What beer, ale, or similar are you drinking?
Jun 29, 2019, 4:14 pm
#5433
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Oddball impulse purchase on my last cross-border beer run: Paulaner alcohol-free hefeweizen radler. Surprisingly good, refreshing, and the police don't care if I have a couple before or during a motorcycle ride.
On the alcohol-free beer front, I was expecting Bavaria's 0% IPA to be terrible. It'll never be a real IPA but it's a nice hoppy beverage and is now a mainstay in my fridge. Van de Streek in Utrecht makes an even better 0% IPA called Playground. On the flipside, alcohol-free Hoegaarden is completely undrinkable. Other alcohol-free Belgian beers are equally nasty--even when the regular beer isn't sweet, the 0% version is.
On the alcohol-free beer front, I was expecting Bavaria's 0% IPA to be terrible. It'll never be a real IPA but it's a nice hoppy beverage and is now a mainstay in my fridge. Van de Streek in Utrecht makes an even better 0% IPA called Playground. On the flipside, alcohol-free Hoegaarden is completely undrinkable. Other alcohol-free Belgian beers are equally nasty--even when the regular beer isn't sweet, the 0% version is.
Jun 29, 2019, 6:45 pm
#5434
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Saskatoon's Great Western Brewing Co.'s Brewhouse pilsner. 36 cans for $40 for a decent beer is a very good value.
Jun 30, 2019, 7:14 am
#5435
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Oddball impulse purchase on my last cross-border beer run: Paulaner alcohol-free hefeweizen radler. Surprisingly good, refreshing, and the police don't care if I have a couple before or during a motorcycle ride.
On the alcohol-free beer front, I was expecting Bavaria's 0% IPA to be terrible. It'll never be a real IPA but it's a nice hoppy beverage and is now a mainstay in my fridge. Van de Streek in Utrecht makes an even better 0% IPA called Playground. On the flipside, alcohol-free Hoegaarden is completely undrinkable. Other alcohol-free Belgian beers are equally nasty--even when the regular beer isn't sweet, the 0% version is.
On the alcohol-free beer front, I was expecting Bavaria's 0% IPA to be terrible. It'll never be a real IPA but it's a nice hoppy beverage and is now a mainstay in my fridge. Van de Streek in Utrecht makes an even better 0% IPA called Playground. On the flipside, alcohol-free Hoegaarden is completely undrinkable. Other alcohol-free Belgian beers are equally nasty--even when the regular beer isn't sweet, the 0% version is.
Jun 30, 2019, 10:15 am
#5436
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An enjoyable night at The Craft Bar in Panama City Beach:
Goat Island (Culman, AL) Blood Orange Berliner-Weisse - tasted like an orange Nehi
Prairie Artisan Ales (Krebs, OK) Vape Tricks - aged over cherries, delicious
Upslope (Boulder, CO) Blackberry-Lemon Kettle Sour - Mrs BV's favorite of the night
Destin (Destin, FL) Blueberry Pomegranate Bee-liner Berliner-Weisse - on the weak side
Goat Island (Culman, AL) Blood Orange Berliner-Weisse - tasted like an orange Nehi
Prairie Artisan Ales (Krebs, OK) Vape Tricks - aged over cherries, delicious
Upslope (Boulder, CO) Blackberry-Lemon Kettle Sour - Mrs BV's favorite of the night
Destin (Destin, FL) Blueberry Pomegranate Bee-liner Berliner-Weisse - on the weak side
Jun 30, 2019, 1:37 pm
#5437
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Forgive my ignorance but I’ve never had alcohol-free beer. Does it taste different? In what ways?
Jun 30, 2019, 4:27 pm
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Jun 30, 2019, 6:02 pm
#5440
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Some of the big brewers make and sell beers with as few as 55 calories per 12 ounce bottle. They also taste like there’s something missing. But if you can drink enough of them, the possibility of a mild buzz exists.
Jun 30, 2019, 7:51 pm
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Jul 1, 2019, 2:50 am
#5443
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I drink them because they taste better than water or Coke but don't make me sleepy or get me in trouble with the cops when I'm driving or motorcycling.
I don't quite get the point of the low-calorie beers. IMO they taste worse than the 0% beers, and if getting a buzz for minimal calories is the intent, liquor with sugar-free mixers is more efficient.
Jul 1, 2019, 7:41 am
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I find that low calorie beers, especially ultra low calorie beers just taste watery. I agree on alcohol free beers having truer beer flavor and being less watery tasting.
Jul 2, 2019, 12:32 pm
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Clearly not the case for the beers I prefer, though
