Needles & Grooves

Jesus @NathanRicaud chill I spend all day at my desk drinking water, let me have something with some flavour when I’m chilling watching the footy or spinning in the evening! Sadly Heino 0.0% isn’t such a thing!

I’m really happy to hear you drink a good amount of water at work each day!

Yeah, when you’re enjoying yourself watching TV or spinning vinyl, something a bit cheeky is always worth it!

I've become quite used to no alcohol beer. This is probably one of the better / realistic tasting ones I've tried so far: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/303835862

Thanks! I’ll have to see if they stock that in Tesco here too!

Of course it's piss. Why did you you do this to you? Isn't lock down not hard enough?

I was watching footy and didn’t fancy Coke but wanted to be productive today! Lesson learned, get pissed instead

Should have stuck a hat and coat on, opened all the doors and windows and had a lovely cup of bovril. Would have been exactly like being there

The craft beer revival in the states is making headway with 0.0’s now. There’s a brand called “Athletic Brewing” that is pretty decent. For now I just use them to cut my heavier ABV’s when I don’t want to be completely useless after a lunchtime beer.

The problem with craft is they’re overwhelminglyingly ales. Much the same as with the boozy ones too. There’s plenty of craft 0s here too but more often than not I want a refreshing pint of lager, not an ale.

I don't know a lot about beer making (I'm a cheap date - give me Miller or when I want to get fancy, Newcastle) but I wonder about the whole ale/lager thing for craft beers. A buddy of mine used to brew at home and only made ales 'cause he said lagers had to be brewed at a cooler temp and ales were less fussy. I wonder if that carries over to larger craft ops.

For home brewing certainly it’s a pig you need to cool them and then if you want to do it properly crash them which involves a bit of equipment. But if you miss out the crash step can be done in an old fridge in the garage, just doesn’t have the same level of clarity, still can taste good.

If you’re brewing for resale you’re going to have to have precise temperature control equipment to ensure consistency and for food safety and standards, can’t see it being an issue.

I think big hoppy IPAs are just in at the moment, which is fine, they have their place, they just aren’t as refreshing.

Might I recommend Kombucha? Personally think Humm's Mango Passionfruit is very beer-like.

I'm shocked and a bit disappointed you would even venture down this road, lol

Yeah it is quite out a character @AnthonyI

I wanted something with a more “adult” flavour that wasn’t booze. What I got was in effect sparkling water with a faint background lager flavour.

Adult is hardly a reason, I've brought a nice bottle of wine to someone and then sat there aghast as they pour, add ice and Sprite

I mean that’s hardly the same thing! I’d absolutely not desecrate a nice bottle of wine like that!

I applaud people who put ice in their wine, provided they're the ones who paid for it.

True Confession: I have on occasion bought inexpensive reds to refrigerate in summer