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Old Jul 8, 2021 | 9:37 pm
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MareLuce
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Since going low carb (20 grams of net carbs or less / day, 25 grams total carbs):
I've made the following changes:

Wines: lower carb / lower alcohol wines via a Dry Farms Wine subscription.

Beer: I was drinking mostly Clausthaler, my absolute fave non-alcoholic beer. Tastes like a good craft beer to me. My friends were not able to pick it out of a single-blind taste test as the non-alcoholic beer :-). However, it has too many carbs.

For a while I switched back to low-carb lite beer when I really wanted something carbonated that tasted vaguely like beer. Now I've found Lagunitas Hop. It would never be confused for alcoholic beer. However it IS exactly what it says, a "hoppy refresher" and I've developed a taste for it.

Liquor: zero carb liquors - gins and whisky, with a preference for gin. I used to think gin was boring but now I dig it. Even at zero carbs, liquor adds a lot to total calories though. No free lunch.

I tried an expensive non-alcoholic gin. Brand name D___. It tasted awful just by itself. When mixed with fizzy water it's OK.

I am one of those strange people who truly want to drink for the interesting taste, for the social camaraderie, and I am fascinated by how alcohol is labeled. So much design into each one. not for the head feeling I get.

But I actually don't like the feeling from drinking. My brain works perfectly well as-is and I don't need or want something messin' with it. Plus if all the latest health news is true, there is no healthy amount.

I really wish there were great non-alcoholic versions of everything.

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