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It\u2019s a Sunday afternoon in the middle of a sweltering July. All that rain from earlier in the week means your lawn is now in serious need of a trim. <\/span><\/p>\n You know it\u2019ll take a few hours of grueling work to whip things into shape and you\u2019ll need to stay properly hydrated. Water doesn\u2019t sound good. <\/span><\/p>\n You want a beer.<\/span><\/p>\n In the U.S. these conditions can be found in just about any neighborhood. With our unhealthy obsession for both beer and maintaining an unreasonably manicured lawn, the crossover isn\u2019t that tough to imagine. <\/span><\/p>\n In fact, the marriage of brews and backyard beautification is so prolific that beer culture geeks have coined the term \u201clawnmower beer\u201d. The nickname describes the perfect brews to slam while mowing the grass.<\/span><\/p>\n While there isn\u2019t a defining brand, you can probably guess the broadstrokes that define the category. They\u2019re usually a low ABV, mass-produced, light-bodied American style beer. <\/span><\/p>\n Before you even finished reading that sentence you were probably already thinking of a few. Traditional lawnmower beers are crisp, refreshing, and probably cheap.<\/span><\/p>\n Remember though that one of the important factors in a lawnmower beer is that low ABV percentage. <\/span><\/p>\n You can\u2019t be getting hammered on your fourth 9.4% IPA before doing the side yard. You\u2019re gonna need something you can drink a few of and still safely use the weed trimmer.<\/span><\/p>\n So, when it comes to non-alcoholic beer<\/a>, wouldn\u2019t they all technically be \u201clawnmower beers\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n Not really.<\/span><\/p>\n You want to slam a few Porters while you\u2019re a sweaty mess just because they\u2019re under 0.5% ABV<\/a>? Of course not, man! You still want that same low-hopped, malty, light-bodied tasting profile, but with even less alcohol than you used to drink.<\/span><\/p>\n Luckily, there\u2019s a bunch of really fantastic non-alcoholic lawnmower beers that you can slam all day and still see straight enough to make a straight edge along the driveway.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n