This so-called beverage is usually a light beer which to a degree tastes like the genuine article but contains less than 2 percent of alcohol. If beer must be consumed it is advisable to keep its content of alcohol as low as possible. Important legal technicalities arise in those states where prohibition laws obtain, respecting the manufacture and sale of near beers.

Two analyses of near beers made under my supervision gave the following data:

These beverages were hopped, carbonated and looked like beer.