Alcohol free beer.

[Fastpedeller]

Truckosaurus said:

MitchT said:

Drank two bottles of this one evening when I was out but had to drive. Woke up the following morning with the worst headache I've ever had.

In my youth it was an Urban Legend that drinking alcohol free beer still gave you a hangover as "it still contained the chemicals that give you a hangover".

I had the same many years ago - worst head I've ever had. Never again, I'd rather have soft drink.

[sgrimshaw]

lauda said:

I couldn't disagree more. That stuff is genuinely undrinkable!

Nanny State and Becks Blue are my default choices.

Everyone's tastes vary ... I find Becks Blue vile.

[lauda]

sgrimshaw said:

lauda said:

I couldn't disagree more. That stuff is genuinely undrinkable!

Nanny State and Becks Blue are my default choices.

Everyone's tastes vary ... I find Becks Blue vile.

Very true, it is horse for courses. But no only did I think the Cobra stuff was vile, it tastes nothing like any lager I've ever drunk. And trust me, I've drunk a lot!

[Janluke]

Nanny State for me as an added bonus its 29cals a bottle

[Twig62]

Nanny State is the best followed by the M&S low alcohol one IMHO

[OldGermanHeaps]

MitchT said:

Drank two bottles of this one evening when I was out but had to drive. Woke up the following morning with the worst headache I've ever had.

Thats my experience of becks blue and cobra zero, worse headaches than a hangover.
I'll deffo try some of these suggestions though, thanks.

[T-bagger]

matt173407 said:

Alcohol free beer, it's like going down on your sister it may taste the same but it ain't right!

I prefer to think of drinking alcohol free beer as "like paying a hooker for a cuddle"....

[mikef]

Janluke said:

Nanny State for me as an added bonus its 29cals a bottle

This - to me it tastes better than most full strength beers on a supermarket shelf

[M3ax]

Another one for Nanny State here. For when I'm not drinking Punk IPA. Or wine.

[soad]

I bought supermarket's own brand shandy (2 litre bottle), ABV: 0.5%
Hits the spot now and again. Really sweet though.

[Loyly]

Du1point8 said:

Is it possible to take the calories out of lager to brew a diet lager that is alcohol free?

There was a zero calorie, no alcohol beer on the market a few years ago. It came in a green bottle with a pull-top and had adverts in Viz. It was fking rancid.

[AAGR]

Reminds me that when Andy Rouse was running his Sierra RS500 Cosworth race cars with Kaliber sponsorship, his PR man was honour-bound to suggest that the media tried the product.

We did, but only once .... but that didn't end well ....

[Blown2CV]

maisel's weisse or erdinger. Germans do alcohol 'free' very well, as many people there drink them after work etc.

[Sticks.]

overunder12g said:

Hi,
Try Bavaria zero.
This is brewed in the normal manner but develops zero alc.
I think it is currently stocked by most UK supermarkets.

I like the 5% so was very disappointed when I tried this - far too sweet. I can manage 2 Becks Blue, if they're cold enough. I found they affected the taste of anything I drank afterwards.

I've tried Tesco 2% lager and bitter. As beer they're what you'd expect, but as an alternative to shandy, without the sweetness, tolerable.

There must be better low alcohol beers though. I'm surprised the market hasn't taken off..

[tribalsurfer]

Interesting the comments about Becks Blue and hangovers, i've experienced the same. I do however have no ill effects from San Miguel 0,0 which is now my go to. Or as an alternative Kopaberg Alcohol Free Pear Cider is pretty nice when chilled down.

[Speed 3]

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[Murph7355]

I never bother - more thirst quenching alternatives. Beer needs alcohol in it or it's not beer.

(Punk IPA has been a favourite for a while. And Mr President's a cheeky little number).

[InductionRoar]

No such thing as a good alcohol free beer sadly. If there was I would buy it.

[Blown2CV]

there's no such thing as an alcohol free beer which is as a good as an alcoholic one, sure, but it's not really intended to be a like-for-like thing... if you're not boozing then you're doing it for a reason, so as close as you are going to get is as good as you are going to get. For all the weirdos saying they don't get the point of alcohol free beer... how about driving, pregnancy/breast-feeding? Yes some women, including Mrs 2CV, like beer.

[otolith]

I quite like Nanny State, and Bavaria is OK. They're not as good as actual beer, but they're not unpleasant. And sod all calories in the Nanny State in particular, which is helpful.