Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Where are all the hoppy n.a. drinks at?

I have been a recovering alcoholic for almost 90 days and I must say I really don't miss drinking alcohol that much, but I do miss the hoppy beverages. I would really like to know why no one is making any tasty, hoppy n.a. beers or teas. It doesn't seem like it would be very hard to do. In fact a good friend of mine has experimented a little bit with hop tea and has come up with some pretty tasty concoctions.

I know for a fact that I am not the only person who has realized that what was once a hobby had become a big problem. I also am sure that I am not the only hop head out there who is no longer drinking. I have talked about this to friends who still drink and they would love to have hoppy beverages without the alcohol at times too. It seems that if someone took a little time and came up with some good recipes they could do quite well with non-alcoholic brews.

Anyone who has had n.a. beer knows it sucks. I really think that a lot of the reason why is that the only people making n.a. beers are the large macros. Anyone who has good taste in beers knows that the really good beers are not put out by the macro-breweries. So if small micros are making the best beers here in the states then one would think that if they put a little time and energy into some n.a. alternatives they could do something quite good with them.

So that is my wish that I am sending out into the universe. Someone please make me a hoppy, hoppy, delicious n.a. beer. That would make me happy. Hoppy makes me happy.

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posted by Luke @ 5:56 PM   1 comments links to this post

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At 1:20 PM, Blogger jefffrane said...

The only n.a. beer that I've found that comes close to hoppiness is Bitburger Drive. Certainly not "hoppy" compared to one of our local IPAs, but considerably better than most other possibilities.

Years ago, Fred E and I did a blind tasting for the Brew Crew, using American malt liquors (and yes, there was someone there who could identify several of them blind); we threw in a ringer, a bottle of Guinness' n.a. Kaliber. It was unanimously chosen as the best beer of the group.

 

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