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0% Gym Beer
Beerlager

0% Gym Beer

A Polish 0.0% functional lager spiked with BCAAs, guarana caffeine, and white mulberry — marketed squarely at gym-goers who want a post-workout beer that actually does something.

About This Drink

Iguana Gym Beer comes from Browar Piotrków, a family-owned Polish brewery that's been running since 1927. The 0.0% lager format is pretty standard; what's unusual is the ingredient list. Each 330ml can contains 1,000mg of BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, valine), 43mg of caffeine via standardised guarana extract, and a white mulberry fruit infusion. It's a sports supplement dressed as a beer, essentially. In the glass it pours a light amber with minimal head retention. The flavour leans into sweetness more than hops — there's a faint, non-descript bitterness in the background but it doesn't develop into much. The mouthfeel is light and fairly thin. It's not going to fool anyone expecting a proper lager, but that's arguably not the point. At £1 a can from Morrisons, it's one of the cheaper functional drinks around. Whether the BCAA and caffeine quantities are meaningful in recovery terms is debatable — sports nutritionists might raise an eyebrow at the doses — but if you want something cold and beer-adjacent after training without reaching for an energy drink, this fills that gap.

Ingredients

Water, Brewing Barley, Barley Malt, Fibre (1.5%), Amino Acids From Brewer's Yeast (0.3%), BCAA Amino Acids: L-Leucine (0.15%), L-Valine (0.075%), L-Isoleucine (0.075%), Hop Extract, Hop Oil, Flavourings, Acid: Lactic Acid, Standardised Guarana Extract (0.013%), Flavouring: Natural Caffeine, Infusion of White Mulberry Fruit (0.005%), Hops

Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
33 kcal

Dietary

VEGANORGANIC

Tasting Notes

Taste

LEANS SWEET RATHER THAN HOPPY. THERE'S A FAINT CEREAL BASE AND A BACKGROUND BITTERNESS THAT SUGGESTS LAGER WITHOUT REALLY LANDING THERE. THE WHITE MULBERRY INFUSION ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER OF SWEETNESS.

Aroma

FAINT AND NON-DESCRIPT ON THE NOSE — A MILD GRASSY HOP NOTE WITH LITTLE DEPTH. NOT UNPLEASANT JUST UNDERSTATED.

Character

Appearance
LIGHT AMBER CLEAR. POURS WITH MINIMAL HEAD THAT DISSIPATES QUICKLY.
Mouthfeel
LIGHT-BODIED AND MODERATELY CARBONATED. THINNER THAN A STANDARD LAGER.
Finish
SHORT AND CLEAN. THE SWEETNESS FADES QUICKLY WITH MINIMAL BITTERNESS LINGERING.

Production

Brewed from barley malt using standard lager brewing, then dealcoholised to 0.0% ABV. Functional ingredients — BCAAs, guarana extract, white mulberry infusion — added post-brew.

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Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
33 kcal

Dietary

VEGANORGANIC

Tasting Notes

Taste

LEANS SWEET RATHER THAN HOPPY. THERE'S A FAINT CEREAL BASE AND A BACKGROUND BITTERNESS THAT SUGGESTS LAGER WITHOUT REALLY LANDING THERE. THE WHITE MULBERRY INFUSION ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER OF SWEETNESS.

Aroma

FAINT AND NON-DESCRIPT ON THE NOSE — A MILD GRASSY HOP NOTE WITH LITTLE DEPTH. NOT UNPLEASANT JUST UNDERSTATED.

Character

Appearance
LIGHT AMBER CLEAR. POURS WITH MINIMAL HEAD THAT DISSIPATES QUICKLY.
Mouthfeel
LIGHT-BODIED AND MODERATELY CARBONATED. THINNER THAN A STANDARD LAGER.
Finish
SHORT AND CLEAN. THE SWEETNESS FADES QUICKLY WITH MINIMAL BITTERNESS LINGERING.

Production

Brewed from barley malt using standard lager brewing, then dealcoholised to 0.0% ABV. Functional ingredients — BCAAs, guarana extract, white mulberry infusion — added post-brew.