Brews That Don't Leave a Bruise

 I wrote about alcohol-free beer getting a bit tastier in the Journal News. 

Here's what happened with what is known as NA beer in recent years: It was bland and bad. Craft beer was exploding, offering hoppy, hefty, tasty IPAs and other brews, and the alcohol-free stuff was, well, O'Douls. 

But it got better. A handful of breweries that do only NA beer, including Athletic and Partake, launched, and traditional craft breweries are experimenting with alco-free brews now. 

“It’s a good way to not only have a new product, but also to speak to different people and different crowds,” said Kasey Schwartz, head brewer at Broken Bow Brewery of Tuckahoe, NY. “People that don’t want to drink alcohol or can’t drink alcohol, and want something refreshing in the middle of the day.”