What's Up with Non-Alcoholic Beers?
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03/30/21 • 26 min
What is up with non-alcoholic beers? What’s the point? Does an NA IPA satisfy your IPA cravings? Did runners create this fad just to have one more thing to gloat about? Adam decided to take a month off drinking to train for a marathon, so we brought on an assortment of NA beers from the Athletic Brewing Company and Lagunitas to answer those questions and more!
Featured Beers:
Upside Dawn. Athletic Brewing Co., Stratford, CT. Golden Ale. <0.5% ABV
Run Wild. Athletic Brewing Co., Stratford, CT. IPA. <0.5% ABV
NA IPA. Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, CA. IPA. <0.5% ABV
Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:
Clausthaler Original. Radeberger Gruppe.
Busch NA
O’Douls
Phantom Bride IPA. Belching Beaver Brewery, Oceanside, CA. 7.1% ABV.
Saint Arnold Brewing Company - “Hop Water” on tap
Miller Lite / Miller High Life
Other Shout Outs:
Total Wine and More (purchased all beer here)
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What is up with non-alcoholic beers? What’s the point? Does an NA IPA satisfy your IPA cravings? Did runners create this fad just to have one more thing to gloat about? Adam decided to take a month off drinking to train for a marathon, so we brought on an assortment of NA beers from the Athletic Brewing Company and Lagunitas to answer those questions and more!
Featured Beers:
Upside Dawn. Athletic Brewing Co., Stratford, CT. Golden Ale. <0.5% ABV
Run Wild. Athletic Brewing Co., Stratford, CT. IPA. <0.5% ABV
NA IPA. Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, CA. IPA. <0.5% ABV
Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:
Clausthaler Original. Radeberger Gruppe.
Busch NA
O’Douls
Phantom Bride IPA. Belching Beaver Brewery, Oceanside, CA. 7.1% ABV.
Saint Arnold Brewing Company - “Hop Water” on tap
Miller Lite / Miller High Life
Other Shout Outs:
Total Wine and More (purchased all beer here)
NEW MERCH!!! Find your official Beering Ain't Easy Gear at the following link!
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/66383392
On every episode, we rate beers on a scale from 0-5 using the Untappd App, 5 being the highest.
Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
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Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:
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Guinness Draught
Other Shout Outs:
Sake Bombs/ Irish Car Bombs /Jaeger Bombs / Flaming Dr. Peppers / Vegas Bombs
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NEW MERCH!!! Find your official Beering Ain't Easy Gear at the following link!
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/66383392
On every episode, we rate beers on a scale from 0-5 using the Untappd App, 5 being the highest.
Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
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Featured Beer:
Blue Tile IPA. Great Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 6.6% ABV.
Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:
Other highlights from the Great Heights taster lineup: Denali, Fruity Pellets, The 610
Brash Brewing Company. Houston, TX.
D&Q the Beer Station. Houston, TX.
Nonalcoholic beers that Adam tried: O’Doul’s, Beck’s, Heineken 0.0
Art Car. Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Houston, TX.
Other Shout Outs:
The Blue Tiles on Houston city streets
Dan’s Irish Sports Bar. Walnut Creek, CA. Special shout out to the Spazmatics
Benihana’s
The Snoo (rocking bassinet from the future)
NEW MERCH!!! Find your official Beering Ain't Easy Gear at the following link!
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/66383392
On every episode, we rate beers on a scale from 0-5 using the Untappd App, 5 being the highest.
Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
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