It’s a hot summer afternoon. I’m sitting down on a hot afternoon, with a burger, and a cold beer.
What I’m looking for is something to replace that cold beer with. I want it to be crisp and fresh, but also not sweet. I love tart and bitter flavours. Unfortunately, my options are either cold and sweet, cold and alcoholic or hot and non sweet.
So threadiverse, what alternatives am I missing?
Tereré is great, but it’s a bit of a pain to source in Australia. What else is there?
Michellada
Try Nimbu Pani! It’s an Indian drink that hits the tart and slightly savory points. May be annoying to get black salt though.
Cold fruit teas sound like they could be good for ya
how about NA beer? Everything you want and nothing you don’t.
Everyone is recommending just stuff that’s not sweet, but you asked for savory.
Beef Fizz Search YouTube for videos of it.
Sugar free ginger ale
Hop water
Tonic water and lime is probably my favorite combo. Sometimes, I’ll even add gin.
I haven’t seen it mentioned in here, but switchel is a favorite of mine. Water, Apple cider vinegar, some kind of sweetener (molasses is traditional), and ginger. Pretty easy to make a pitcher of during the summer. Tart, and hits the spot in the summer. You can also utilize a shrub for some NA mocktails.
Unsweet iced tea
Sparkling water with pickle juice. Add bitters if you want different flavors.
Non alcoholic beer
On the days when I’m really just hanging out for, and worked a really sweaty, dirty day on the chainsaws, I drink N/A beer. The cheapest I can find. It either hits the spot or it tastes like garbage and turns me off beer again. Either way it averts the craving and lets me stay sober. Most alcos in recovery will frown on N/A beer, but I don’t care, whatever helps me not drink alcohol is fair game.
Non alcoholic radler? (Beer diluted with soda lemon - it is said that a brewery in munchen had too many cyclists one day and not enough beer to serve everyone, so in order to maximize profits and avoid leaving money on the table he decided to scam them by diluting the beer with lemon juice and saying “it’s less alcoholic so it’s perfect for you cyclists 😉” - and somehow they liked it instead of getting pissed)
Subcontinental:
- gin
- Cointreau
- cucumber juice
- lime juice
- simple syrup
For a non-alcoholic drink, suerta:
- 3 limes (preferably Mexican or Key limes)
- Coarse kosher salt
- Chilled sparkling water
- Ice
I think Tapache might be a good idea to take a look at.
