, the company now has three Columbus-area locations , and bars in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, in addition to its many bars and breweries worldwide.
Not that you would know this from the label, which is an odd aspect of all of these beers. For whatever reason, the AF series of cans decline to include stylistic terms on their labels, which makes it very hard for the average consumer to know what styles of beer to expect. When a label simply says “Nanny State” or “Elvis AF,” without using the terms “pale ale” or “IPA,” how is the consumer supposed to have an expectation of what is in that can? I can’t help but wonder if U.K. or U.S.
On the palate, Punk AF is decidedly softer than Nanny State out of the gate, with markedly less supporting bitterness and a slightly smoother texture. There’s abit more perception of residual sweetness, although the overall flavors of citrus are fairly mild. A wisp of graininess runs through the beer, but there’s no deeper malt to speak of, as there is in Nanny State.
Ghost Walker is BrewDog’s collaboration with metal band Lamb of God, which is a pretty freaking 2020-esque sentence if you ask us—a legendary heavy metal band. That’s certainly a fun novelty, although in terms of profile, this beer is actually quite similar to the previous Hazy AF. They don’t necessarily play up the “hazy” aspect, but the flavor profile it’s going for hits very close to the same tropical fruit-driven IPA.
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