Tuesday, February 12, 2008

NA wine that tastes good??? part 1

I'm very skeptical of anything that's supposed to be alcoholic, like beer or wine, but is advertised as tasting good or award winning without the alcohol. We're(Tricia and I) going to taste some wines(and beer) and let you know what we think. Sometimes grape juice or root beer are the only viable alternatives and that sucks. (I've often thought that giving up alcohol during my wife's pregnancies, for support and suffering, would be a noble thing to do but then I really think about it and realize that I'm stupid and only one of us should be suffering. )

What we've tasted so far:
Wine -
  • Fre' brand - sucks entirely, but can and will be drank if there is nothing else available (including water) This is available everywhere and if you like wine out of a box, in really large jugs, or you periodically confuse grape juice for wine....this is the stuff for you.
  • Ariel - Tricia had a blush when we went out for dinner(that one time 6 months ago). She said it was the "best NA wine" she'd tasted, whatever that means. http://www.arielvineyards.com/index.html You can even order on-line if it's not carried at your local grocery or liquor store.

Beer
  • Clausthaler - ***
  • St. Pauli Girl NA - *
  • Kaliber - **
  • Odouls - *
  • Odouls Amber - ***favorite of Tricia.
  • My thought can be summed by saying, they all taste like apples.
* - passable depending on the mood
** - Tricia will buy this
*** - Typically have this in our frigerator, if it's time for drinking NA

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