Methods for a preserved, deoxygenated, flavored beverage and compositions thereof

A method of producing a beverage, the method comprising:

• providing water having a dissolved oxygen content of less than 0.5%;
• purging the water with an inert gas to maintain an anoxic environment of a mixture or create the anoxic environment of the mixture;
• adding deoxygenated hops to the water after the purging, to create the mixture, wherein the adding includes:
• disrupting an equilibrium of dissolved oxygen in the water, prior to adding the deoxygenated hops to produce water with a reduced dissolved oxygen content, wherein the disrupting does not include vacuuming the mixture or in-line vacuum degassing the mixture;
• sparging the mixture with an inert gas to reduce the dissolved oxygen and thereby produce the water having the dissolved oxygen content of less than 0.5% combined with a hops flavor resulting from the deoxygenated hops;
• sealing the mixture in a container to produce an anaerobic, nonalcoholic beverage.