Buckler has been around since 1988, which makes it something of a historical artefact in the alcohol-free category. When it launched, the market barely existed. There was no Brewdog Nanny State, no Lucky Saint, no Athletic Brewing. Buckler was one of the first mainstream attempts to give non-drinkers something other than Coca-Cola. Brewed in the Netherlands by Heineken, it is a conventional lager recipe — water, barley malt, hops, yeast — processed to remove the alcohol entirely. The result is what you'd expect from a 1988 product: clean, straightforward, without the complexity of more recent craft AF lagers. Moderate cereal malt, gentle bitterness, minimal hop character. It does the job. It's not a beer you'd choose over Lucky Saint or Days if given the option, but it's reliably available, easy to find in pubs that stock AF options, and perfectly drinkable. Sometimes the oldest option on the list is there for a reason.