Doc wants me on N/A beer and spirits (any recommendations?)

digs
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:06:56 +0000
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So I went to a gerontologist for the first time, had many body parts scanned, and among his orders was a “Hey, Stay Away From These If You Don’t Want To Get Any Worse” Diet.

#1: Alcohol … Cue sad trombone.

Now, the sport I’m best at is running off to the neighborhood pub to watch baseball (and soon, the Packers!). And I usually have a beer or an Old Fashioned.

So I’m on the hunt for N/A beers. I mentioned this in the September Mini-Rants, but so far, I only like Heinekken N/A and Guiness 0% - -comes close to the real stuff, frothy head and all!
The only other N/A beers the pub carries taste like gym socks.

Another problem: I hate hops. I go with malty/grainy beers, so “Hop-Infused Tap Water" (the slogan of one N/A beer) is doubly-horrid to me.

So what have you folks (or your friends) tried? Hope you have some you liked!

And so far, I’ve struck out on N/A spirits. I’m afraid that it’s a lost cause; so much of the flavor of whisky is that “bite” that the ethanol imparts.

But I’d KILL for a low/no-alcohol bourbon.

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