Non- alcoholic beer

workaccount

I'm on a very healthy diet at the moment and I don't want to do anything to mess it up. Tonight the bouys are going out and I want to to.

What's a good brand and does it make you dehydrated or anything?

KamiKazi

becks is the only widespread non alcoholic beer i think. tastes similar to stella imo.

estebancambias

And a glass of water is not a viable option because?

Steez

Non alcoholic Becks. Becks itself has naff all of those chemicals in it, and the non alcoholic one is nice enough.

Only reason i know this is because i was served one by "accident". Lousy so and so's.

Cuddlesworth

Say you are the designated driver, you should get some for free.

JimiTime

Personally, i think the becks stuff tastes like soap! The non-alchaholic Erdinger is the best on the market IMO.

Lynibeth

Argh yeh.. I drunkingly picked up about 10 becks non alcoholic.. God that was a kick in the teeth

Tar.Aldarion

Get orange juice, you can't actually like the taste of beer? :-)

Nevyn

JimiTime wrote:

The non-alchaholic Erdinger is the best on the market IMO.

Totally.

Zaph

This thread makes baby Jesus (and the BGRH Brethren) cry.

Dave!

estebancambias wrote:

And a glass of water is not a viable option because?

Because he wants something that tastes like beer?

"I can't drink Coke, but I like Cola drinks... what's an alternative?"
"Fanta Lemon."

padi89

workaccount wrote:

I'm on a very healthy diet at the moment and I don't want to do anything to mess it up. Tonight the bouys are going out and I want to to.

What's a good brand and does it make you dehydrated or anything?

Having a few beers tonight will do dam all to upset your healthy diet.However if you go for the takeaway afterwards and eat sh1t all day tomorrow when your hungover then it will mess things up.Go for it.

ciaran76

There is a non alcoholic Cobra beer which is quite nice too if you see it.

I don't know why these non beers are so expensive either.

rossie1977

non-alcoholic beer has to be the most pointless product ever invented. People don't drink beer because they like the taste

OP are you a recovering alcoholic or something

I suggest to try some of these non-alcoholic alternatives
1.coke
2.orange
3.orange juice
4.tomato juice
5.club lemon
6.cidona
7.water (still and sparkling varieties available )

Capt'n Midnight

You could also get a pint of cordial.

The vacuum and enzymatic techniques to remove alcohol from many low alcohol beers leave behind some of the oils and higher alcohols that contribute to hangovers.

So Glad

rossie1977 wrote:

non-alcoholic beer has to be the most pointless product ever invented. People don't drink beer because they like the taste

OP are you a recovering alcoholic or something

I suggest to try some of these non-alcoholic alternatives
1.coke
2.orange
3.orange juice
4.tomato juice
5.club lemon
6.cidona
7.water (still and sparkling varieties available )

That's not true! I stopped drinking a while ago due to a serious realization that the world as it stands is messed up and that getting piss-drunk and being ignorant is not helping anything. I still go out all the time to pubs but get hassled by mates to drink all the time and the ridicule and persistence is ridiculous! So I have only 1-2 pints and drink 'em slow, although I'd rather not drink at all. It would be so much easier to have non-alcoholic beer to fake to my mates and stuff, but I've never seen it in any of the pubs I go to...

Love & Peace! :cool:

So Glad

dame

Why? Just drink water/juice/diet 7up or something. What good is beer without the alcohol?? :rolleyes:

AlmightyCushion

So Glad wrote:

That's not true! I stopped drinking a while ago due to a serious realization that the world as it stands is messed up and that getting piss-drunk and being ignorant is not helping anything. I still go out all the time to pubs but get hassled by mates to drink all the time and the ridicule and persistence is ridiculous! So I have only 1-2 pints and drink 'em slow, although I'd rather not drink at all. It would be so much easier to have non-alcoholic beer to fake to my mates and stuff, but I've never seen it in any of the pubs I go to...

Love & Peace! :cool:

So Glad

If you don't want to drink then stuff your friends and what they think, don't be a pussy and hide it. You'll look even worse when they find out you're drinking non alcoholic beer.

So Glad

Oh! And I forgot to mention that I don't take in any suger, so Coke etc. is way out! All I can drink in pubs is water or bloody expensive juices, so I'm keeping my money and taking the water for free. Thank you very much!

-10 points on coolness, but **** it! heheh

Love & Peace!

So Glad

Nevyn

rossie1977 wrote:

non-alcoholic beer has to be the most pointless product ever invented. People don't drink beer because they like the taste

Wrong.

Some times I just want a beer and it has nothing to do with the alcohol content. I have bought erdinger non alcoholic beer because it tastes better then what else was on offer in a shop.

Stark

So Glad wrote:

Oh! And I forgot to mention that I don't take in any suger, so Coke etc. is way out! All I can drink in pubs is water or bloody expensive juices, so I'm keeping my money and taking the water for free. Thank you very much!

-10 points on coolness, but **** it! heheh

Non alcoholic beer has the same simple sugars like maltose that normal beer has. Also, I had a few bottles of non-alcoholic Becks one night and I woke up with a worse hangover than I usually get from drinking normal beer. I haven't noticed problems from non-alcoholic Erdinger though.

guildofevil

rossie1977 wrote:

non-alcoholic beer has to be the most pointless product ever invented. People don't drink beer because they like the taste

Typical bloody Irish mentality. Everyone just drinks beer to get pissed. Can't even imagine that people might like the taste of the stuff.

I suppose I should stop wasting my time importing distinctive hops and formulating recipes for quality beers. After all, apparently I don't drink it because I like the taste. I should just get some cheap vodka instead. Less trouble and cheaper.

I had a beer with my dinner last night and that single beer was all I had yesterday. Why did I do that if I don't like the taste?

Tar.Aldarion

yes, yopu like beer. I know a lot of people that don't like it and just srink it to get drunk. Horses, of courses.

Capt'n Midnight

guildofevil wrote:

Typical bloody Irish mentality. Everyone just drinks beer to get pissed. Can't even imagine that people might like the taste of the stuff.

Just to clarify.
People who drink beer do so for the taste but those who drink lager do so to get drunk.

tippbhoy

The non alcoholic Cobra Indian beer (comes in a green bottle) is about the best i've come across but it's not that common. At least it's packaged differently to the alcoholic version unlike Becks, i've a story of some idiot drinking the wrong one by mistake and his car outside. Beck's NA is p1ss in my opinion but usually is the only option in a lot of pubs. Not a fan of the weiss beers myself so would tend to avoid Erdinger but each to their own.

What ever happened Kaliber?

Capt'n Midnight

tippbhoy wrote:

The non alcoholic Cobra Indian beer

Cobra "Indian" beer

it's about as genuine as a Ploughmans Lunch

oblivious

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Cobra "Indian" beer

it's about as genuine as a Ploughmans Lunch

So are most of the gassy yellow stuff served in irish pubs

tippbhoy

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Cobra "Indian" beer

it's about as genuine as a Ploughmans Lunch

:rolleyes:

Budweiser - "beechwood aged" in St James Gate

the list is endless

oblivious

tippbhoy wrote:

:rolleyes:

Budweiser - "beechwood aged" in St James Gate

the list is endless

You know they boil the Beachwood in caustic soda to remove and flavor, it’s just really just a platform to speed up the flocculation of the yeast and increases the maturing of the beer

Apparently Anheuser-Busch did some researcher a few years ago and found that steel cubes are more efficient but the marketing department objected as they would not be able to put Beachwood aged on the label

_blank_

Non alcoholic beer is like going down on your sister.

It tatses the same, but it's just wrong.

(With humble thanks to lolocaust).

BeerNut

tippbhoy wrote:

Budweiser - "beechwood aged" in St James Gate

Kilkenny, ackshooly, AFAIK.