Non alcoholic drink in a pub?

TeddyTedson

Just wondering what folk buy in a pub if they're not drinking alcohol.
I don't really drink anything with sugar and not really into ribianna (is that what it's called?) so usually just get water. But if I'm there watching a match or something I feel cheap for not buying anything!
What drinks can you get that match my criteria?
No sugar, no alcohol.

SomeFool

coffee mmmm coffee

Big Nasty

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Just wondering what folk buy in a pub if they're not drinking alcohol. I don't really drink anything with sugar and not really into ribianna (is that what it's called?) so usually just get water. But if I'm there watching a match or something I feel cheap for not buying anything! What drinks can you get that match my criteria? No sugar, no alcohol.

Coffee?

brummytom

I wouldn't drink soft drinks in a pub really, but J2O? It's sort of halfway between squash and juice.

CWF

Yeah Tea, Coffee or Diet Soda

mitosis

Non alcoholic beer, or a bottled water

CruelCoin

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Just wondering what folk buy in a pub if they're not drinking alcohol.
I don't really drink anything with sugar and not really into ribianna (is that what it's called?) so usually just get water. But if I'm there watching a match or something I feel cheap for not buying anything!
What drinks can you get that match my criteria?
No sugar, no alcohol.

If you ask for a glass of tap water and then proceed to watch the match, then you're mooching.

If its ballygowan, etc then its fine.

No sugar, no alcohol: Alcohol free beer. There's plenty of places doing 0% becks. It's not bad actually.

Temptamperu

I dont drink, but go the pub a lot with the mates, Diet coke generally does it but gives you a headache after a while so i move on to soda water and lime which is lovely and refreshing.

Tabnabs

Sparkling water; manky enough not to drink quickly and just bearable enough to actually drink.

Hurricane Carter

Sparkling water with a wedge of lime. It's good stuff!

eviltwin

Diet sodas or non alcoholic beers

CWF

Sparkling water with a dash of lime is nice

fishy fishy

sparkling water with a real lime slice squeezed into the water - its lovely. You can get the non-alcoholic beers also, but I don't see the point.

ping pong

Appletiser maybe?
It is just apple juice and carbonated water with no sugar added.

Duggy747

Sneak in a pack of Capri Sun.

the groutch

A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat.

kfallon

Lucozade - it's manky so it lasts a long time! Used to buy it when I was younger if I was going to the pub to watch a game.

Large bottle of Cidona was also good for longevity!

Mr Benevolent

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Just wondering what folk buy in a pub if they're not drinking alcohol.
I don't really drink anything with sugar and not really into ribianna (is that what it's called?) so usually just get water. But if I'm there watching a match or something I feel cheap for not buying anything!
What drinks can you get that match my criteria?
No sugar, no alcohol.

I drink rum if I don't want to drink alcohol. Mmm, rum. Goes down easy.

BillyMitchel

Lucozade but if you're there any length of time your mouth and teeth start to feel horrible. That's when it's my que to head home. Black current isn't bad either.

Shenshen

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Just wondering what folk buy in a pub if they're not drinking alcohol.
I don't really drink anything with sugar and not really into ribianna (is that what it's called?) so usually just get water. But if I'm there watching a match or something I feel cheap for not buying anything!
What drinks can you get that match my criteria?
No sugar, no alcohol.

Cup of tea?
Coffee?

If you don't want to feel cheap, you can always go for sparkling water, I guess.

Where To

Double brandy and ginger ale. Without the brandy.

krudler

too many softdrinks can give you a sugar hangover i find, or leave you buzzing at the end of the night, many a time i drank lucozade or coke on nights out and cant sleep after

the groutch

the groutch wrote: »

A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat.

But he said no alcohol

babaracus

Erdinger 0% is not bad as non-alcoholic beers go. Tastes somewhat like a real Weissbier and is 500ml so lasts quite a long time. Wouldn't be mad on the Becks stuff.

humbert

Where To wrote: »

Double brandy and ginger ale. Without the brandy.

No sugar so he'll have to leave out the ginger ale too.

Mr Benevolent

babaracus wrote: »

Erdinger 0% is not bad as non-alcoholic beers go. Tastes somewhat like a real Weissbier and is 500ml so lasts quite a long time. Wouldn't be mad on the Becks stuff.

Non-alcoholic beers make Baby Jesus cry.

Neewbie_noob

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Just wondering what folk buy in a pub if they're not drinking alcohol.
I don't really drink anything with sugar and not really into ribianna (is that what it's called?) so usually just get water. But if I'm there watching a match or something I feel cheap for not buying anything!
What drinks can you get that match my criteria?
No sugar, no alcohol.

Non alcoholic Erdinger. It's what I drink.

Hannibal Smith

mitosis wrote: »

Non alcoholic beer, or a bottled water

Me too. Either non alcoholic beer or sparkling water

wandatowell

Orange juice and some white lemonade in a pint glass.

Its sweet so you wont be gulping it down.


There's also the Club Orange with a dash of red lemonade again in a pint glass. Its nice but you wouldnt have more than 3 or 4.


If I was going out for a chat with a mate or even out for a match Id never have a drink of alcohol, I dont like drinking early in the day.

mickrock

Non alcoholic brandy.

BBDBB

non alcoholic alcohol

Pumpkinseeds

Diet 7up, J20 or diet coke for me. On a low gi diet now so no more booze or J20 for a while:(

Temptamperu

Confab wrote: »

Non-alcoholic beers make Baby Jesus cry.

i was given a non-alcoholic erdinger, stuff was so manky i spent the rest of the night drinking tap water. Horrible stuff altogether.

choons

Milk?

Bottles of beer, bottles don't count as drinking.

1ZRed

People asking for coffee? Most pubs I've been in, if you asked for coffee you'd be pointed to the door and told to fuck off out of it

coconut5

There's clearly a gap in the market for a non-alcoholic, sugarless drink in pubs that isn't water.

a fat guy

Orange juice.

CWF

1ZRed wrote: »

People asking for coffee? Most pubs I've been in, if you asked for coffee you'd be pointed to the door and told to fuck off out of it

Bit harsh

Mr Benevolent

1ZRed wrote: »

People asking for coffee? Most pubs I've been in, if you asked for coffee you'd be pointed to the door and told to fuck off out of it

Eh? Not like that in any pubs I frequent, you can get whatever beverage you require.

YFlyer

1ZRed wrote: »

People asking for coffee? Most pubs I've been in, if you asked for coffee you'd be pointed to the door and told to fuck off out of it

They're ball hopping.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Drank a few Becks non-alcoholic one night when I was driving and woke up with a bigger headache than most hangovers I'd suffer after 7 or 8 pints.

1ZRed

CWF wrote: »

Bit harsh

Nah, these were fairly laddish pubs tbh and they're only taking the piss. You wouldn't last long if you thought that was harsh!:D

Jimoslimos

Just to clarify, are we talking about non-alcoholic drinks with?
1) no sugar
2) no added sugar.

If the former then pretty much all fruit juices can be discounted. Your choices would then be,

Tea/Coffee: Most pubs (although progressively more difficult to order the later the night)
Diet Sodas: Every pub
Sparkling/still water: Every pub
Non-alco beers: Most pubs

Omackeral

Listen, drinking non-alcoholic beer is akin to going down on your sister. Sure it tastes the same but it is so so wrong.

splendid101

People won't drink tap water because it's cabby/mooching? What's the world coming to? Who gives a f*ck? If that's what you want, it's fair enough.

I'm saying that presuming you're along with someone who is drinking. If everyone drinks tap water or you're on your own it's not on but along with someone it is fine to just drink water.

Shryke

Have a glass of wine ta fuk. It's practically medicine.

Gauss

Have a glass of milk.

Jimoslimos

Gauss wrote: »

Have a glass of milk.

Milk is only really palatable if it is ice-cold, i.e needs to be drunk quickly. Not a drink you could sip on over the course of half an hour

NTMK

I usually stick to water and a soft drink or two anything else either tastes **** or wrecks my head the day after