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UK - None alcoholic drinks?
Mr_Grinch
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I'm thinking of giving up the booze. I feel pretty rough after even a small amount, and to be frank I'm outgoing enough without it that I really don't need it to 'loosen up' like maybe I used to.
Anyway, I do quite like the taste of a few drinks, can anyone recommend decent none alcoholic versions of:
- Beer (Becks Blue?)
- Amaretto (I love it, if I can relax with a none alcoholic amaretto and coke of an evening I'd be happy, I love the taste and smell!)
- Prosecco/sparkling wine (my wife still likes a drink and I'd like to be able to have something along with her that isn't just lemonade in a wine glass).
My brief googling didn't give much in the way of answers so I thought the collective PA knowledge would be useful. Links to particular UK available brands would be appreciated!
Anyway, I do quite like the taste of a few drinks, can anyone recommend decent none alcoholic versions of:
- Beer (Becks Blue?)
- Amaretto (I love it, if I can relax with a none alcoholic amaretto and coke of an evening I'd be happy, I love the taste and smell!)
- Prosecco/sparkling wine (my wife still likes a drink and I'd like to be able to have something along with her that isn't just lemonade in a wine glass).
My brief googling didn't give much in the way of answers so I thought the collective PA knowledge would be useful. Links to particular UK available brands would be appreciated!
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Yeah I was looking at the syrups, the kind they use in coffee shops. Would that work just mixed with coke?
And I forgot about Shloer. It never really tasted like sparkling wine to me though, but perhaps that's just a bi-product of not having alcohol and it's the closest I'll get
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The syrup should. You might have to try a few different brands to find one that's just right.
Cream soda is also a delicious and fun NA cocktail. Soda water, flavored syrup, half and half, or cream. The vanilla ones are the classic favor.
I like raspberry a lot too.
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Pretty much the only Synthohol I've ever tried has been this (spoilered for size):
Otherwise it's all just mixed fruit juices and cordials (do you want brand names?)
To be fair I find pretty much all lager "okay, but not great" so that'll do nicely! I'll get some 'normal' beer in for friends and stick to this myself.
Thanks for all the other suggestions guys, give me something to play with!
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Ipa needs alcohol!
What i do like is called radler (german for bikerider) which comes in 0 and 2% variants. It's beer mixed with fruitjuices ( think lemon, apple, grapefruit) but i'm not sure you can get in in america.
All the dutch lager and some german brands have radlers in their assortment, maybe they've begun exporting it as well..
If you're not picky about the subtler notes that may be present in amaretto, you can certain buy plain old almond extract: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=289599159 it's normally got a little alcohol in it, like vanilla extract, but you're not going to drop THAT much almond extract in your drink.
odd, the 0% taste pretty good!
I've made amaretto sours with with syrups like that before, cant really tell the difference.
That's really good to know. Ended up ordering some online and they've yet to arrive!
Got some "Becks Blue" in along with a bottle of "Fre" wine. The Becks is actually ok!
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