Alsternative is a ready-mixed drink rather than a straight beer. It combines Kehrwieder's Miami Grove hazy pale ale (77.5% of the blend) with a fruit and botanical juice made from cocoa fruit, acerola, and pink pepper berries. There are no artificial flavourings or sweeteners involved. The tropical character of the base beer carries through — coconut and pineapple come forward first — then the acerola adds a citrusy tartness and the pink pepper brings a warm, lingering spice at the end. The cocoa fruit contributes a faint earthiness that stops it tipping into pure fruit drink territory. It sits somewhere between a tropical pale ale and a light fruit beer. At around 0.5% ABV it works well served over ice, and the layered flavour holds up better in a glass than most ready-mixed drinks in this category.