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>> No. 5786 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 12:37 am
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I've been trying to cut back on my alcohol consumption recently. I do like the taste of a beer so I decided to pick up some non-alcoholic drinks. I understand that general consensus about these drinks is that they're pointless and/or that they don't taste very nice, but the idea of being able to have a few without the grogginess is worth exploring to me, so for a little while I'll be trying different varieties.

Would anyone be interested in a kind of review thread? I'll pick up recommendations and report on price, taste, availability, what to drink with, or whatever anyone else wants me to comment on. Right now I have Guinness' Kaliber and Cobra Zero waiting to be tested.
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>> No. 5787 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 12:54 am
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Ah, Cobra Zero is foul! Not tried Kaliber.
Yes, do report on your progress. You might also like to consider the wuss-beers - I've just had a couple of Adnams' Sole Star (which sneaks into my wuss category at 2.7%, and is a quid a bottle). Not bad at all for a summer beer. If you're hunting a lager, Becks Blue tastes a lot like regular Becks. You may or may not find this appealing.
>> No. 5788 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 3:23 am
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>>5787

This tasted surprisingly nice.
>> No. 5789 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 3:50 am
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>>5786

I know someone who is a bit of a problem drinker, not in terms of quantity but definitely in that they will try to match everyone else pint for pint and be utterly wasted after three or four, leading to various problems. Last week we had them every other pint on Becks Blue (Becks 0% alcohol) and they didn't notice the difference. Make of that what you will.
>> No. 5790 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 7:28 am
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>>5786

M&S do an excellent range of non-alcoholic brewed drinks called "Soft Brew". They don't taste exactly like beer and they're not supposed to, but they have an interesting flavour with malt and hops.
>> No. 5791 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 7:49 am
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>>5790
Not this stuff, is it? I tried it once and decided it was the most disgusting soft drink I'd ever tasted.
>> No. 5792 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 8:10 am
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>>5791

Nah, supermalt is a Carribean thing.
>> No. 5793 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 8:21 am
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>>5792
Wouldn't be the first time that something from one culture got marketed to another, would it?
>> No. 5794 Anonymous
9th May 2013
Thursday 4:38 pm
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>>5793

Not him, but a lot of kids at my school drank supermalt 15-20 odd years ago, so it's definitely been marketed here for a long old time. Never seen it marketed / offered as a non-alcoholic beer, though.
>> No. 5885 Anonymous
12th July 2013
Friday 1:37 pm
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Right, so it's summer time and some reviews are due.

Kaliber: Like many canned lagers this stuff had a metallic, gassy taste. The taste was bearable, and had some hints of hops, but it was admittedly a thin and watery brew. I won't be getting this again. It's not a nice drink on it's own, and it doesn't quite work as a beer substitute, either. I've heard Kaliber is better overseas than here, but while I'm in the UK it's a no from me.

Cobra Zero: This actually tasted good to me. The hops were much stronger in this one than in Kaliber, and when served from the fridge, out of an attractive bottle, it really does make a difference in making you feel like you're enjoying a regular beer. The aftertaste is perhaps the weakest part, but otherwise it's a cheap and pleasant drink. This is what I'm sticking with for now, though I'll be trying more in the future.

A good general rule I've discovered for drinking NA beers is to serve them as cold as you possibly can. The colder the better, I can't stress this enough. Alcohol has a certain 'feel' in the mouth that's not present in these beers, almost like a certain numbness or burn/tingle on the palate. Ice cold beverages can create a similar feel, even when they're not alcoholic.

Next up: I'd really like to give Supermalt a try. Also on my list is Erdinger Weissbier (Alkoholfrei). Will update when I find these.
>> No. 5886 Anonymous
12th July 2013
Friday 1:43 pm
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>>5885
Supermalt isn't what you're expecting. It's not really a NA beer, more of a liquid bread tasting thing that's near unbearably sweet. I used to have them after a run since they're packed full of sugar and B-vitamins.
>> No. 5887 Anonymous
12th July 2013
Friday 2:08 pm
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>>5886

That doesn't sound half-bad. I wouldn't mind giving it a try anyway, even if it isn't strictly an NA beer. Funny you should mention running, too, I'm one of the /fat/ty runners. I suppose that's two of the three of us, then/
>> No. 5888 Anonymous
12th July 2013
Friday 2:24 pm
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>>5887
>That doesn't sound half-bad.
You'd have to pay me to drink it, it's fucking vile. "Sweet liquid bread" is quite a good description.
>> No. 5889 Anonymous
16th July 2013
Tuesday 11:19 pm
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Supermalt is awful. I've only tried it once, and none of the 4 or 5 people I was with liked it either. I can't even remember what it tasted like, other than just really, really bad.
>> No. 5890 Anonymous
17th July 2013
Wednesday 4:34 am
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>>5786
I don't know whether they sell it here but when I was in KSA, I had a lot of Barbican non-alcoholic beers. They had regular and fruit flavoured ones. Try them, if you can find them.
>> No. 5902 Anonymous
22nd July 2013
Monday 8:37 pm
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>>5889
Supermalt, Afrimalt and the plethora of other drinks of that ilk is nothing to do with beer other than vaguely tasting like pre-fermentation unhopped beer. They are carbonized malt sugar in water. Look at the nutritional information, even your average sugar-heavy energy drink can't keep up with their massive sugar content.

Personally, I find them quite nice (I like sweet things) but if you're looking for alcohol free beer avoid anything with "malt" in the name.
>> No. 5975 Anonymous
20th August 2013
Tuesday 4:07 pm
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I've heard Bitburger's 0% is alright tasting, I think it's called "drive" over here, not sure where you'd get it. Here's a list of low alcohol beer to work your way through anyway http://beeradvocate.com/lists/style/5

Low alcohol ales are a good way to go if you still want flavour as ale brewers tend to make better use of hops. Fullers (used to?) brew a beer called The Mighty Atom that is only 2.8% but tastes amazingly complex and satisfying.
>> No. 5980 Anonymous
20th August 2013
Tuesday 7:50 pm
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>>5975
And there's BBC2 ale that measures in at 2.5%. Saw it at a festival but didn't try it, apparently it's quite good though.

http://www.brentwoodbrewing.co.uk/product/bottled-beers/bbc-2-2-5/
>> No. 6021 Anonymous
5th September 2013
Thursday 4:01 am
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>>5980

BBC are great, the local Wetherspoons (I know, I know, I know...) often gets guest ales.

Nice local taste, I do also like their Chocwork Orange.

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