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So not alcohol free, which is as suspected, but legally advertised as such*.
I think Guinness 0.0 is completely free of alcohol.
Edit: As I understand it drinks that are 0.05% are legally entitled to claim to be alcohol free, otherwise it would cause problems for ginger beer, canned shandy etc, but they cannot legally claim to be 0.0%
Edit 2 Scrub that, I've just looked at a can and it does say 0.05% !
And it also says 75 calories per can, I thought it was 90.
Which is remarkably low!
The only AF beer I've had 2 of. Really quite nice.Yep, Guinness Zero is top of the AF table followed by Ghost Ship. M&S do a very good AF Czech lager in 500ml bottles too.
My standard bike recovery drink. And I’m not a Guiness fan! Prefer the lighter texture of GZ. Have tested both at Twickenham when they launched it. Pretty obvious difference, but I prefer the zero. I don’t drink alcohol for the effects, just the taste. Three units would be a serious session for me!
Just had a couple of chilled cans of it post icy dog walk. It is definitely one on my favourite AF beers, though 2 in one sitting is enough for me.
But I won’t bother with an AF lager. Just not worth anybody’s time
Honestly, I think Heineken Blue is my second favourite AF, relatively crisp and not too sweet.
I gave up drinking by accident six years ago.
My view on NA beer is to never have any alcohol containing drinks again. Don't do the NA in the week and alcohol at the w/e thing.
The brain and taste buds recalibrate, you forget the pissed feeling and eventually don't feel your missing out.
Just need a pub near me that does Luck Saint on draft.
oh and I agree Guiness 0.0 is great.
It's great with Tia Maria or a malt whisky in it
* Smiley *
Just need a pub near me that does Luck Saint on draft.
Your taste buds are shot, that stuff is awful!
Honestly, I think Heineken Blue is my second favourite AF, relatively crisp and not too sweet.
I think HB is a great example of different folk having different tastes.
To me it is horribly metallic. Others seem to love it.
aye it's all subjective hey, otherwise there would be just one stout, one larger, one IPA and one cider.
Tend to agree Stirling. I still like the odd bottle of Guinness Original. A very different brew.
Just goes to show how beer tastes are radically different.
Takes a lot for me to pour any drink away, but Ghost Ship AF was pretty disgusting to me. So many people recommend it and I like the normal version but it was proper rank. I always try to drink a few mouthfuls but that stuff went down the sink with less than a third of the bottle gone.
but I think that’s a 0.5-1%er from memory.
Fun fact, un-pasteurised fresh orange juice can be 0.5%, a very ripe banana can be 0.4%
As said, it's a good recovery drink (or should I say, feels like one!)
I keep both GZ and full fat in the campervan fridge, and I'm not bothered which one comes out after a long hot ride or run. But if you drink one of each back to back, you really can taste the difference. GZ seems thinner, sweeter. It's much better as a standalone.
Yeah, the 0.5% thing is to account for naturally occurring alcohol levels. Like the driving limit in Scotland is ostensibly zero, but technically a similar 0.5% figure because you might have just eaten a fermenting banana.
As posted on previous thread it has messed with with my head on a night out. After 4 pints of it I was questioning my sobriety to drive with a ‘phantom’ bevied up feeling. I can only put it down to it feeling and tasting so close to the real thing and being in an environment I’ve normally have had a few.
I've heard this from a pal. Questioned his sobriety after 2 or 3 pints to be driving (but he did).
> And it also says 75 calories per can, I thought it was 90.
There is a large variation in sugar content - e.g. the Erdinger is 3.6% sugar, whereas GhostShip, Lucky Saint are 0.1% and Guinness is 0.7%.
Two bottles of Erdinger would put you over the daily sugar intake recommendation.
Are there any easily available (i.e supermarket) AF lagers that are better than the Peroni Zero?
The Peroni is 'okay' in as much as it tastes a bit like normal Peroni (i.e. nothing special). I found Heineken Blue revolting (chemically taste).
Like the driving limit in Scotland is ostensibly zero, but technically a similar 0.5% figure because you might have just eaten a fermenting banana.
Does the ol' "I've just eaten some fresh fruit guv" work in Scotland?