365 days without booze... join me?
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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.I see a trend now where more late teenagers are shunning booze.
I wonder if it’s a result of watching patents downing alcohol most evenings and sometimes getting smashed and not wanting to end up doing the same thing.
My son for example would always want to do the driving and will very will certainly never drink if he’s driving the next day.
He also berates my wife if he thinks she’s had too much.
Dry jan is a good springboard to either cutting back going forward or quitting for good.
My weakness is summer time sat outside after a lovely sunny day with a glass of wine
I wonder if it’s a result of watching patents downing alcohol most evenings and sometimes getting smashed and not wanting to end up doing the same thing.
My son for example would always want to do the driving and will very will certainly never drink if he’s driving the next day.
He also berates my wife if he thinks she’s had too much.
Dry jan is a good springboard to either cutting back going forward or quitting for good.
My weakness is summer time sat outside after a lovely sunny day with a glass of wine
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.
Will give those a try. The Brewdog AF is not bad, their Nanny State is like their other beer, over hopped.
Watch the Erdinger - the salt content is huuuge.
Dry Jan and hopefully pushed into 2020 as far as i can for me - got to get back into my skin suit for bike racing, and at the moment i look like......
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!
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