If beer didn’t contain any alcohol…? TRVN5DWGECK3

If beer didn’t contain any alcohol, but still tasted the same, would you still brew/drink it?

Yes – 76%
No  – 23%

With 241 responses this was one of the more popular polls I have posted to date.  The votes were divided, but a clear majority like their beer with or without the booze. 

If beer didn’t contain any alcohol there are some days (and times of the day) that I would drink more and some that I would drink less, but I would certainly still be a homebrewer and a beer drinker.  I mean how great would it be to have a rich creamy alcohol free oatmeal stout for breakfast before heading off to work?  How nice would it be to go to a tasting or beer festival and not have to worry about driving home afterward?  It really is a shame that there aren’t any “good” alcohol free beers out there.

Granted there are times when some alcohol adds to my enjoyment of a beer or situation, but by and large (for me) alcohol is a necessary distraction when it comes to drinking good beer.  This is especially true this time of year when the big/rich flavors of strong beers are on my mind.

It really comes down to the fact that I enjoy eating and drinking plenty of things that are non-alcoholic, so why would my love of beer change if the alcohol went away?  Of course this isn’t to say I wouldn’t trade out some of the beer I drink now for wine/mead/sake/liquor, but I don’t enjoy any of them nearly as much as beer.

Happy to hear comments from those who agreed with me, but I’d be more interested to hear from the people who answered “No.”

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