Alcohol-free and low-alcohol beer is no longer a niche side project. It’s a fast-growing, global business. The non-alcoholic beer market alone is estimated at around USD 29.4 billion in 2024 and is forecast to almost double to roughly USD 58.7 billion by 2033, with a projected CAGR of 8.2%. Europe currently holds the largest share of this market, while Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing region and North America is also seeing strong momentum.

We chatted with Abstrax to learn the first step of making hop water, the absolute best ways that you can use Abstrax Hops products to create an epic sparkling beverage, and how Abstrax’s Hop Water Guide can directly benefit the bottom line at your brewery.

Brewing has always been a hands-on craft — a dance between heat, pressure, and precision. But for today’s brewers, managing tanks, temperatures, and timelines often means juggling multiple, disparate digital tools in environments where keyboards and touchscreens just don’t fit. Wet floors, gloved hands, and constant motion make traditional data entry inefficient and error-prone to the extent that people pull back on entering data which limits the use they can get out of their data.