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Yes, the anxious feelings were very much in evidence yesterday. I'm the same, I rarely drink these days, as I just can't deal with the after effects. Think it's just an age thing: it takes me far longer to recover.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Yeah long gone are the daft teen days, few pints after work on a Friday, few pints on a Saturday before a game followed by many more after, following day paracetamol and a pint of water, greasy brekkie and sorted 🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
I’ve got a stag do this weekend in Amsterdam and I’m already feeling hungover at the thought of it. Barely had a drop of alcohol this year
Im starting to think a break is due again..Im never out for big sessions these days but most days for a couple of pints late afternoon, bit of craic with the old locals. But Im also noticing that Im planning my day around those couple of beers rather than fitting them in to the rest of my day. Its not all consuming but im engaging with thoughts about guinness more than is healthy..Ive had a long breaks before which were fine, the thought of whether id be able to manage were harder. I've a a few things on in june which would be better with a clear head so maybe try & get a run till then. First test this weekend with the mrs is away to London
Good on you OP. I go through phases of really wanting to pack it all in but extremely difficult as my social life is built around beers.
It’s my stag do this weekend so that’s going to be extremely heavy, after that I’m sure I’ll want to quit again but can’t see it happening!
Quite looking forward to the season finishing so I can lower the quantities of drink. Like others I rarely drink in the house, maybe a few cans for an FA Cup Final type day.
Every social aspect of my life seems to have pints involved though. Goto the fitba and its a few pints before and after, goto a gig and its a few pints before, during and after. Goto the snooker hall and its a few pints before, during and after.
Quite enjoy drinking myself 'cos I can quite easily have 3-4 then go home. Goto the boozer with pals though and i find it impossible to pull myself away if the pint and crack is good.
Never really one for drinking at all tbh but decided to give up entirely when we moved house. Most of my biggest regrets in life have come from how I behaved when drinking, and it was getting to the point where I didn't even like the feeling of being drunk any more let alone hangovers.
Don't miss it one bit and have never felt inclined to start again. The fact that my partner is near-teetotal helps too.
Scotland has an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. The current SG tried to address it with minimum pricing policies but I don’t know if that has impacted on anyone or whether it just raises more taxes. It’s definitely cultural- drinking to be seen as sociable is a factor. Folk feeling you can only have a good time when pished. I’ve even heard folk pressuring their kids over not wanting to drink because the parent was worried that the kid was weird or not going to fit in.
Id say I’m an occasional drinker - the odd drink if out for a special occasion or at an event but it’s never the main aspect of any occasion and I just don’t feel any need to drink in the house. Quite relaxed with that situation and never get into a situation where I have any hangover days or lose control of what’s going on by being totally pished.
Has anyone been influenced by the minimum pricing strategy?
Don't think Minimum pricing actually raises any taxes, from memory, I think it just goes to the retailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by LewysGot2
I have not been influenced by it at all. Though the price of most lagers etc... hasn't really increased substantially due to it.
I had my stag do in Newcastle a few weeks back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lendo
1st beer was cracked open before 10am on the train on the Friday and last one was in my neighbours garden at 11.30 on the Sunday night. The physical hangover was ok. Felt rough but it was bearable. Mentally I was an anxious wreck for about a week.
My wedding is this weekend then I'm away next weekend to Cambridge and Newmarket. After that I won't be touching a drop until after my planned October marathon.
Good luck on your big day PB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Not through increased prices means increased VAT?Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
Minimum pricing has been shown not to work, people just spend more on drink.
Thankfully each year a smaller percentage of young people drink. Coffee shops have replaced the pubs that are closing. The old boys at my work that talk about the days when most guys would go to the boozer after work, seems alien to us
I think the biggest change when it comes to drinking habits is the increasing tightening of drink driving laws over the years. People just can't take the chance anymore as even 1 pint could push you over the limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Even 10 years ago I was working in a hotel that had a band of regulars who would happily knock back 3 pints of Belhaven Best then jump in their cars to drive home.
Same goes for health and safety. There are guys in the warehouse at my work who have been around for 30 years. They talk about how they used to go to the pub every lunchtime for a toastie, a game of darts and 2 pints then jump back on their forklifts in the afternoon. That would be dismissal for gross misconduct these days.
Thank you, looking forward to it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Aye the afternoon drinking stories from the old boys from all their different jobs are brilliant. Phone in the round then run down, arse some pints then back to work, lucky *******s 😆Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
There was a regular team of up to four managers at a place I worked in the 90s/2000s who would walk around to the pub every single lunchtime and knock back five pints in the hour. They'd come back nasty drunk too. Amazing how these sort of folks got away with it for so many years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Remember too the local binmen who would clock on early and literally run around their route with the lorry to get doen as quickly as possible. You'd see them in pub by 11am for the duration.
It has really killed the takings of a lot of golf club bars too - the days of having one pint after your round before driving home are long gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I’m from a generation where drink driving has always been a taboo. Interesting how that changed over the space of a decade or so. I drove straight to a garden party from Hampden on Saturday and the hostess is probably 10-15 years old than me. I was immediately given a glass of white wine which I probably drank about a third of over the course of two hours. She seemed very surprised that I wasn’t going to finish it before leaving!
My wife and I started doing 2 nights a week only. Any two nights, but only two.
It's really helped us cut back on the amount we drink week to week.
We do have certain circumstances where this gets kicked though, COVID a few weeks ago was a 10 day session from which I've only just recovered!
Living in Corstorphine is a good way to cut down on drink.
All the pubs are horrible. The Roseburn Bar is the nearest decent boozer.
The Corrie used to be a decent boozer when I frequented it in my getting bladdered days, I assume it is ****** central now ?Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Nowt wrong with my local Winstons.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Pish but depends what you class as a decent boozer 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Don't ask how, but a bottle of Buckfast ended up in our house last night. Thought I'd see what all the fuss was about so I had a glass.
Honestly, just no. The worst stuff I have tasted in my life. That one glass has given me a headache that lasted hours. If you want to give up the drink, just have some of that it'll put you off for life.
Buckfast is like cough medicine, tried it once as a teen and never went near it sinceQuote:
Originally Posted by Pete
Cough medicine...that's the oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
According to a connoisseur, I was drinking it wrong. Apparently it has to be chilled for it to be pleasant 😄.
Slander and lies. Beautiful stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
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I had my last drink on January 4th 2020. Haven’t missed it one bit.
That's good going. Any particular reason you decided to go tee-total?Quote:
Originally Posted by MKHIBEE
I made an erse of myself once too often, upset good friends, so decided just to give it up completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
It's hardly a secret but the impact on the waist line is as good a reason as any to moderate the bevvy.
For the best part of the last 3 weeks I've had a near constant excuse to drink. Last day of work before my wedding, night before my wedding, wedding day, day after my wedding, still off work so may as well have a pint, night before a city break, city break, got the blues because I'm home and back to work tomorrow, don't have the bairn at the football so can walk rather than driving etc etc.
The issue is threefold really. The increased calorie intake through drinking, the bad eating that can go hand in hand with that and the decreased motivation to get out and exercise. Combine the 3 and I've managed a weight gain of 8lbs/3kg in just under 3 weeks. I feel bloated, I look like **** and you can feel that tightness in clothes that used to fit perfectly.
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Originally Posted by overdrive
As others have said, non or low alcohol beers are significantly better than they once were. I actually quite like Heineken 0.0.
The best alcohol free beer, though, is good old fashioned Crabbie's ginger beer IMHO because it actually provides what others lack - a wee bit of a kick thanks to the ginger element. Served super chilled it's a great summer drink.
I've actually gotten into non-alcoholic beers since I posted that a couple of years ago. I've got a stash of the Brewdog range in my garage and I'll happily drink a few of an evening, particularly the alcohol free version of Elvis JuiceQuote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
The best alcohol free beer is full fat coke.Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Love a cold coke (out of a can or glass bottle, never a plastic bottle) every now and again but couldn't drink more than a couple compared to drinking beer on a night out. In saying that I'm in trouble these days if I drink more than a couple of beers!Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
It's alcohol free beer that's being discussed, a tremendously pointless invention IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
Only if the only reason you drink beer is to get pished. Iove beer but definitely shouldn't drink, been off the sauce for nearly 9 years. I always missed a nice beer, and these new ones are a revelation for me. Some of them are superb.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Really isn't. More and more people are choosing either not to drink or limit it. If these drinks help brilliant. I think a lot of youngsters particularly are looking at the madness of drinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
I would rather drink juice than alcohol free beer, surely must taste better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
I'm sure it wouldn't sell if people didn't like it. I had a Heineken zero on the plane when I was driving when I got off. It was better than some alcoholic lagers I've had, surprisingly goodQuote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Yep, the brewers tapped into that and invested heavily in crafting low and no alcohol beers that are actually pleasant to drink. They'd have been mad not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
They're also good for less youthful drinkers like myself who enjoy a beer ahead of a juice when looking for something non alcoholic.
Inpossibrew beer us pretty good. They are the company who went on Dragons Den recently.
It's alcohol free but has nootropics in it so it gives you a weird sort of buzz. I thought it would be a gimmick but I did genuinely feel quite chilled after drinking 1 or 2 of them.
I'd have ordered more but they are quite expensive.
Chilled or tipsy, asking for a friend ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
It was more a relaxed sort of effect, didn't feel drunk at all but I definitely could feel a change in my mood after drinking them. If it wasn't something mad like 60 quid for a case I'd get more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Not giving up the Don Revie, but cutting down a bit. Have swapped out lager for Radlers (Amstel is my personal favourite but Brewdog do a good one) whilst have a few at the weekend in front of the telly. Was a god send in the hot weather recently as well
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I’d never been into the alcohol free beers (I’d assumed they were all pish) but had a couple after a game of golf a few years ago and was surprised how good they were.
That’s the ideal scenario for them, really - got the car but really feel like you want a beer.
I don’t have it often but will happily do so from time to time.
When the hangovers bite that bit harder as you get older they make more sense too.
I like the Erdinger Alcohol free beer, often have it if meeting for lunch before I start work.
Add a dab of grapefruit juice to it. You can thank me later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Yes Erdinger Alcohol free is nice. So is the Brewdog one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I’m also cutting back on the drink, and we’ve got a new soda stream machine. Bottle up plenty of sparkling water from tap water and drinking cordial with it. Nice elderflower or ginger beer with ice. Reduces plastic waste and £ as well because you’re not buying sparkling water all the time.
Moretti zero is really quite nice. It’s good to have viable options rather than the days of Becks blue being about the only option particularly as it wasn’t ever great.
Beck's Blue was definitely one of the poorest early efforts in the 'moderation' category. I remember Hibs being in a cup semi at Hampden around the time one of my kids was due to be born so I was off the drink in case I needed to drive back home. While the rest of our group were knocking back the pre-match pints I was having a Becks Blue with each round. Gave up after a couple.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
I remember Kaliber being the only alcohol free beer available locallyQuote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
When I go out for a session I tend to drink quickly and just don't stop till the night ends or I feel like I'm getting too drunk. I might switch to a non alcoholic pint every few rounds rather than skipping the round. Feels as if I'm still drinking but don't get any more drunk
That was the first one I remember, truly awful stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Yeah it was chronic stuff 🤮Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
they aren't something i'll ever be able to get my head around. there are plenty of drinks that already don't contain alcohol without buying a drink pretending to be alcohol. i'd wager they aren't cheap either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
snake oil salesmen have a new product it seems.
Some people like the taste of lager ipa gin whatever, but don't want to drink for whatever reason. They are becoming a big market and wouldn't be if people didn't like the taste. On the flight I mentioned drink was included, I could have chosen others but liked the Heineken 0% when I tried it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
The NHS will be thankful for the more and more people choosing not to drink
They're not pretending to be alcohol. That's the point. A beer doesn't need to have alcohol in it to be a beer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
The low or no alcohol beers and gins etc on the market these days are brewed and crafted with the intention of providing punters with a quality beverage. I'm not so sold on the spirits but many of the beers are good. Certainly not snake oil.
Bbc foods Best non alcohol beers 2022
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/review/b...alcoholic-beer
First time I've seen the Guinness Zero. I'd quite like to give that a go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
I got some for one of our friends who is a Guiness drinker. He said it was fine and quite enjoyed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
It's really not that difficult. Some people like the taste of lager so they like to drink it but don't always want it to be alcoholicQuote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
Does anywhere in Edinburgh do a decent alcohol free on tap?
Vaguely remember this thread so looked. After 2 weeks of battering it far too hard on holiday I'm going to try and have a decent spell on the wagon and hopefully smash the gym until my body is one again. Hopefully a few months. How's the non alch beers looking in the years since this thread. Might try some at the weekend
I find some of the lagers/pilsners much alike taste wise, I was impressed with 00 Guinness though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Guinness 0 is good. The only non alcoholic beer I've tried that I really like; it almost tastes like the real thing and it has the right texture and body to it which is the biggest issue I have with most non alcoholic lagers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
I'm still largely in the 'would rather just have a coke' camp but now and then I'd take a Guinness 0.
Guinness 0% is excellent as is William Bros Joker IPA and Augusta’s Lager. As is Brewdog Wingman I PAQuote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Brew Dog Wingman session IPA, Punk IPA and Hazy Jane are also favourites of mine.
Estrella Dam, San Miguel and Peroni all decent too.
All about what you like tbh but anything by Days in my opinion anyway tastes terrible.
Good luck btw and I hope you find something you like.
Good luck to you on getting off the drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Amazing cheers I'll defo try the Guinness as I've seen it on draft a few places and I've realised my plan will overlap hibs in the Qualifiers but then again last time I was off it most bars had a decent selection of NA. Will try a few of the above also and report back, thanks
Cheers. Was on a huge family holiday with dozens and it was full on but post it i feel pretty ashamed at how much of the bairns time was around drink and how little I spent with my wee one. Got me thinking to Sundays when I can't be bothered doing much else but watching a film with her, because I've been out the Saturday. They are only wee once and I guess no one has ever said i really wish I drank more last weekend, but the will say i wish I done more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tambo
See how it goes
Look out for Lucky Saint. They do a lager (blue can) and an IPA (orange can). The lager also comes in bottles. Not sure if they've rolled it out on draught yet. Probably the first no/low alcohol beer I've found that is a genuine pleasure to drink and you don't feel you're compromising. They only brew low alcohol beers, so I think they have an advantage over the big brewers who are trying to replicate their core brands in non-alcoholic form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Of the big brands I'd say Guinness 0.0 is very good. Heineken 0.0 is also okay.