non alcomoholic beer

Elbaston

Anyone here know if alcohol free beer is available to buy in tesco/late night shops after 11pm ?

Its not alcohol right ?..... so really its just a soft drink, so licencing laws shouldn't apply.

Id love one now, but I get the feeling the bastards will deny my attempt.

uch

Like suckin yer own mickey,,, no point

Elbaston

uch wrote: »

Like suckin yer own mickey,,, no point

tried. failed.




so has every man. ever.

DarkJager

I've never understood alcohol free beer. Why would you bother drinking something if you don't want the effect of it?

Lapin

non alcomoholic beer


I think you've had enough of the real stuff already.

wazky

Have a pint of milk instead.

KeithM89

Lapin wrote: »

non alcomoholic beer


I think you've had enough of the real stuff already.

Elbaston

Corrected.

questionmark?

beer no alcohol, no alcohol beer, beer no alcohol......failing to compute

The Davestator

It's a good question though. Can you buy it after licensing hours. Keep me posted

Ihatecuddles-old

Does it not have like 0.5% alcohol or something stupid like that?

Just drink some listerine!

mfceiling

Like going down on your sister - tastes the same but it's wrong...

callaway92

mfceiling wrote: »

Like going down on your sister - tastes the same but it's wrong...

fúckin' weirdo

The Backwards Man

I'd rather eat a McDonalds than drink non-alcoholic beer.

paddy147

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Does it not have like 0.5% alcohol or something stupid like that?

Just drink some listerine!

Yep...its normal beer that is boiled up to a high temp to boil off the alcohol content.

There is a small trace amount left though.and anything up to 0.5% is considered to be non alcoholic beer.


Its becomming very popular in Dubai and other muslim countries and also in Japan now.

anncoates

I thought they were just used for TV show or movie scenes in bars. I didnt think people had the nerve to drink them in real life.

paddy147

Keith wrote: »

OR....:pac::D

Femme_Fatale

paddy147 wrote: »

Yep...its normal beer that is boiled up to a high temp to boil off the alcohol content.

There is a small trace amount left though.and anything up to 0.5% is considered to be non alcoholic beer.


Its becomming very popular in Dubai and other muslim countries and also in Japan now.

Bought some Dubai non alcoholic beers a few months back - takeaway from a Halal restaurant; didn't read the labels. Really should have put some thought into where they were from (clue: alcohol prohibiting society). Utterly gutted when I arrived home after 10pm to discover the truth.
They're still sitting there. I've offered them to loads of people. Time to meet Mr plughole methinks.

B.A._Baracus

Sadly op,
I dont think you are in luck. Any 24 hour tesco i've ever been in completely closes off their alcohol isle after 10pm. Which the non-alcoholic items do be in.
Sure you could talk to a member of staff but they'll think you are some how trying to pull a fast one as they are used to dealing with drunken people wandering in to try and score to more alcohol.

DarkJager

DarkJager wrote: »

I've never understood alcohol free beer. Why would you bother drinking something if you don't want the effect of it?

Nice to be able to have the feeling of having a few beers without the hangover in the morning

Elbaston

The Davestator wrote: »

It's a good question though. Can you buy it after licensing hours. Keep me posted

I did go a couple hours later, upon inspection the entire alcomohol isle* was found to be heavily guarded by a double plasticy post thing with fully integrated rope belt thing.

The risks were just too great.


*(including my non alcohol beer if I may say - great injustice)

Insect Overlord

Erdinger do a decent non-alcoholic beer. It's locked up with all the other booze after 22:00 though.

Elbaston

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Erdinger do a decent non-alcoholic beer. It's locked up with all the other booze after 22:00 though.

Thats the one. Erdinger Alco-frei.

Try it with a coke straight after for a unique and frothy experience.

No really.

Jesus Wept

Elbaston wrote: »

tried. failed.




so has every man. ever.

Some of us didn't fail bro

Baked.noodle

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Does it not have like 0.5% alcohol or something stupid like that?

Just drink some listerine!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine

Ethanol, which is toxic to bacteria at concentrations of 40%, is present in concentrations of 21.6% in the flavored product and 26.9% in the original gold Listerine AntisepticI][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I. At this concentration, the ethanol serves to dissolve the active ingredients

Listerine gets you s**tfaced.

Senna

Baked.noodle wrote: »

Listerine gets you s**tfaced.

and minty fresh to boot. I'm going to make it my "during work" drink.

Ihatecuddles-old

Baked.noodle wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine



Listerine gets you s**tfaced.

My ex went to rehab with a recovering alcoholic, the guy drank a bottle of listerine and was falling around the place. They all thought he was putting it on, seems he wasn't!

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Nice to be able to have the feeling of having a few beers without the hangover in the morning

I wouldn't gain any satisfaction from that at all. I'd be as well please staying at home or drinking a soft drink rather than drinking alcohol free beer.

The feeling of drinking proper beer >>> pain of the hangover.

Ghost Buster

Lapin wrote: »

non alcomoholic beer


I think you've had enough of the real stuff already.

joke killer!!!!!!!!!!!!

JP85

The only reason why i would drink non alcholic beer is when i have to drive on a night out, its much better than drinking coke for the whole night, plus the erdinger stuff isnt half bad

Hoop66

I quite enjoy the Erdinger alcoholfrei, or the Becks one every now and again. I always get a hangover from it though...

lukesmom

Best non alcoholic beer is becks in my opinion.

Caliden

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Bought some Dubai non alcoholic beers a few months back - takeaway from a Halal restaurant; didn't read the labels. Really should have put some thought into where they were from (clue: alcohol prohibiting society). Utterly gutted when I arrived home after 10pm to discover the truth.
They're still sitting there. I've offered them to loads of people. Time to meet Mr plughole methinks.

Not as bad as two friends of mine who only realised it was non-alcoholic after 4 bottles each.

Flesh Gorden

They often end up giving away fthe Alcohol free beer for free in the Abbots Ale House here in Cork.
Probably due to a mix of the shorter shelf life and no one buying it, picked up many a bottle on a beer run.

I've tried a good few out of curiosity, mostly German Weiss beers but also the Cobra one.
Didn't think any of them were outright terrible, but they are an acquired taste, but go well at the likes of a bbq where you're the one driving everyone home.


I'd still prefer a bottled German Alcohol-Free beer than a lot of the cheaper pissy tasting canned beers.

Rabies

Deleted User wrote: »

Nice to be able to have the feeling of having a few beers without the hangover in the morning

But your not having the feeling of a few beers, you're just pissing a lot

SEPT 23 1989

Do they still make Kaliber?

mattjack

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Bought some Dubai non alcoholic beers a few months back - takeaway from a Halal restaurant; didn't read the labels. Really should have put some thought into where they were from (clue: alcohol prohibiting society). Utterly gutted when I arrived home after 10pm to discover the truth.
They're still sitting there. I've offered them to loads of people. Time to meet Mr plughole methinks.

Have you considered adding some of the hand gel sanitiser to it ? , quite a bit of alcohol in some of them , though I dont know bout your eyesight or sanity after drinking it.

Grayditch

I drink non alcoholic when I'm driving, to answer all the people asking WHY would you drink that. I drink it in the bar instead of coke because it usually stops people asking OMG why are you not drinking. I just dont tell them it's non alcoholic.

People in Ireland have a real problem with people not drinking. It creeps them out.

The two best I've had are Becks and Paulaner. Theyvre not bad.

January

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Do they still make Kaliber?

Having researched non-alcoholic beers extensively over the last month, it seems Kaliber is not on the market any longer. My father in law has to stay away from alcohol because of a massive stroke and interaction with medication... but trying to tell him he can't drink doesn't seem to be working (keeps asking to be brought to the pub... gets upset when we won't), the non alcohol version is keeping us going for now... seems to be placating him.

SEPT 23 1989

January wrote: »

Having researched non-alcoholic beers extensively over the last month, it seems Kaliber is not on the market any longer. My father in law has to stay away from alcohol because of a massive stroke and interaction with medication... but trying to tell him he can't drink doesn't seem to be working (keeps asking to be brought to the pub... gets upset when we won't), the non alcohol version is keeping us going for now... seems to be placating him.

He should be able to have a couple of pints every now and again even if he is taking warfarin

January

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

He should be able to have a couple of pints every now and again even if he is taking warfarin

We've been specifically told by medical professionals to not let him drink alcohol ever again. We asked, believe me... my father in law used to enjoy a can or two most nights of the week, which is why we asked. He's on Pradaxa and a cocktail of other tablets that I can't even remember the name of... and while we've researched that one or two drinks now and then is fine with Pradaxa, the doctors and nurses have really warned us off it.

petes

Club Shandy would do you!! Can you still get that??

BeerWolf

*Sheds a tear*

You want what?

Why would you upset me like this?!

SEPT 23 1989

January wrote: »

We've been specifically told by medical professionals to not let him drink alcohol ever again. We asked, believe me... my father in law used to enjoy a can or two most nights of the week, which is why we asked. He's on Pradaxa and a cocktail of other tablets that I can't even remember the name of... and while we've researched that one or two drinks now and then is fine with Pradaxa, the doctors and nurses have really warned us off it.

Thats a pity

Flesh Gorden

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

I'd still prefer a bottled German Alcohol-Free beer than a lot of the cheaper pissy tasting canned beers.

I have the cheap cans before the German beer with the alcohol myself never mind the alcohol free ones :pac:. Weiss beer is absolutely awful stuff, the smell of it is enough to turn my stomach.

BeerWolf

Basq wrote: »

Non-alcoholic beer will leave you gassier than a jew's lungs in The Holocaust..

.. don't bother!

OT: And people get infracted for posting their dislike of Knackers... :rolleyes:

But I ain't a Jew to be reporting this as morbidly offensive though.

mattjack

BeerWolf wrote: »

OT: And people get infractured for posting their dislike of Knackers... :rolleyes:

Infractured , a whole new level of infraction.

BeerWolf

mattjack wrote: »

Infractured , a whole new level of infraction.

/sigh

//edits

mattjack

BeerWolf wrote: »

/sigh

//edits

Give over , don't take yourself to serious , I'm only having a bit of fun.

Tabnabs

I was in my local off licence a while ago and the guy behind the counter was telling me he has a very respectable looking lady who often comes in to buy non-alcoholic beers. One time she revealed that she was an alcoholic and this was how she copped with the problem. She had tried them all out and settled on Paulaner, as it was the closest to the real thing for her.

TLDR?

Paulaner non alcoholic beer, the choice of alcoholics....

Dravokivich

Tabnabs wrote: »

TLDR?

Paulaner non alcoholic beer, the choice of alcoholics....

Might be a thing with non alcoholic Weissbier in itself. I know of another guy who drinks the Erdinger NA stuff because it feels as satisfying as a beer.