Alcohol without the hangover – scientists are finding ways

Post by yCombLinks » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 9:16 PM UTC

quaffapint wrote: post #40

bluefishinit wrote: post #4

I love my IPAs but I have to admit that the UK does social beer right. 3% or even 2.5% ales are the way to go if you want to socially drink. We have a concept of a "session" beer in the US, which is lower ABV but the selection of really good, really low gravity beers is the best in the UK as far as I can tell.

I have been on the hunt for the past year in the mid-atlantic area of the US looking for Moosehead for example makes a Moosehead Light for the states at 4%, but they also offer Cracked Canoe which is only 3.2% but not sold in the states (available in the Canada, UK and Costa Rica of all places where I tried it).

Post by cota » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 9:19 PM UTC

eatonphil wrote: post #29

1ba9115454 wrote: post #10

I've switched to alcohol free beers. They're a bit sweeter but for me it's fine.

Likewise! I'm trying not to drink much anymore. But I always want something cold and fizzy. So it's a switch between refrigerated carafes of water, seltzer, and zero-alcohol beers. Although I feel incentivized not to have even the zero-alcohol beers since it's still 60 calories. While the seltzers I find are 0. Any beer recommendations? I haven't tried much outside of the locally-supplied zero-alcohol Heineken and Co…

Post by Animats » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 9:25 PM UTC

Post by ljm » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 9:29 PM UTC

alasdairking wrote: post #77

eterps wrote: post #24

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> 3% or even 2.5% ales I am not familiar with those, can someone give some examples of these types of beers?

Yeah, this is like "pints of mild" in 1980s old man pubs in the North. I am skeptical such beers exist now in any mainstream pub or bar.

Post by laurels-marts » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 9:34 PM UTC

adamfarhadi wrote: post #88

nicholasbraker wrote: post #73

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I'm in Sweden on vacation now (and still binging HN..) and they have 3,5% variants of most major brand of beers like Carlsberg, Heineken and others, It's great! It tastes like a real beer, but without the buzz I usually get after a six-pack.

3,5% is actually the maximum ABV you can get in supermarkets in Sweden by law. For anything higher ABV than that you need to go to the government-owned chain called Systembolaget or go to a bar or restaurant that has a license to serve alcohol. Because of the restrictions though, craft breweries have been making some great <3,5% beers that they sell at supermarkets.