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<p>[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 4948974, member: 89393"]A little off topic, but as my health forbids me from imbibing real beer on a regular basis, the new fad of 0% beer got me interested. Unfortunately, though, research on the topic resulted in discovering that only ONE of the top 10 zero alcohol beers is sold in my area. I would have to drive 70 miles to New Orleans to find some of the others. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are two brands of zero alcohol beer being advertised on TV in my area, and Walmart stocks both of them. I bought some of each. In a taste test, my wife poured equal amounts of each of these brands into two frozen beer mugs. I had no knowledge of which was which, but as the two were carried into the dining room from the kitchen, the visual differences in color and the size and stoutness of the head were immediate clues that I was not being tricked into drinking one or the other but not both. I tried the paler looking of the two first; it had a bitterness to it that belied its lighter color. Its head had already gone, but I was able to guess what it was without much thought. Then onto the other one with a slightly deeper golden color and a head that one would expect from the best of the draught beers. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second one was sweet by comparison, but had much more of a sense that I was actually drinking a real beer—except for the slight dizziness I get whenever I drink the one real beer I allow myself per month. There was a difference in price between the two, this second one costing about 33¢ per bottle more than the other. The first is available only in 12-packs in cans, while the second is in 6-packs either glass or cans. </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't had a Miller High Life real beer in at least 30 years, Kentucky, but back then I thought it was superior to the Bud and Miller light varieties that the people I knew preferred. </p><p><br /></p><p>One can learn a lot about beer from Howard Hillman's book. I learned of the book while watching Tom Snyder's old late night talk show on NBC in the early eighties. Although out of print, Amazon has a few copies available.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Guide-Beer-Howard-Hillman/dp/0816018626" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Guide-Beer-Howard-Hillman/dp/0816018626" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Guide-Beer-Howard-Hillman/dp/0816018626</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 4948974, member: 89393"]A little off topic, but as my health forbids me from imbibing real beer on a regular basis, the new fad of 0% beer got me interested. Unfortunately, though, research on the topic resulted in discovering that only ONE of the top 10 zero alcohol beers is sold in my area. I would have to drive 70 miles to New Orleans to find some of the others. There are two brands of zero alcohol beer being advertised on TV in my area, and Walmart stocks both of them. I bought some of each. In a taste test, my wife poured equal amounts of each of these brands into two frozen beer mugs. I had no knowledge of which was which, but as the two were carried into the dining room from the kitchen, the visual differences in color and the size and stoutness of the head were immediate clues that I was not being tricked into drinking one or the other but not both. I tried the paler looking of the two first; it had a bitterness to it that belied its lighter color. Its head had already gone, but I was able to guess what it was without much thought. Then onto the other one with a slightly deeper golden color and a head that one would expect from the best of the draught beers. The second one was sweet by comparison, but had much more of a sense that I was actually drinking a real beer—except for the slight dizziness I get whenever I drink the one real beer I allow myself per month. There was a difference in price between the two, this second one costing about 33¢ per bottle more than the other. The first is available only in 12-packs in cans, while the second is in 6-packs either glass or cans. I haven't had a Miller High Life real beer in at least 30 years, Kentucky, but back then I thought it was superior to the Bud and Miller light varieties that the people I knew preferred. One can learn a lot about beer from Howard Hillman's book. I learned of the book while watching Tom Snyder's old late night talk show on NBC in the early eighties. Although out of print, Amazon has a few copies available. [URL]https://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Guide-Beer-Howard-Hillman/dp/0816018626[/URL][/QUOTE]
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