Non-alcoholic beverages
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I've given up drinking for the time being, which may or may not need to be permanent. In any case, I'll be drinking substantially less. So what on earth do non-drinkers drink on social occasions? I used to mainly drink lager when out, or wine at home. Becks Blue is aweful, and I'm not 12 so there is only so much diet coke and lemonade I can handle.
I have tried most of these and they are nice:
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/FindProduc... free beer
Cobra
Bavaria
Erdinger << nicest
But I still find them terribly gassy, are you looking for non alcoholic beers or recipies for other non alcoholic drinks?
One drink I tried that was not bad was something along this:
soda water, elderflower cordial, dash of orange blossom water and angostura bitters... all over ice
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/FindProduc... free beer
Cobra
Bavaria
Erdinger << nicest
But I still find them terribly gassy, are you looking for non alcoholic beers or recipies for other non alcoholic drinks?
One drink I tried that was not bad was something along this:
soda water, elderflower cordial, dash of orange blossom water and angostura bitters... all over ice
Du1point8 said:
I have tried most of these and they are nice:
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/FindProduc... free beer
Cobra
Bavaria
Erdinger << nicest
But I still find them terribly gassy, are you looking for non alcoholic beers or recipies for other non alcoholic drinks?
One drink I tried that was not bad was something along this:
soda water, elderflower cordial, dash of orange blossom water and angostura bitters... all over ice
I'm looking for things I'd be able to order in an ordinary city centre bar really. Lager was my usual berverage of choice, but I'm open to ideas. Like your suggestion above, never even heard of two fo those ingredients! Will I get punched if I ask for it in northern pub?http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/FindProduc... free beer
Cobra
Bavaria
Erdinger << nicest
But I still find them terribly gassy, are you looking for non alcoholic beers or recipies for other non alcoholic drinks?
One drink I tried that was not bad was something along this:
soda water, elderflower cordial, dash of orange blossom water and angostura bitters... all over ice
Generally, I'll have a soda and lime and then just move to tap water. I can't stand drinking sugary drinks all night, plus I now dislike getting in rounds. It upsets me when a sober night at the pub costs me £20 for 6 glasses of soda water. Plus I don't drink as much as my buddies so just get a glass of water every 2 rounds.
JQ said:
Generally, I'll have a soda and lime and then just move to tap water. I can't stand drinking sugary drinks all night, plus I now dislike getting in rounds. It upsets me when a sober night at the pub costs me £20 for 6 glasses of soda water. Plus I don't drink as much as my buddies so just get a glass of water every 2 rounds.
Sorry but your mates are assholes if they are forcing you to be in rounds when you are on sodawater... we never do that if one of us needs to abstain from the alcohol.Du1point8 said:
JQ said:
Generally, I'll have a soda and lime and then just move to tap water. I can't stand drinking sugary drinks all night, plus I now dislike getting in rounds. It upsets me when a sober night at the pub costs me £20 for 6 glasses of soda water. Plus I don't drink as much as my buddies so just get a glass of water every 2 rounds.
Sorry but your mates are assholes if they are forcing you to be in rounds when you are on sodawater... we never do that if one of us needs to abstain from the alcohol.Who says they're forcing me into rounds? If someone buys me a drink I'll buy them one back, it's common decency. I don't drink, so are you suggesting I don't ever have to pay for my drinks and I should sponge off my friends permanently?
JQ said:
Du1point8 said:
JQ said:
Generally, I'll have a soda and lime and then just move to tap water. I can't stand drinking sugary drinks all night, plus I now dislike getting in rounds. It upsets me when a sober night at the pub costs me £20 for 6 glasses of soda water. Plus I don't drink as much as my buddies so just get a glass of water every 2 rounds.
Sorry but your mates are assholes if they are forcing you to be in rounds when you are on sodawater... we never do that if one of us needs to abstain from the alcohol.Who says they're forcing me into rounds? If someone buys me a drink I'll buy them one back, it's common decency. I don't drink, so are you suggesting I don't ever have to pay for my drinks and I should sponge off my friends permanently?
Simples... Would never expect anyone to have to pay more than their share or we let them just add money (cost of a soda water, etc) to the kitty when they want a drink.
Du1point8 said:
No... in that case or your case, you are in your own round for X rounds (until cost of your round = number of drinks you have consumed)... we do that with several people we know that will only have a pint for our 3 in this case... so if there are 3 of us, we will pay for theirs on the 1st, the 4th and they buy the 7th round (they have paid for 3 pints now that they have had)... or remember for next time.
Simples... Would never expect anyone to have to pay more than their share or we let them just add money (cost of a soda water, etc) to the kitty when they want a drink.
Simples... Would never expect anyone to have to pay more than their share or we let them just add money (cost of a soda water, etc) to the kitty when they want a drink.
No thanks, I'm quite happy with what I do.
JQ said:
?????
Who says they're forcing me into rounds? If someone buys me a drink I'll buy them one back, it's common decency. I don't drink, so are you suggesting I don't ever have to pay for my drinks and I should sponge off my friends permanently?
Its simple really. If you're not drinking and everyone else is... buy your own. Otherwise you're going to pay a fortune and have 3-4 soda waters in the time period that everyone else has 8 pints.Who says they're forcing me into rounds? If someone buys me a drink I'll buy them one back, it's common decency. I don't drink, so are you suggesting I don't ever have to pay for my drinks and I should sponge off my friends permanently?
If you're driving them to/from pub and only drinking soda waters... your wallet should never leave your pocket.
KFC said:
Its simple really. If you're not drinking and everyone else is... buy your own. Otherwise you're going to pay a fortune and have 3-4 soda waters in the time period that everyone else has 8 pints.
Which is precisely what I do, but apparently that makes all my mates assholes. Apparently they should be paying for all my drinks all night. Either that or I should be running a spreadsheet to calculate how much we owe each other. Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff