Alcohol free drinks

[anonymous-user]

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[grumbledoak]

Soda and a slice of lime is about it if you are also avoiding sugar.

[Rosscow]

What about non alcoholic beers? I don't mind a Becks Blue if I'm driving, but it does have 0.05% alcohol....

Quite often bars stick ginger beer (non alcoholic) which makes a pleasant change.

[matrignano]

Virgin mary !

[JQ]

A pint of soda with a dash of lime cordial was my tipple. It was always important to stress "a dash" to bar staff otherwise I'd end up a pint of sugar water.

You'll never find it in a pub, but for home or parties I can highly recommend Brewdog Nanny State (available in Tesco). It is the only alcohol free drink that actually tasted like the alcoholic equivalent, and it's lovely.

[DoctorX]

JQ said:

A pint of soda with a dash of lime cordial was my tipple. It was always important to stress "a dash" to bar staff otherwise I'd end up a pint of sugar water.

You'll never find it in a pub, but for home or parties I can highly recommend Brewdog Nanny State (available in Tesco). It is the only alcohol free drink that actually tasted like the alcoholic equivalent, and it's lovely.

I agree, as long as you're a fan of these very hoppy IPA's.

ETA I've seen it in pubs.

[sherman]

JQ said:

A pint of soda with a dash of lime cordial was my tipple. It was always important to stress "a dash" to bar staff otherwise I'd end up a pint of sugar water.

You'll never find it in a pub, but for home or parties I can highly recommend Brewdog Nanny State (available in Tesco). It is the only alcohol free drink that actually tasted like the alcoholic equivalent, and it's lovely.

We sell Nanny State in the pub I work in in Edinburgh. It not alcohol free its 0.5% alcohol
Orange and cranberry mixed half and half can be a nice drink or a bitter lemon topped up with orange juice(st clements)

[6th Gear]

Cawston Press Sparkling Cloudy Apple is very nice and with no added sugar.

Also

Sparkling water and fresh lime juice over ice
Estrella NA beer (the best NA beer IMO)

[AndrewEH1]

Soda and lime is a good option, my go to drink at pubs when I need to drive home.

[condor]

Elderflower cordial and sparkling water or tonic water

[JQ]

Another tip, which is mainly for work situations (I do a lot of corporate entertaining) was to get the lime and soda in a short glass to make it look like a G&T. After a while it becomes tedious explaining to people why you're not drinking. You'll find some drinkers become very uncomfortable around non-drinkers.

[LordGrover]

There are some very nice ginger beers, but you have to be selective as some of them have a lot of sugar.
I like fentimans but must admit not checked ingredients.

[Slushbox]

I tend not to drink alchohol in pubs as I'm usually driving. The alchohol-free lagers are much better than they were (as mentioned) and can be spruced up with a shot of lime.

I keep a stash of 'Bavaria' lager-free lager at home, (Ocado) and don't miss the alchohol.

Tomato juice laced with Lea & Perrins works, and I like the slimline drinks, so a SL Tonic with lime/orange/ice is fine. Diet Coke if all else fails.

Orange/pineapple juice spritzers are oocasionsally good but the 'soda water' that comes out of those dispensing guns often isn't. So Perrier or Pelligrino is better.

Bars in France often have 'artisanal' lemonade, in those wire stopper bottles. Delicious 'long' with a lime twist.

For lunch, I can have One Drink. I'm the only person left in Britain who likes bitters and vermouths, apparently. So a Campari & SL Tonic, or a Martini/Cinzano Bianco or a Dubonnet spritzer just confuses bar staff, assuming they even have the makings.

[LordGrover]

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