Bronze in Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer
Hops Mirage
Primal Brewery, Huntersville, NC
- Category
- Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer
- Entries
- 48
- ABV
- 0%
- IBU
- Not Found
- Style
- NA IPA
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Not Found
Hops
Not Found
Not Found
Hop Profile
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Research Notes
Hops Mirage is a non-alcoholic IPA from Primal Brewery of Huntersville, North Carolina, which also operates a Belmont location.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15, Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer | Bronze (3rd place) | 48 | Primal Brewery | Huntersville, NC |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | NA IPA | Primal Brewery: Huntersville draft list |
| ABV | 0% | Untappd (hand-read citation): Primal Hops Mirage |
| IBU | Not Found | Not Found |
| Hops | Not Found | Not Found |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Not Found | Not Found |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
No brewery description of the beer was found; the brewery's pages name it only in its draft list and award listings.
Tasting Notes
Not Found
Ingredients
Nothing about ingredients is published.
Hop Profile
Not Found
Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline describes hoppier non-alcohol beers "ranging from Pale Ales to IPA" that "should showcase a prominent hop presence emblematic of hop-forward pale ale to India Pale Ale profiles," under the non-alcohol cap of less than 0.5% ABV. The brewery's NA IPA label fits that frame; the newly verified alcohol listing appears in the specs table.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer | Bronze |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
Primal Brewery is in Huntersville, NC. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Microbrewery.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram, Untappd.
Related
- Brewery: Primal Brewery
Links
- Untappd (hand-read citation): Primal Hops Mirage
- Beer page on brewery site
- Primal Brewery
- Primal Brewery: beer finder
- Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
Gaps
- Not Found: Description, Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, untappd.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, web search 2026-10-14: Primal Brewery Hops Mirage non-alcoholic IPA hops, primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, beermenus.com, wsoctv.com, wsoctv.com, brewbound.com.
- Not Found: IBU. Checked primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, untappd.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, web search 2026-10-14: Primal Brewery Hops Mirage non-alcoholic IPA hops, primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, primalbrewery.com, beermenus.com, wsoctv.com, wsoctv.com, brewbound.com, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
Research Notes
- The brewery has no individual beer pages; its Huntersville draft list names the beer and is the beer url.
- The brewery's own award listing already records "Great American Beer Festival: Hops Mirage NA IPA 2026: Bronze Medal," alongside a 2026 U.S. Open Beer Championship Bronze, an International Non Alcoholic Competition Gold, a 2025 CIBA Brewed Awards Silver, a 2025 USA Beer Ratings Gold and a 2025 Carolinas Championship of Beer Gold.
- No ABV, IBU or hop list was found on the home page, draft list or beer finder.
- The web search budget for this session ran out before an Untappd or retailer search specific to this beer could be run.
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Field pass 2026-10-13: The matching Untappd listing publishes 0% ABV, N/A IBU and no named hop varieties. The zero is recorded as the listing's stated value.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery pages list only the beer's awards, and a web search found no description or recipe.
- Brewery site scrape 2026-10-14: found nothing new; 5 pages tried (robots.txt obeyed, one request every few seconds per host).
- Second deep dive pass 2026-10-14 (brewery site; searches for press and social): found nothing new; 5 pages tried. Brewery draft list only repeats awards; two searches found no description, hops or process for Hops Mirage anywhere. Second round: press, release and competition searches found no description, hops or process for Hops Mirage.