365 days without booze... join me?
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stargazer30 said:
Fatlad1973 said:
Tasting notes for fellow dry January beer-dodgers. I tried a couple of new virtually AF beers this weekend: Adnams Ghost Ship and Brooklyns Special Effects. Both were very good, whereas the alcohol free red wine I tried was at best adequate. It really missed the alcohol whereas the beers were genuinely good without it.
Late last year at a party, I drunk the stuff all night so sober, wifey got hammered. Next day I had the hangover! No idea what they put in it but def not for me.Kind of feels a little pointless. May as well have some proper beers!
Although, I guess the difference is it was easy to stop at 4. Not so easy with the real stuff.
Drew106 said:
stargazer30 said:
Fatlad1973 said:
Tasting notes for fellow dry January beer-dodgers. I tried a couple of new virtually AF beers this weekend: Adnams Ghost Ship and Brooklyns Special Effects. Both were very good, whereas the alcohol free red wine I tried was at best adequate. It really missed the alcohol whereas the beers were genuinely good without it.
Late last year at a party, I drunk the stuff all night so sober, wifey got hammered. Next day I had the hangover! No idea what they put in it but def not for me.Kind of feels a little pointless. May as well have some proper beers!
Although, I guess the difference is it was easy to stop at 4. Not so easy with the real stuff.
I can't be arsed at all with Dry January or...cough...Vegab
ksnuary.It's all in the moderation...ish
NobleGuy said:
Drew106 said:
stargazer30 said:
Fatlad1973 said:
Tasting notes for fellow dry January beer-dodgers. I tried a couple of new virtually AF beers this weekend: Adnams Ghost Ship and Brooklyns Special Effects. Both were very good, whereas the alcohol free red wine I tried was at best adequate. It really missed the alcohol whereas the beers were genuinely good without it.
Late last year at a party, I drunk the stuff all night so sober, wifey got hammered. Next day I had the hangover! No idea what they put in it but def not for me.Kind of feels a little pointless. May as well have some proper beers!
Although, I guess the difference is it was easy to stop at 4. Not so easy with the real stuff.
I can't be arsed at all with Dry January or...cough...Vegab
ksnuary.It's all in the moderation...ish
I quite understand why anyone would consider substitution for something that tastes a bit like the stuff you've really liked to drink for donkey's years. But having over the years tried the odd low-alcohol beer or wine and found out it wasn't so pleasant my choice was to completely forget about chasing any similar tastes.
And turning this around to one of the threads' favourite books, it's pointed out by Mr Porter (and others I'm sure) that alcohol is simply a poison which you wouldn't drink (and couldn't drink) without disguising its taste anyway, my mentality has been just not to go near to those type of tastes. Just cut the chord completely.
I know that's not going to work for everyone, but it's worked for me.
Water, tea, (probably too much) coffee (for my high blood pressure) and the odd apple juice. Boring - but just as effective for me!!!
Fatlad1973 said:
Tasting notes for fellow dry January beer-dodgers. I tried a couple of new virtually AF beers this weekend: Adnams Ghost Ship and Brooklyns Special Effects. Both were very good, whereas the alcohol free red wine I tried was at best adequate. It really missed the alcohol whereas the beers were genuinely good without it.
Can second both of those recommendations.Alcohol free Peroni, on the other hand, went down the sink after one mouthful. Utterly dreadful.
85Carrera said:
Can second both of those recommendations.
Alcohol free Peroni, on the other hand, went down the sink after one mouthful. Utterly dreadful.
And the beer moretti. It all tastes like the Heineken one. Wouldn't be surprised if it is! Alcohol free Peroni, on the other hand, went down the sink after one mouthful. Utterly dreadful.
Best one I've tried is the Ghost Ship but oddly one is enough where as id happily drink the real thing all day.
I'm going to continue to the end of Feb. It is the shortest month so a no brianer. If I get that far I'll aim for my birthday at the end of March.
Just wish I had lost some weight. I've lost 1kg so far and have another 10 to go according to my fitbit.
Hawkshead 'Lighter Times' is without question the best low alcohol beer/ale I have ever tasted, and I have tried quite a few.
It's 0.5% and actually tastes like a nice golden real ale that you would get in a decent pub. It has absolutely none of that weird taste that you get in all the rest of the non alcoholic stuff. If you served me it in a pub without me knowing I would probably swear it was a good quality 4-5% ale.
Brewed in the Lake District
http://www.hawksheadbrewery.co.uk/beers/5494/light...
Get some ordered.
Honourable motion goes to Heineken 0.0 as it isn't too bad.
All of the following are absolutely repulsive:
Brewdog Nanny State
Moretti Zero
Becks Blue
Cobra Zero
Budweiser Prohibition
It's 0.5% and actually tastes like a nice golden real ale that you would get in a decent pub. It has absolutely none of that weird taste that you get in all the rest of the non alcoholic stuff. If you served me it in a pub without me knowing I would probably swear it was a good quality 4-5% ale.
Brewed in the Lake District
http://www.hawksheadbrewery.co.uk/beers/5494/light...
Get some ordered.
Honourable motion goes to Heineken 0.0 as it isn't too bad.
All of the following are absolutely repulsive:
Brewdog Nanny State
Moretti Zero
Becks Blue
Cobra Zero
Budweiser Prohibition
- tastes quite nice too. 
Well done everyone. I'd say missing the anniversary is a powerful thing. Stopping the x days count shows it started to be the new normal.
For all those totting up savings, I took out a loan, bought a second hand Caterham and used the beer tokens saved to pay the monthly. Plus, as you lose weight, you add tangible performance for free!
For all those totting up savings, I took out a loan, bought a second hand Caterham and used the beer tokens saved to pay the monthly. Plus, as you lose weight, you add tangible performance for free!
Smitters said:
Well done everyone. I'd say missing the anniversary is a powerful thing. Stopping the x days count shows it started to be the new normal.
For all those totting up savings, I took out a loan, bought a second hand Caterham and used the beer tokens saved to pay the monthly. Plus, as you lose weight, you add tangible performance for free!
If you'd drunk more you could have had a Ferrari. For all those totting up savings, I took out a loan, bought a second hand Caterham and used the beer tokens saved to pay the monthly. Plus, as you lose weight, you add tangible performance for free!
Just over a month for me but had a slightly bad day. Summer here down under and we have a bank holiday weekend. Struck me that most likely I would have got wife, daughter and dog to walk into the “village” for a couple of drinks. Took daughter and dog for walk in the park instead. Still overall I feel better without the booze (not that I was a big drinker but even small amounts gave me hangovers and disturbed my sleep.
Final weekend of the month. Friday and Saturday nights AF was easy. The only point in the week when I really fancy a pint is Sunday afternoons.
Going to the gym later to sort that craving.
Plan to keep going and try for 100 days but taking it very much one day at a time.
Been reading more quit lit the last couple of days. Interesting read as it's the first sobriety book I've read from a women's perspective. They all seem to be written by blokes:
I think you might like this book – "The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life" by Catherine Gray.
Start reading it for free: http://amzn.eu/846EWwk
She talks about booze being a cure of introverts. I totally get that and like her it's very much stopped working for me!
Going to the gym later to sort that craving.
Plan to keep going and try for 100 days but taking it very much one day at a time.
Been reading more quit lit the last couple of days. Interesting read as it's the first sobriety book I've read from a women's perspective. They all seem to be written by blokes:
I think you might like this book – "The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life" by Catherine Gray.
Start reading it for free: http://amzn.eu/846EWwk
She talks about booze being a cure of introverts. I totally get that and like her it's very much stopped working for me!
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