Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Any good ones where you live? Is there much of a range available locally or online? Recommendations?
(Low, no, free... all mean no more than 0.5% ABV)
(Low, no, free... all mean no more than 0.5% ABV)
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Low & No Alcohol Beers
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I don't drink (often) so non alcoholic beer seemed the perfect solution. Only one time did i consume it, next day i had a raging, never again hangover, and i didn't get any pleasure earning the hangover.
My return to iced water was welcome and i haven't strayed since, (except for celebration toasts)
So i am afraid i can't offer much advice but did give you an interesting anecdote
My return to iced water was welcome and i haven't strayed since, (except for celebration toasts)
So i am afraid i can't offer much advice but did give you an interesting anecdote
PureX
Veteran Member
When I first quit drinking alcohol back in the early 90s, I used to buy non-alcoholic beer when out with friends, occasionally. Back then, (this was in Chicago) there was a brand called Hoc-Beck (not sure of the spelling) that was pretty good. The rest that I tried were varying degrees of awful.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Rational Agnostic
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Well, a hangover is caused by alcohol, so your getting sick the next day was apparently coincidental if you didn't have any alcohol.
So i am told, it didn't make the hangover go away.
Since the incident i have done a little research into why. Ethanol/alcohol can obviously cause hangover but there are other causes impurities and chemicals in the drink and dehydration can have more of an impact than alcohol
Yengling is the oldest US beer. Its a lager, sort of lightweight and smooth. Not very bitter or sour. A lot of beers follow after the Yengling flavor or have a version that is similar, so start with that and compare.
There is not a lot of range, locally in manufacturers; but you can go to high end grocery stores. We have a lot of liquor stores and not many bars. I don't buy case beer but singles at service stations. When I'm not looking for high alcohol% I tend to buy Michelob Ultra, Milwaukee's Best, Yengling and things like that. I only buy a beer a few times per month, and I don't experiment very often. Its expensive, fattening, often interrupts digestion. Its good but comes at a price. If it wasn't so cheap to get a can I'd just buy wine.
I'm a massive beer fan, and calling any alcohol free beer 'good' is tough, but...
Sobah Non-Alcoholic Beverages
I've also travelled to Scandinavia a couple of times, and found a fairly good selection of Mikeller beer available.
Low Alcohol
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Until quite recently there were few low alcohol beers and they were pretty much universally awful. That's radically changed of late; as well as established breweries producing AF (Alcohol Free) beers there are new breweries that produce only AF beers.
There's some excellent ones out there now, this really good (
) blog already has 90+ reviews on it. >>>>> Beers Without Fears
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Does ginger beer count?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Massive beer fan here too. When I was told the alcohol had to stop I was mortified. Now I've discovered good AF beers all I need to find now are AF Islay malt whiskies...
Mikkeller are a good one! Weird Weather, Drink'in the Sun, Energibajer...
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Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Defining "beer" is quite a task! I'd say a beer is a beverage that has undergone fermentation. Not sure ginger beer does?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I do not drink alcohol or none alcohol beer
If you eat a ripe banana you're consuming alcohol, as much as in a low alcohol beer.
"There are several studies that show ripe bananas contain alcohol (ethanol) – up to 0.5% ABV (alcohol by volume).
One of these studies by researchers at the University of Kaiserslautern also looked at how much alcohol children are exposed to in everyday food and drink, including bananas.
The University of Kaiserslautern study found up to 0.04g of ethanol per 100g in ripe bananas (0.4% ABV). However, it found much higher levels of ethanol in other foods. For example, a brand of bread rolls it looked at contained 1.28% ABV alcohol."
- How much alcohol does a very ripe banana contain? Is it safe for children? - Quora
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
The grief in your head won't have been from the low level of alcohol. Other chemicals are of course to be found in poor quality drinks, good AF beers won't have any - as the listed ingredients will show. The liver is responsible for breaking the alcohol down and the amount in an alcoholic drink is too much for it to deal with quickly - hence the effects caused by this (including a hangover). With a low alcohol beer the alcohol is easily and quickly broken down. You won't get drunk by consuming several glasses of AF beer - the liver can keep on top of the job.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I only eat yellow bananaIf you eat a ripe banana you're consuming alcohol, as much as in a low alcohol beer.
"There are several studies that show ripe bananas contain alcohol (ethanol) – up to 0.5% ABV (alcohol by volume).
One of these studies by researchers at the University of Kaiserslautern also looked at how much alcohol children are exposed to in everyday food and drink, including bananas.
The University of Kaiserslautern study found up to 0.04g of ethanol per 100g in ripe bananas (0.4% ABV). However, it found much higher levels of ethanol in other foods. For example, a brand of bread rolls it looked at contained 1.28% ABV alcohol."
- How much alcohol does a very ripe banana contain? Is it safe for children? - Quora
I most definitely didnt get drunk ;-)
Man, I can only imagine.
I've been somewhat careful with my consumption during lockdown, so I've found having one really good beer is better and cheaper than several crappy beers.
Hard to justify how much a single bottle costs sometimes, but also one of my favourite little habits. And man, there are some cracking beers around once you know where to look.
PS. Ive been to several Mikeller bars in Denmark and Sweden, plus Omnipollo in Sweden. My goodness...I miss travel!!
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Father Heathen
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Only NA beer I've tried was O'doul's, which was okay.
I only drink bourbon nowadays.
Never liked beer.
Still the question of alcohol free beer made my inner Australiastan shudder
Never liked beer.
Still the question of alcohol free beer made my inner Australiastan shudder
Go get yourself a nice bourbon-barrel aged beer, and move from bogan to classy. Like me. Ahem.
I have this beastie downstairs, just waiting for the right moment.
