are there any good tasting non-alcoholic beers?

**SLEEPER_V** · June 4th, 2009

good tasting non alcoholic beer? those phrases are mutually exclusive. They cant exist simultaniously.

**capnthommo** · June 4th, 2009

hi logos, no there aren't.
and as a real ale lover i personally believe that they should be dark, bitter, not too cold adn that there should be a squillion varieties each with a different taste.
but then isn't that what we are all about? choice?
i hope you find one, but i have never really discovered a suitable sub - there's always something wrong taste-wise.
cheers
nigel(hic)

**gn2** · June 4th, 2009

Originally Posted by logos34

I don't drink anymore, but I still crave beer.

Me too and I stopped twenty six years ago.

You'll get used to it in time.

**The Real Dave** · June 4th, 2009

Becks is probably the most paletable =S

**gnomeuser** · June 4th, 2009

Originally Posted by SLEEPER_V

good tasting non alcoholic beer? those phrases are mutually exclusive. They cant exist simultaniously.

Schrödinger' beer? It randomly changes state between being tasty and alcohol-free, once you open the bottle one waveform collapses and only one option remains.. hope for tasty.

**MikeTheC** · June 4th, 2009

Originally Posted by gnomeuser

Schrödinger' beer? It randomly changes state between being tasty and alcohol-free, once you open the bottle one waveform collapses and only one option remains.. hope for tasty.

+1 for the Schrödinger reference

Oh. Emm. Gee.

**Plumtreed** · June 4th, 2009

Simple answer, nope! Has to be alcoholic to be beer, if it's not alcoholic, it's not beer.

Wine is the same. It is the process that makes it wine and, incidently, alcoholic. That is why it tastes so special.

**issih** · June 4th, 2009

Actually most non alcoholic beers are made by fermenting the sugar as in making normal beer, then the alcohol is removed. Therefore..in theory.. you should get something that tastes of beer, but lacks the bite of the alcohol. Doesn't always work out like that though

**forrestcupp** · June 4th, 2009

Originally Posted by dragos240

I don't know if there is a good NON alcoholic beer, but I've heard of an open source beer called "free beer" which sounds so cewl. I'm 14 anyways.

How can beer be open source? It's not made out of source code; it's made with real life, tangible ingredients. If they're really that crazy about it, a better description would be open content.

Originally Posted by capnthommo

hi logos, no there aren't.
and as a real ale lover i personally believe that they should be dark, bitter, not too cold adn that there should be a squillion varieties each with a different taste.

That's the difference between the UK and the US. Over hear, they like it light and ice cold.

**chucky chuckaluck** · June 4th, 2009

i kind of liked texas select the last time i had it. you could probably find it at some dirt shop, like whole foods, if it's still being made. on the whole, i'd rather be a hopeless drunk.