08 / ABOUT COLDCRAFT
BEER, WITHOUT THE ALCOHOL.
Coldcraft is an alcohol-free beer project from Ofrälse in Sweden. We're developing four styles and taking a closer look at how they're made.
WHAT WE'RE MAKING
FOUR DIFFERENT
REASONS TO OPEN A CAN.
A Hazy IPA with a rounded body and plenty of hop aroma. A crisp Lager. A West Coast with a firmer bitterness. And a soft Weiss for a slower lunch.
Those differences matter to us. Alcohol-free is the starting point; choosing between the beers should still come down to what you feel like drinking.
Meet the rangeHOW WE WORK
START WITH
THE FLAVOUR.
Malt, bitterness, aroma and texture. Change one and the others can feel quite different.
We bring together prepared malt ingredients, hops and aroma blends at low temperature. It lets us adjust the drink without first making a conventional alcoholic beer and removing its alcohol.
The process also gives us something practical to investigate: how much heating, cooling, cleaning and water the finished beer needs. You can explore those questions on the Method page.
The process and the numbersSWEDEN / UNITED STATES
TESTING IT
IN A BREWERY.
Through the COLD Innowwide project, Ofrälse is working with Urban Artifact in the United States on process trials, taste, resource use and the US market. The project was awarded €60,000 through Eureka's EU-funded programme.
Recipes are one part of that work. Production equipment, product stability, repeatable batches and what people think of the beer all need answers too.
The project and its fundingBEYOND THE BEER
ICE, SNOW
AND DAYS OUT.
Ice gives the cans their silver pattern. It also connects two things we want Coldcraft to support: research into glaciers and the people who spend their time on ice and snow.
We commit 1% of net sales to ice research from our first sale. Our Field Team programme is open to athletes, coaches and local sport communities with an idea for working together.