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Cobra (India) and Bavaria (Dutch)! in the supermarket. Weihenstephan (German) in bars.
Becks Blue I can put up with. Wouldn’t go out of my way for it.
Don’t care for Coors or Miller, but was never impressed by their alcoholic versions.
I think the Aussies do some too. Never had them.
All big companies you notice. Maybe the tech is dear. Microbrewery alcohol free? I wish!
SamBee wrote:Cobra (India) and Bavaria (Dutch)! in the supermarket.
Weihenstephan (German) in bars.
Becks Blue I can put up with. Wouldn’t go out of my way for it.
Don’t care for Coors or Miller, but was never impressed by their alcoholic versions.
I think the Aussies do some too. Never had them.
All big companies you notice. Maybe the tech is dear. Microbrewery alcohol free? I wish!
Wow. We sure have come a long ways since the “Near Beer” days.
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I am a fan of ginger beer and birch beer. As for tea, I drink loss of Roobois blends and Yerba Mate. For the Yerba, I like the earthy taste. There are lots of nutrients in it. I will sometime blend in a fruity tea or a bit of Agave to sweeten it up.
I also have some Samoan cocoa for special occasions.
I’ve had O’Douls original and amber. They’re pretty bad. I like the original more. Amber has a soy sauce thing going on I’m not into. Becks is tolerable.
I’m not a Coors man… NA or other.
Buckler by Heineken is ok unless it’s skunked… Kind of like regular Heineken.
I actually like Miller Sharps. It’s not my favorite style but it tastes the most like it’s alcoholic counterpart to me. Strong on corn notes though. I had a thing for Miller high life before. It was the cheapest I could stand haha.
There’s limited choice though. In Utah the liquor stores are all state owned. Supermarkets are limited. Liquor store might have a better selection of NAs but I’m afraid if I went in there I’d come out with a bottle of Grand Marnier.
I wanted to like beer, but I never really liked it. I dated a girl that was a big beer drinker and she got me one occasionaly, but I merely tolerated it. I have no desire to drink beer. Wine tastes like rotten grape juice (which it essentially is). No thanks. Unfortunately the only alcohol I would still like to enjoy is the kind where there is no question that is is definitely a strong drink. But then I’m too cheap to buy $15+ small glasses of it anyway, so it’s not a huge temptation. I mainly swill caffeinated cold beverages.
Twinings has some great herbal infusions. I like anything with mango & passionfruit. I tried ginger beer in NZ over the holidays, and it was actually really good. I was surprised. I don’t normally drink anything with calories. Mostly diet cokes or waters. We occasionally go for a venti hot chocolate at Starbucks when we’re on vacation, but I treat it like a dessert, which it totally is! I used to love Postum growing up. Too bad it went the way of the do-do.
well, unfortunately, or fortunately, I am into a position of forced compliance to the word of wisdom. I have a chronic liver disease called “Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis”/NASH. It’s hereditary — thanks, Mom. The problem is that NASH and its precursor, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), are extremely sensitive to drugs and alcohol in my system, and my congenital liver damage progresses dramatically whenever certain substances are in my system. So while there is a side of me that sees no problem with an adult beverage in moderation, I cannot do it safely any longer.
Thus, my drink of choice is simply, fresh-squeezed orange juice.
The lord works in mysterious ways…
I spent three weeks in Japan over the past Christmas holiday with the DW’s family and we had some lovely NA beers there. For some reason I’m still not able to fathom, NA beer has kind of swept over Japan and become very popular. It’s served in many restuarants and is not hard at all to find in supermarkets. Every label makes multiple versions of BA Beer. And if the labels are to be believed, it’s not the 0.5% version like O’Doules. It’s listed as “0.00%”. With that intro, the Asahi Super Dry Zero was good – tasted identical to a real Asahi Super Dry. There was a very dark, bitter Kirin that was supposed to resemble a Guinness. It wasn’t a Guinness. The best of the bunch, though, was from Suntory – can’t remember the name, but it was a really pale pilsner. Mmmm. The DW is a convert, and she really misses a beer with some kinds of Japanese food. We had either a Suntory or an Asahi almost every day with dinner.
Very simple Kumahito, as you’ve probably noticed, Japanese have a low alcohol tolerance. SamBee wrote:Very simple Kumahito, as you’ve probably noticed, Japanese have a low alcohol tolerance.
some yes, some no. I’ve been in situations where after consuming several bottles of sake, they keep going strong.arigato gosaimas, indeed…
(no, no, no, no…)
I have an embarassingly low tolerance myself (which is one of my problems with alcohol), but some of my Japanese friends made me look like the opposite. Probably they could do the same to me after years of abstinence. Japanese beer isn’t up to much (nor American I’m afraid), but the Japanese true to form, probably have excellent alcohol free beer I expect.
Anyone tried alcohol free wine?
I have to do a lot of business in Japan and China. Both cultures use one’s ability to drink a lot as a test of muster. In Japan they call it “numunication” which is a hybrid of the work for drinking and the English word “communication” meaning that people are reserved and won’t say what they think unless they are drinking. Since I don’t drink, the downside is that I have to be brave about eating whatever food they order in restaurants. A few of the things I’ve found on my plate I would have gladly traded out for a good stiff drink. I did get some extra points, though, for ordering hot water instead of tea with the meal. That was seen as a very Asian thing to do. I love water from the Britta water bottle with filter, Sprite, Sierra Mist, A & W Rootbeer, and 2% milk. I don’t drink caffeinated drink because they cause panic attacks, and I can’t drink herbal teas at night because they work against my anxiety medication, keeping me up at night. There was an Asahi brewery in one of my mission areas. Lately, I love my Soda Stream. I just buzz up some sparkling water and enjoy. It does leave me thirsty, though…
hawkgrrrl wrote:I have to do a lot of business in Japan and China. Both cultures use one’s ability to drink a lot as a test of muster. In Japan they call it “numunication” which is a hybrid of the work for drinking and the English word “communication” meaning that people are reserved and won’t say what they think unless they are drinking. Since I don’t drink, the downside is that I have to be brave about eating whatever food they order in restaurants. A few of the things I’ve found on my plate I would have gladly traded out for a good stiff drink. I did get some extra points, though, for ordering hot water instead of tea with the meal. That was seen as a very Asian thing to do.
we should compare travel notes….
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