It’s a hot summer afternoon. I’m sitting down on a hot afternoon, with a burger, and a cold beer.
What I’m looking for is something to replace that cold beer with. I want it to be crisp and fresh, but also not sweet. I love tart and bitter flavours. Unfortunately, my options are either cold and sweet, cold and alcoholic or hot and non sweet.
So threadiverse, what alternatives am I missing?
Tereré is great, but it’s a bit of a pain to source in Australia. What else is there?
Aperol Spritz?
Beef broth, mmmm savory!
Michellada
how about NA beer? Everything you want and nothing you don’t.
My go-to fave is Peroni 0.0%
Not sure it’s available in Australia, but it’s really good NA beer imo. Someone else mentioned hop water. It’s more like soda, at least to me, but similarly bright and v fizzy
Cold fruit teas sound like they could be good for ya
Everyone is recommending just stuff that’s not sweet, but you asked for savory.
Beef Fizz Search YouTube for videos of it.
Try Nimbu Pani! It’s an Indian drink that hits the tart and slightly savory points. May be annoying to get black salt though.
Sugar free ginger ale
Hop water
Guinness. It’s actual beer. Everything else is just barley soda.
Guinness 0% and you might be onto something. It is really good.
Tonic water and lime is probably my favorite combo. Sometimes, I’ll even add gin.
Sparkling water with pickle juice. Add bitters if you want different flavors.
Unsweet iced tea
Non alcoholic beer
This right here. Some are very bad, but there are some really good ones around these days. Guinness for example tastes almost identical to real Guinness.
Seconded, non alcoholic Guinness is excellent.
I also like the NA forms of:
- Corona
- Peroni
- Warsteiner
- Erdinger
Had a few other good ones but can’t recall which they were.
I actually think Guinness zero tastes different but in fact way better than the original. There’s been times when i was drinking, but would occasionally opt for a zero if it was an option.
Leffe blonde LA (0.5%, i think) is awesome, miles better than most. I find the Guinness LA a bit bland, lacking in the aftertaste and a bit watery.
On the days when I’m really just hanging out for, and worked a really sweaty, dirty day on the chainsaws, I drink N/A beer. The cheapest I can find. It either hits the spot or it tastes like garbage and turns me off beer again. Either way it averts the craving and lets me stay sober. Most alcos in recovery will frown on N/A beer, but I don’t care, whatever helps me not drink alcohol is fair game.
