Question: what's the best non-alcoholic Beer?
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It's Friday night but we're drivers, so what's your go-to near beer?
My summer favourite is Clausthaler's lemon shandy; it's the perfect refreshing combo of lemony and beery on a hot day when you've still got stuff to do.
Regular non-alcoholic Clausthaler minus the lenonade is decent and so is Krombacher: the Germans generally do it right.
I had some Partake IPA while in BC last summer which was nice, hoppy and definitely passes the "I can't believe this isn't real booze" test.
Honorable mention to Baltika 0 from St. Petersburg; it's genuinely good and far better than it has any right to be for how absurdly cheap it is (like less than mineral water). Bonus it comes in a cool bottle.Let me know your favourite in the comments, I also anticipate some rage...
[Technical asides: this seems like a very workable forum and drivetribe works as a helpful complement because I can host the photos over there and keep the weight off our server]
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How non-alcoholic are these beverages? I seem to remember that term being somewhat like calling a decaf coffee from Starbucks decaf.
Some test or other measured alcohol percentage and a few came close to 3.2% with all registering as containing alcohol.
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Root
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@zipfuel My drink of choice is Berghoff Root Beer.
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@nomdeplume they have to be less than
0.0-0.5%, according the website of the company selling it "near beer has a similar alcohol content as a glass of orange juice, a banana, or even a piece of chocolate cake"
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@zipfuel Per the above Starbucks example it seems a safe bet the US is nowhere near as strict.
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@shop-teacher oof, just can't do the licorice thing. Heavy spice ginger tho...
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@zipfuel licorice? I hate licorice too. This doesn't taste like that.
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@zipfuel Bush NA isn't half bad but in the same way sometimes corona is skunky, you get yeasty packs of the stuff on occasion
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I found myself drinking just a bit too much beer with all the time I’ve had on my hands this year, so I’ve largely migrated to non alcoholic because I drink it for the taste and would prefer to not have alcohol. Having tried a few, I’d agree with Clausthaler. I enjoy it, although it does have kind of a strange hint that I can’t quite put my finger on.
However, my wife picked me up some NA Pabst Blue Ribbon a few months ago knowing my affinity for my old college favorite on a hot day. Gotta say, it’s about the trashiest stuff you can drink but I really enjoy it. Tastes pretty close to the regular stuff and is refreshing. I’m kind of weird with beer, if it’s not a nice dark stout or porter, I don’t drink it. Except for PBR. It’s really strange.
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@zipfuel And, yet, we still had to card people who bought it when I worked at an Acme back in high school.
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@carsoffortlangley said in Question: what's the best non-alcoholic Beer?:
Root
Seconded. If I can’t drink real beer, I just move to one of my other beverages. Root beer is my fav.
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@eury said in Question: what's the best non-alcoholic Beer?:
Clausthaler. I enjoy it, although it does have kind of a strange hint that I can’t quite put my finger on.
Think I know what you are saying. Near perfectly balanced. : )
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@zipfuel I stopped drinking six months or so ago and have been sampling a variety of na beers. The Germans are all good, with Bitburger and I think Erdinger having a less apple juicy taste. The American ones all suck except Penn’s Best, which is actually cheaper than water, and perfectly mimics the finest American pisswater. I never liked real Heineken, but NA Heineken is pretty good and advertised as being 0% alcohol. I’ve mostly switched to La Croix now.
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@dipodomysdeserti I grew up in England and remember being mind blown finding that there was a bud lite. You mean there's an even more watery version of this stuff?
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Water.
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@zipfuel AFAIK jminer is having this hosted on Amazon Web Services...
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@nomdeplume like dehydrated water
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@rusty-vandura The joke was it does an acrobatic act to taste like normal pisswater.
NA beer or aperitifs have seen a surge in popularity because they actually taste good. Parts avoiding drinking at every event and parts rebellion against unnatural food science by people worried about what they put in their body.
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@nomdeplume I like Athletic Brewing IPA
but what’s really nice is HopLark Hop Tea. They have caffeinated and not caffeinated versions. Doesn’t taste quite like beer but the hop flavor is amazing.
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@zipfuel wait, Baltika makes a non-alcoholic brew?? I mean, the stuff is not bad, but I never pictured them for a brewer that would make a near-beer...
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No, just no.
Or "root". -
I think some of the German breweries do good ones, but I've not tried them. If I'm buying Erdinger it's gonna be real Erdinger
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Whiskey
