Alcohol free drinks

[doodab]

I've consumed about 20 pints of mostly revolting beer in the last two days and have another day of festivalling to go. I'd like to give my body a rest. Why do we have such an abysmal selection of non alcoholic beverages in this country?

[BrilloPad]

I gave up coffee 6 years ago, alcohol 3 years ago and tea a year ago. I love water, lemon tea and the odd fruit juice.

HTH BIDI

[mudskipper]

I've consumed about 20 pints of mostly revolting beer in the last two days and have another day of festivalling to go. I'd like to give my body a rest. Why do we have such an abysmal selection of non alcoholic beverages in this country?

Are you off the booze?

On the occasions where I'm not drinking, I stick to soft drinks. Alcohol free beer is usually horrible stuff.

[sasguru]

. Alcohol free beer is usually horrible stuff.

Not true. When I was on my health drive at the start of the year, I gave up alcohol, but fancied a beer occasionally.

Best alcohol-free beer I found is Erdinger Weissbrau which is full of flavour. Alcohol free beers vary hugely in taste, depending on brand, and you're bound to find one that you like, IMHO.

Waitrose do an alcohol-free white wine: (Torres, Muscat) which is also flavourful but a little sweet. - I find opening it and leaving it for a day makes it drier.

Back to drinking but still do the above occasionally when I want to be sociable but don't want to drink e.g. all day BBQs.

There are no, repeat, NO alcohol free reds worth drinking.

[doodab]

Best alcohol-free beer I found is Erdinger Weissbrau which is full of flavour. Alcohol free beers vary hugely in taste, depending on brand, and you're bound to find one that you like, IMHO.

Yes my local Tesco has that, not bad. Weissbier seems to hold up better than lagers. Half fat Becks is drinkable, unlike the truly non alcoholic one which is horrid. Unfortunately the bars at this festival only have rancid beer, rancid cider, coke, lemonade and water.

In Germany they used to have stuff called bionade, which was quite delicious. Haven't seen it here. I might write to Waitrose and suggest they try it.

[NotAllThere]

In New Scientist's Last Word recently the question was raised why alcohol free beer tastes so crap; it can't be just the lack of alcohol 'cos it still tastes bad when you add ethanol. The answer's not be published yet.

I drank Erdinger alcohol free before I gave up alcohol. It's a decent drink in its own right.

[AtW]

I gave up coffee 6 years ago, alcohol 3 years ago and tea a year ago. I love water, lemon tea and the odd fruit juice.

And this is what CUK Addiction does to the weak minded

The only good tasting 0% beer is Becks Blue...

[MarillionFan]

WTF is the point of brewing an alcoholic drink and take the ahcohol out. WTF are you kidding.

[mudskipper]

Caffeine free coffee?

Sugar free cola?

THC free cannabis?

[Mich the Tester]

Caffeine free coffee?

Sugar free cola?

THC free cannabis?

Orgasm free sex?


(apparently lots of women have that all the time)