4% Beer or lower, thats available on tap?

logic

Is there any beer thats generally available on tap that would be 4% or lower? Xmas party coming up and it'll probably be a long night and I can't really handle much of anything stronger.

irish_goat

Smithwicks is ≤3.8%.

Or get a shandy.

I am pie

Drink bottles instead of pints. Don't be afraid to have water the odd time, don't let anyone else tell you how much or how quickly you should be drinking.

Alcohol is too be enjoyed on your own terms!...once it's on someone else's terms it gets annoying and messy.

Horrocksjm

Carlsberg is 4% or below I think. Although personally it tastes aufull. How about Guiness Mid-Strenth?

munchkin_utd

irish_goat wrote: »

Smithwicks is ≤3.8%.

Or get a shandy.

+1 about the shandy, or go one further and get an alco free in a pint glass topped up with lemonade and nobody will have a clue youre off the booze

or, drink a feed of water before heading out and you'll not be in the mood for drinking quickly.

irish_goat

munchkin_utd wrote: »

+1 about the shandy, or go one further and get an alco free in a pint glass topped up with lemonade and nobody will have a clue youre off the booze

Alco free is normally mingin though, especially Becks N/A.

logic

I do enjoy a beer, preferably dutch gold (not everyones cup of tea I know), doesn't leave me feeling drunk or anything. I want to have a beer with my food and maybe a couple afterwards but without feeling too tipsy.

Not mad on Guiness or Ale and I checked the Carlsbery percentage in the shops (on the cans) and it was 4.3. Harp is listed as 4%, is that still available in most places?

BeerNut

logic wrote: »

Harp is listed as 4%, is that still available in most places?

Nope. But it depends where you are. I reckon Smithwick's will be your only option, beerwise. Sub-4% ABV lager is a bit of a British peculiarity, and it's even dying out there.

logic

Thanks for all the replies, I think I will try a can of Smithwicks when I get home, see what it tastes like.

loyatemu

inoffensive would be the kindest description for Smithwicks.

I'd agree with the "drink bottles" advice - better to drink a smaller amount of something nice than pints of foamy blandness.

Koptain Liverpool

logic wrote: »

I do enjoy a beer, preferably dutch gold (not everyones cup of tea I know), doesn't leave me feeling drunk or anything. I want to have a beer with my food and maybe a couple afterwards but without feeling too tipsy.

Not mad on Guiness or Ale and I checked the Carlsbery percentage in the shops (on the cans) and it was 4.3. Harp is listed as 4%, is that still available in most places?

In fairness now there's not much difference between 4.3 and 4%

Isn't dutch gold 4.3% or higher??

They don't sell harp on tap anywhere in Dublin anymore.

coylemj

The trouble with bottles at a party is that it warms up quickly in your hand and you never know which bottle is yours once you put it down plus in some places floor staff have a habit of snatching away any bottle that's feels less than a quarter full.

OP, what about a lager shandy - Heineken and 7up, dilute any way you choose.

irish_goat

coylemj wrote: »

The trouble with bottles at a party is that it warms up quickly in your hand and you never know which bottle is yours once you put it down plus in some places floor staff have a habit of snatching away any bottle that's feels less than a quarter full.

No reason you can't pour a bottle into a glass.

munchkin_utd

irish_goat wrote: »

Alco free is normally mingin though, especially Becks N/A.

course it is.
thats why you need to add copious amounts of lemonade, and its actually not the worst then

and it also fits in nicely with the rule of thumb that crap beer makes good shandy.

ciaran76

Bring your own stubby holder :P

rubadub

Horrocksjm wrote: »

Carlsberg is 4% or below I think.

Pretty sure it is 4.3% in kegs here.

logic wrote: »

I checked the Carlsbery percentage in the shops (on the cans)

Cans & kegs can be different, also there is a lot of UK market cans about these days, which are often lower. Like becks vier uk market is 4%, kegged becks vier is 4.3% here, meant to be since its perceived that 4% is weak.

Smithwicks do not really shout about being 3.8%, it comes as a shock to many when they find out.

loyatemu wrote: »

I'd agree with the "drink bottles" advice - better to drink a smaller amount of something nice than pints of foamy blandness.

I am pie wrote: »

Drink bottles instead of pints.

Or drink half pints instead of the ludicrously overpriced longnecks, which are barely more than half a pint anyway. I never understood how bottles are so popular, I see lots of guys changing to them on long drinking days, like weddings or stags. There seems to be this illogical macho crap too, a 284ml serving and you're a "pansy assed woman drinker", but at 330ml its a perfectly acceptable "man's drink". When does the cross over point actually occur? 300ml? if a bit spills from your 330ml on the way back from the bar do you have to ditch the bottle in case you get slagged?

logic wrote: »

I think I will try a can of Smithwicks when I get home.

I don't like cans of it, but do think pints are acceptable, your original post mentioned taps. So if you do not like the can you should still try a pint. or a half one, the other benefit of half pints. I like against the grain as the half pints are usually just half the price of a full one, so I can sample lots and not be stuck with a full pint I don't particularly like -I don't like asking for samples. Often when I drink erdinger people see the cloudly beer and ask for tastes of it, quite annoying, seems people will not buy a full pint as they are scared of not liking it.

BeerNut

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

They don't sell harp on tap anywhere in Dublin anymore.

The more touristy pubs still sell it. O'Neill's of Suffolk Street, for instance, has a tap.

logic

Went with Smithwicks in the end, I found it very drinkable and it done the job. I was able to enjoy a few pints and not be the worse for it although the morning after was a bit rough lol