It’s a hot summer afternoon. I’m sitting down on a hot afternoon, with a burger, and a cold beer.
What I’m looking for is something to replace that cold beer with. I want it to be crisp and fresh, but also not sweet. I love tart and bitter flavours. Unfortunately, my options are either cold and sweet, cold and alcoholic or hot and non sweet.
So threadiverse, what alternatives am I missing?
Tereré is great, but it’s a bit of a pain to source in Australia. What else is there?
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I like water Kefir, and as a kid drank it often. (Not to be confused with milk base Kefir). Water Kefir grains are normally available online but seems sold out in Australia.
Tinto de verano, or summer wine in Spanish. Chilled red wine, mixed (1:1 or however you like it) with 7up, tonic or bitter lemon, served with ice and a slice of orange or lemon. Cheap wine will do nicely.
Perfect summer beverage, not too high in alcohol, mostly bitter and tart. Use a bitter non-sweet version of tonic or bitter lemon to add almost no sugar at all.
In Japan, barley tea is a popular summer drink.
And provides better hydration than plain water, so less chance of wet bulb issues (allegedly).
That said, keep those mouth pearls brushed regularly.
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- Yerba Mate – it’s in the holly family rather than the camellia family, can brew like tea, either hot or iced
- Posca
- lemon or lime soda/seltzer – normally club soda (or sparkling water) with lime or lemon juice (an unsweetened version of lemonade or limeade) – La Croix makes a Lime Sparkling Water (avoid the Key Lime flavor though)
- iced coffee and cold brew coffee
- (I’m assuming lemon-lime-and-bitters would still be too sweet – but nothing stopping you from adding a dash of Angostura to sparkling water)
Tereré is a special style Yerba Mate, and it’s absolutely amazing with ice cold fruit infused water!
Tonic and lime. Ginger beer. (Might have to try a few before finding one that’s not too sweet) Non alc apple cider, same as above for sweetness.
A non-alcoholic shrub might be a good choice!
I’d never heard of a shrub before, but that sounds amazing!
Tomato juice. Or V8 or something like that if available.
If you’re OK with less alcohol instead of no alcohol, try a raddler. Half beer, half lemonade. You could even do an NA beer.
I didn’t think beer and lemonade would taste good but I was wrong. Glad I tried it
Kombucha? It will be very fizzy and tart. Some of them are sweet and some aren’t so pick one that isn’t as sweet.
Just water?
Dry apple cider, if it’s available in your region.
I can get alcoholic versions of it, but I don’t know that I’ve seen a non alcoholic version. They all tend to be sweet, even if they’re dry. But a crisp dry cider could be perfect if I can find one! I’ll go searching :)
Good luck! It’s becoming a thing in the Pacific Northwest, but I don’t know if it is anywhere else.
Make yourself some Skeeter Pee! It’s delicious and highly alcoholic!
https://www.winemakingtalk.com/threads/original-skeeter-pee-recipe.44283/
cranberry juice?
