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Many bars offer alcohol-free beers. I've been on antibiotics for a week, so I haven't been drinking, but we had some alcohol-free beers left over from a party.

Many bars offer alcohol-free beers. I've been on antibiotics for a week, so I haven't been drinking, but we had some alcohol-free beers left over from a party. They're all IPA-flavored, so they taste authentically awful!

caseyohara 2y ago
Non-alcoholic beers have gotten really good in the last few years. In the US, Athletic Brewing Company is doing great stuff. I haven't tried their IPA, but their lagers and lighter beers are surprisingly good and an adequate substitute for the "ritual" of beer drinking.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  I've tried their light beers, and didn't particularly like them. Weirdly, even though I hate IPAs, I think I liked the alcohol-free IPA stuff better. It feels more "authentic", I think - likely because I don't drink IPAs, so I can't tell that something is off without the alcohol.
- 486sx33 2y ago
  Try erdinger non-alkoholic “for sport” https://us.erdinger.de/beer/non-alcoholic.html https://us.erdinger.de/beer/non-alcoholic.html For good mouthfeel !
williamdclt 2y ago
"IPA-flavoured" is a bit dismissive. Alcohol-free beer is not flavoured water, it's beer that's had its alcohol removed. Non-alc IPA is an IPA with extra steps!
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  I meant to be dismissive in a joking way - I dislike the taste of IPAs, but they definitely taste Like Beer to me, even once the alcohol removal process has taken place. Athletic's light beers, though, taste off in a way that really doesn't work for me when I'm in the mood for the social aspect of drinking a beer, but not for most of the mental and physical ffects.
- brnt 2y ago
  Removing alcohol is only one method. I prefer beers made with modified yeasts.
  - williamdclt 2y ago
    I didn't know that, interesting!
ioblomov 2y ago
FWIW, drinking alcohol won't interfere with most modern antibiotics. The exception is metronidazole and related compounds, because they interfere with aldehyde dehydrogenase (leading to a buildup of toxic aldehydes, an intermediate compound in alcohol metabolism). https://www.drugs.com/article/antibiotics-and-alcohol.html https://www.drugs.com/article/antibiotics-and-alcohol.html
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  So why have I always been told not to? I swear I remember reading that antibiotics and alcohol, combined, stress out the liver, but apparently that's not the case with Amoxycillin? Anyway, I guess it's probably for the best to limit my drinking anyway. Except for Saturday at the party, which we shan't speak of, nor of Sunday morning.
- selimthegrim 2y ago
  While not an antibiotic, it also doesn’t play well with antifungals like terbinafine

caseyohara 2y ago

Non-alcoholic beers have gotten really good in the last few years. In the US, Athletic Brewing Company is doing great stuff. I haven't tried their IPA, but their lagers and lighter beers are surprisingly good and an adequate substitute for the "ritual" of beer drinking.

pavel_lishin 2y ago
I've tried their light beers, and didn't particularly like them. Weirdly, even though I hate IPAs, I think I liked the alcohol-free IPA stuff better. It feels more "authentic", I think - likely because I don't drink IPAs, so I can't tell that something is off without the alcohol.
486sx33 2y ago
Try erdinger non-alkoholic “for sport” https://us.erdinger.de/beer/non-alcoholic.html https://us.erdinger.de/beer/non-alcoholic.html For good mouthfeel !

williamdclt 2y ago

"IPA-flavoured" is a bit dismissive. Alcohol-free beer is not flavoured water, it's beer that's had its alcohol removed. Non-alc IPA is an IPA with extra steps!

pavel_lishin 2y ago
I meant to be dismissive in a joking way - I dislike the taste of IPAs, but they definitely taste Like Beer to me, even once the alcohol removal process has taken place. Athletic's light beers, though, taste off in a way that really doesn't work for me when I'm in the mood for the social aspect of drinking a beer, but not for most of the mental and physical ffects.
brnt 2y ago
Removing alcohol is only one method. I prefer beers made with modified yeasts.
- williamdclt 2y ago
  I didn't know that, interesting!

ioblomov 2y ago

FWIW, drinking alcohol won't interfere with most modern antibiotics. The exception is metronidazole and related compounds, because they interfere with aldehyde dehydrogenase (leading to a buildup of toxic aldehydes, an intermediate compound in alcohol metabolism). https://www.drugs.com/article/antibiotics-and-alcohol.html https://www.drugs.com/article/antibiotics-and-alcohol.html

pavel_lishin 2y ago
So why have I always been told not to? I swear I remember reading that antibiotics and alcohol, combined, stress out the liver, but apparently that's not the case with Amoxycillin? Anyway, I guess it's probably for the best to limit my drinking anyway. Except for Saturday at the party, which we shan't speak of, nor of Sunday morning.
selimthegrim 2y ago
While not an antibiotic, it also doesn’t play well with antifungals like terbinafine