Non-alcoholic beverages
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LLB - Lemon, Lime, & Bitters - is supposedly popular as a "posh" soft drink in Australia and New Zealand.
Not sure what the original recipe is, but it's based on lemonade with a splash of lime cordial and a dash of Angostura bitters.
I make something similar by adding a few splashes of Bitters to a bottle of Lemon and Lime flavoured fizzy water. It's (practically) non-alcoholic, but isn't sickly sweet - so you can keep up with your beer-drinking mates (and if you pick the right flavoured water, it's almost calorie free )
Not sure what the original recipe is, but it's based on lemonade with a splash of lime cordial and a dash of Angostura bitters.
I make something similar by adding a few splashes of Bitters to a bottle of Lemon and Lime flavoured fizzy water. It's (practically) non-alcoholic, but isn't sickly sweet - so you can keep up with your beer-drinking mates (and if you pick the right flavoured water, it's almost calorie free )
When I have phases of staying away from alcohol I usually drink alcohol free Cobra. Becks Blue is horrible!
I usually get 2 bottles and pour them into a pint glass and get a dash of lime in it.
I enjoy it, but its not exactly cheap, but I can't stand drinking some soft drinks, and if Cobra is not available I just have sparkling mineral water.
I usually get 2 bottles and pour them into a pint glass and get a dash of lime in it.
I enjoy it, but its not exactly cheap, but I can't stand drinking some soft drinks, and if Cobra is not available I just have sparkling mineral water.
eggchaser1987 said:
blueST said:
LordGrover said:
Fentimans ginger beer.
Unfortunately I detest ginger in all it's forms, which is ironic given my hair colour.LordGrover said:
SHutchinson said:
Tonic water, ice, lime. Close your eyes and pretend it's a G&T.
That's what I do.
Rubbish!That's what I do.
What you want is tonic water, ice, lime. Close your eyes and pretend it's a VAT.
That's what I don't do.
Heres a link for alcohol free lagers. I think there's a wider selection of alcohol-free beers than lagers, so if you don't mind beers might be worth looking into those as well.
http://www.alcoholfree.co.uk/lagers-c-2_65_67.html
http://www.alcoholfree.co.uk/lagers-c-2_65_67.html
Thread revival here but I was genuinely surprised when I found out the other night that Becks Blue non-alcoholic beer contains, according to the label, not more than 0.05% of alcohol. I wonder how many pregnant women drink this thinking it is 100% alcohol-free? I'm also curious as to how many you would need to drink before a breath test would read positive?
Martin_M said:
Thread revival here but I was genuinely surprised when I found out the other night that Becks Blue non-alcoholic beer contains, according to the label, not more than 0.05% of alcohol. I wonder how many pregnant women drink this thinking it is 100% alcohol-free? I'm also curious as to how many you would need to drink before a breath test would read positive?
You dug up a long dead thread for this bizarre bit of anti-alcohol scare-mongering for pregnant women? Low hanging fruit first, is it?Get your happy feet to here : http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sain...
Just bought a dozen to replace the past dozen I bought before. I will be seriously surprised if you don't like it. To me, its the best (although Bavaria is not bad) alcohol free (0.5%) beer I have had by a country mile.
I've sprung it on two people and both thought it was a "normal" good lager.
Just bought a dozen to replace the past dozen I bought before. I will be seriously surprised if you don't like it. To me, its the best (although Bavaria is not bad) alcohol free (0.5%) beer I have had by a country mile.
I've sprung it on two people and both thought it was a "normal" good lager.
Martin_M said:
Thread revival here but I was genuinely surprised when I found out the other night that Becks Blue non-alcoholic beer contains, according to the label, not more than 0.05% of alcohol. I wonder how many pregnant women drink this thinking it is 100% alcohol-free? I'm also curious as to how many you would need to drink before a breath test would read positive?
There's no quantifiable risk from that volume of alcohol - you'd have to drink dozens in a session. BlackVanDyke said:
Martin_M said:
Thread revival here but I was genuinely surprised when I found out the other night that Becks Blue non-alcoholic beer contains, according to the label, not more than 0.05% of alcohol. I wonder how many pregnant women drink this thinking it is 100% alcohol-free? I'm also curious as to how many you would need to drink before a breath test would read positive?
There's no quantifiable risk from that volume of alcohol - you'd have to drink dozens in a session. BlackVanDyke said:
There's no quantifiable risk from that volume of alcohol - you'd have to drink dozens in a session.
I think you'd be more at risk of water poisoning than getting drunk. I once tried Tesco Value lager as an experiment. 1.2% alcohol, and tasted like plastic. Each can was roughly .5 of a unit, so to get drunk at any appreciable rate I would be needing to drink something like 2 litres an hour for at least two hours. That's not healthy. Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff