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At the pub with friends, listener Aengus noticed that a few members of the group were drinking nonalcoholic beers, which got him wondering about the rise in popularity of this beer variety. How do you brew a beer without the alcohol? How do you get these alcohol-free beers to taste so much like the original? And how big are the health benefits to switching to a low- or no-alcohol beer? Host Marnie Chesterton taste tests what's on the market in Leuven, Belgium and asks the experts why this unassuming grocery shelf has gotten so much more flavorful in recent years. She also speaks to health experts and those studying the beneficial things in beer (can you say xanthohumol?) to better understand what's good for us and what's not.