Non-alcoholic beer contains alcohol

Non-alcoholic beer is a low alcohol beer with alcohol content of less than .5% of its volume. It is important to note that non-alcoholic beer contains alcohol, and that none of the beers currently on the market are completely alcohol free.

Although so called non-alcoholic beers are actually alcoholic despite of their names, non-alcoholic beer contains alcohol up to 0.5% because of the production methods, and not because of the brewer’s desire.  A person drinking enough of this non-alcoholic beer could actually get drunk.  For example if the non-alcoholic beer you're drinking has 0.1% alcohol, you can, theoretically drink 5 times more than if you would be  drinking beer with 0.5% alcohol, and reach the legal alcohol limit.

Another plus for the non-alcoholic beer would be that if drunk in moderation it can reduce the risks of cancer and heart illness. The conclusion is evident: drivers should read the alcohol inscription on the label of their non-alcoholic beer before they start to drink and also should always remember that non-alcoholic beer contains alcohol.

Relatively recent, the major American brewers (producers like Miller, Anheuser-Busch, Pabst and Schlitz, but also local beer brewers), started producing low alcohol content malted beverages to replace beer.  Unfortunately, some scientists have found evidence that non-alcoholic beer can make recovering alcoholics to have a relapse by causing similar effects to them as if they would drink real beer, increasing dopamine levels of the brain. People trying to abstain from alcohol are advised against the use of non-alcoholic beer, even though, a recent statistic comparison between the taste and texture of the American Budweiser beer and the original Czech beer Budveiser shows some major differences. 

With the launch of the next generation of non-alcoholic beer, producers have attempted to persuade consumers by using the fact that the non-alcoholic beer is healthier than regular beer. It is yet too early to say if the non-alcoholic beer will catch on or not!