The Stepaja company, which specializes in foods for diabetics, decided to brew a special beer without sugar. "De Proefbrouwerij" developed 2 magic beers: the STEPA ale (pale, 6% alc.v/v) and the STEPA amber (dark, 6 % v/v) both having less than 0.3 % residual sugar. Special malts were selected to optimize taste and a controlled fermentation in the bottle was employed to reduce the sugar content to below 0.3 %