Nothing like waking up in the morning thinking OMG what did I do last night
It's even better if you wake up not knowing where you are.
Best alcohol free lagers or ales.
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It's even better if you wake up not knowing where you are.
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Been there and worn the T shirt with that. I once woke up on a bench in our village one christmas eve morning with a salvation army brass band playing in front of the bench I was asleep on, looked up and half the village was surrounded me watching the band. Took me a while to understand what was going on.
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I love the social side , and I always think one more will be ok.
But it not. Two is realistically my limit . 3 is touching the edges. 4 is to much 5, 6, 7 ruins me.
I dont like the after effects.
I cant sit in a pub all night drinking Orange juice. But I think I can drink the Guinness.
Im not packing the alcohol up. If I go Newcastle for the weekend I wont be drinking Guinness 0% and doing yoga.
However Im going to give it a miss for another week or 2 or 3 maybe 4 or 5. Ill see how things go. Then see how things pan out.
But it not. Two is realistically my limit . 3 is touching the edges. 4 is to much 5, 6, 7 ruins me.
I dont like the after effects.
I cant sit in a pub all night drinking Orange juice. But I think I can drink the Guinness.
Im not packing the alcohol up. If I go Newcastle for the weekend I wont be drinking Guinness 0% and doing yoga.
However Im going to give it a miss for another week or 2 or 3 maybe 4 or 5. Ill see how things go. Then see how things pan out.
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FWIW, I like (in no order of preference)
Lucky Saint
Brewdog Punk AF
Lidl's Perlenbacher 0.0
Adnam's Ghost Ship
Big Drop Paradiso IPA
Clausthaler unfiltered dry-hopped
Just try stuff is my advice - apart from all the AF cider's I've tried, which were all horrible (Appletise is a much better bet if you want an apple based drink), I've rarely found a beer which is undrinkable. Two come to mind - St. Peter's Without (which went down the sink) and Days Pale Ale, which surprised me as their lager is OK. The pale ale contains maltose, which gives it an odd Ovaltine vibe.
Some other random advice:
Psychologically maybe try thinking of them not as an alternative to beer, but to coke or fruit juice.
If you're out and want to limit but not totally cut out alcohol, try mixing 50/50 with regular beer.
If you're at home, and ditto, Waitrose do a Small Beer at 2.1%.
Finally, not beer, but this is very good:
As an experiment I've served it at home to people who've asked for a G&T and nobody spotted it. OK - maybe they were being polite, and thinking "he's been a bit stingy with the gin", but seriously - it's a very good substitute if you want a no-alcohol drink. Or as I found, you can use it instead of ordinary tonic water in a G&T with about ⅓ the amount of gin you'd normally use, which drops the total alcohol down to the equivalent of a beer, and you really don't notice.
My favourite beer when I am driving is Stella Artois alcohol free.
Better than many alcoholic beers.
Better than many alcoholic beers.
