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Pub Drinks for Non Drinkers (lemmy.world)
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I'm doing my best to stop drinking, but my local only has Heineken 0 available. What else do you lot drink that I can reliably get in the pub, which isn't full of caffeine or sugar?

Water is about all I can think of but I'm wondering if there is something I can ask for that I'm overlooking. I'm hoping this will be like when I learned about pesto; I couldn't believe I had gone so long before eating it.

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[–] 4 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Non-alcoholic gin and tonic can be pretty good, but is often a rip-off.

Guiness 0% or the Brewdog AFs are pretty good. My favourite was Nanny State, but it's hard to find.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    They only sell Heineken, so I'm out of luck for other 0 beers. I'm not sure about the 0 spirits though, but I think it's also a no. Thanks for the recommendation.

    Also as a separate thing, I won't buy Brewdog. I know this makes me seem really difficult with my list of things I won't drink:

    • Caffeine
    • Excessive sugar
    • Coke/Pepsi
    • Alcohol
    • Brewdog
    • ...
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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah I am also boycotting Brewdog after the takeover farce. Finding alcoholic alternatives is no problem, but they are very good at the AF stuff.

    And we're also trying to avoid all Coke/Pepsi owned products, which is almost everything sugary in a pub - fine for me as I'm not into sweet drinks, but leaves my wife on lime and soda often.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Wtf is brewdog

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Used to be a decent craft beer company. I guess it's still a beer company but apparently there has been an infamous takeover - I'm not too much into the topic, so that's all I know - if it was an honest question.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Why not Brewdog if I may ask?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Not OP, but two big issues for me having actually been a fan of them and an 'Equity Punk' (just one share) back in 2020:

    • CEO accused of inappropriate behaviour and abuse of power.

    • Despite huge popularity and their drinks taking over every supermarket, somehow managed to fall into administration leaving suppliers and original investors out of pocket.

    I think the takeover deal stinks - the worst kind of capitalism - leave all the small guys short changed and hand a massive multinational brand to another company with no obligations to make it right.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59957485

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70dv0eg9yko

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