Rincewind Posted 28 December 2007 Posted 28 December 2007 all this discussion about drink driving got me thinking. What sort of market is there for the alcohol free beers? ones I've tasted have not been too good and pricey. I was thinking today that if I won the lottery I might invest some cash into research into a decent brew for anyone that is driving. it would have to taste decent and be available at the majority of pubs. may have trouble with breweries over competition but my idea would to let them all use the brand name. never took off before because of the price and breweries rather people drank the alcoholic stuff. but if laws are brought in to reduce the limit to zero then they would have to come up with something. However there would still be those who think the law should not be applied to them as they know better than the lawmakers. Anyway it was just a thought and I have no brain for buisness I would need help in the selling of it. I don't think as far as I know anyones done any serious research into this side of the beer industry. Also as I don't drive I would not have to drink the stuff just rake in the profits. Right off bed now completly sober.
danny. Posted 28 December 2007 Posted 28 December 2007 good idea, I always sem to be driving so it would ne nice to have some alternatives to water and diet coke
cisono Posted 28 December 2007 Posted 28 December 2007 Right off bed now completly sober. That is pretty good from someone sober
Rincewind Posted 28 December 2007 Author Posted 28 December 2007 But it defeats the whole point of beer Which is to get rat-arsed then get in your car and drive or rely on a designated driver. It could taste the same at the same or lower price without the worry of being pulled over by the cops or feeling like being at deaths door the following day.
cisono Posted 28 December 2007 Posted 28 December 2007 But it defeats the whole point of beer Actually, I reckon it would probably be just as fattening...
CupidStunt Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 Drinking Alcohol free beer is pretty much in the same league as giving your sister oral sex...... They both taste the same,but are both just wrong Anyways,soon enough you wont beable to afford it at £4 a pint if the price of hops keeps going up
Samilktray Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 Drinking Alcohol free beer is pretty much in the same league as shagging your sister......They both taste the same,but are both just wrong Anyways,soon enough you wont beable to afford it at £4 a pint if the price of hops keeps going up
Bojimha Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 Drinking Alcohol free beer is pretty much in the same league as shagging your sister......They both taste the same,but are both just wrong Anyways,soon enough you wont beable to afford it at £4 a pint if the price of hops keeps going up Luckily I have only tasted the alcohol free beer, so I can't compare both of the analogies to one another. I'll take your word for it.
cisono Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 Drinking Alcohol free beer is pretty much in the same league as shagging your sister...... They both taste the same,but are both just wrong Anyways,soon enough you wont beable to afford it at £4 a pint if the price of hops keeps going up Indeed. We must have had a sheltered childhood...
CupidStunt Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 HeHe,i ws just repeating what santa clause said,when we sat in my local having a beer
Samilktray Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 HeHe,i ws just repeating what santa clause said,when we sat in my local having a beer Santa should not be speaking of such things
Rincewind Posted 29 December 2007 Author Posted 29 December 2007 Santa should not drink and get in a sleigh while under the influance.
Jordan Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 In addition to the alcohol, part of beer's appeal to many is that it tastes good. I've only tried one alcohol-free beer, and it tasted horrible. I don't know if that was because it was unfresh, because alcohol is integral to beer's taste or both, but if it doesn't even have a half-decent taste, I can't see why anybody would buy it.
Tommy G Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 One of my mates Maybes who posts on here once got pissed on alcohol free Becks at my house a couple of years back, never lived it down since...
Webbo Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 In addition to the alcohol, part of beer's appeal to many is that it tastes good. I've only tried one alcohol-free beer, and it tasted horrible. I don't know if that was because it was unfresh, because alcohol is integral to beer's taste or both, but if it doesn't even have a half-decent taste, I can't see why anybody would buy it. Isn't that true of all American beer?
Rincewind Posted 29 December 2007 Author Posted 29 December 2007 The point of the thread was that I'd like to see more research into improving alcohol free beer not that I'd drink it as i don't drive. But I also said the beer manufacturers would be against it because of the effects that real beer has on you. If somehow they could improve the taste and still allow the breweries to make huge profits then it could only be good. If piced right and an acceptable taste then if the law is changed to zero limit the brewing industries and bars would be prepared for it. As it is there are going to be numorous complaints about buisness being lost as people won't go in a pub to drink juices or coffees all night. When I go work I always nip in a pub for a quick pint. By rights I should not drink too much if at all. If there was a hand pump ale available I would consider having that instead and drink the proper stuff on my days off. As it is I have one pint and if I am still early I have a orange and lemonade. But I would not feel like drinking it all the time if I drove. Just think of the new customers the pubs would attract. People who don't drink on religious grounds could join in the knees up down the pub. The temperance Society would no longer be able to declare pubs evil. There could be one drawback though. If it tastyes like beer there is a possibility that it smells like beer so if you are stopped in your car it wont be clear that you have not touched the real stuff until the uribe sample down the nick. Its probably a silly idea anyway which means some bright spark will put the idea in motion and do me out my fortune.
SamL Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 Drinking Alcohol free beer is pretty much in the same league as shagging your sister......They both taste the same,but are both just wrong Anyways,soon enough you wont beable to afford it at £4 a pint if the price of hops keeps going up How would you know what shagging your sister tastes like? That is some strange example There are kiddies on this forum you know?
CupidStunt Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 @saml your right,but i doubt it would bother them,some of them know more than most these days edited just for you,lmao
SamL Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 @samlyour right,but i doubt it would bother them,some of them know more than most these days I agree but still, you shouldn't be encouraging them. You should be setting a good example
CupidStunt Posted 29 December 2007 Posted 29 December 2007 I am sure we'll be ok,.i doubt they know what oral means,hehehe On a more topical note...Alcohol free beer Lets be honest,a lot of people dont even like the taste of beer,yet they drink it?....for what reason?....to get rat arsed Alcohol free beer in my opinion is mostly sold to people who dont want to look silly in a pub full of proper drinkers, I have been out a few times with different friends who have drove,and have purchased a bottle of alcohol free beverage,and thats exactly the reason they bought it Next time you see a bloke buying a bottle,just watch to see whether he keeps the label covered with his hand,or rips it off for that matter
Rincewind Posted 30 December 2007 Author Posted 30 December 2007 That is probably true, which is where the advertising campaign comes in. Imagine the scene a pub in a Midlands City with loads of blokes waving blue and white scarves and singing dirty football dittys. In a corner sit three blokes when a fourth joins them holding some drinks. He places three pints of frothy beer on the table and a small bottle of orange juice with a bowl-shaped wine glass. 'Three pints for Dave, Matt and myself' he announces, ' and an orange juice for our driver Thrach.' He smiles at Thrach and slowly pushes the drink towards him. Thrach twenty stone with hairy arms and tattoos, glares at the other as he picks up the bottle with two fat fingers and begins pouring. Suddenly theres a voice-over. 'STOP, there is no need for that. There is now Driver's Fuel the new non-alcoholic beer for designated drivers from XXXX same taste, same colour, same fun without the penalty points on your license. Even the aftermath farts are equivalant to aloholic beer.' Scene changes to the four blokes standing at the bar. There is a wind noise and three of the blokes hold their noses. The fourth smiles and holds his glass up to the camera and says 'I'm no fool, I drink Drivers Fuel.' The ad ends with picture of the brew and a caption. Drivers Fuel the non-alcoholic beer for drivers. Don;t be a fool. Available on draught now at most outlets.
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