Buying Alcohol Free By Accident -have you?

[killer b]

lots of them claim there's some kind of distillation process involved. You can distill water though...

 

[killer b]

The market leader Seedlip talks about 'Seedlip’s bespoke, six-week maceration, distillation, filtration, and blending process–for which each individual botanical ingredient is distilled separately, before blending. This process results in a liquid devoid of alcohol and sugar.'

I'm not sure exactly what this means, tbh. Maybe the distillation concentrates the flavours of the botanicals? Or maybe it's just marketing.

 

[tim]

Yesterday I was in our local Mecca which is a smallish place stacking to the rafters with beer /lager

They often have bargain on out of date stock so I bought 2 slabs of Meantime lager for £10 & a keg of bitter for £12. I also bought 10 alcohol free ales at 25p each-well one is 0.3%!

Felt like a muppet when I got home.

My partner was excited earlier this year when he got a bottle of Prosecco for £2.50 but it turned out to Nosecco.

So anyone want an alcohol free ale?

Big Mecca has an amazing Street clock, but going out and getting pissed is a real challenge.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I think the price is about marketing it as a 'premium' product more than anything else. tbh I think there may be trouble in the alcohol free liquor market, when I was in sainsbury's the other week they had three shelves of the stuff and most of it was marked down, some by half or more.

The “economy of scale” thing is also probably a factor. These are still relatively niche products with a limited market, albeit a currently growing one.

 

[killer b]

The “economy of scale” thing is also probably a factor. These are still relatively niche products with a limited market, albeit a currently growing one.

Oh, I've got no doubt that Seedlip at least are laughing all the way to the bank. Some of the more recent entries to the market might not be doing so well though.

 

[Spymaster]

lots of them claim there's some kind of distillation process involved. You can distill water though...

You can distill any liquid containing water, but water’s not booze and is distilled for different reasons.

The market leader Seedlip talks about 'Seedlip’s bespoke, six-week maceration, distillation, filtration, and blending process–for which each individual botanical ingredient is distilled separately, before blending. This process results in a liquid devoid of alcohol and sugar.'

I'm not sure exactly what this means, tbh. Maybe the distillation concentrates the flavours of the botanicals? Or maybe it's just marketing.

If they’re saying they distill it then I’d expect that they distill it.

I withdraw my argument pending further investigation!

 

[killer b]

If they’re saying they distill it then I’d expect that they distill it.

I withdraw my argument pending further investigation!

they claim to have adapted their distillation process from John French's 17th century guide The Art of Distillation - I've found an online version of it here, but I'm struggling to understand his directions if I'm honest

Item Information | The art of distillation, or, A treatise of the choicest spagiricall preparations performed by way of distillation together with the description of the chiefest furnaces & vessels used by ancient and moderne chymists : also, A disco

 

[pinkmonkey]

Hold on. The vast majority of gins have the botanicals added after the distillation process.

Distilling booze produces alcohol spirit. That’s the reason to do it.

Are you saying that AF gins are first distilled, and then have the alcohol removed?

A bit about the process here - there are different processes and some might have the alcohol removed, I dunno but my faves never had any alcohol involved In the first place. Our Story

 

[pinkmonkey]

This baffles me. I’d love to make a nice af gin and tonic but I am not paying £13 odd for what is effectively pop.

I went back to work yesterday and sorted the Guinness situation out. It is now in the correct place as in with the alcohol. I also got a refund.

I tend to buy mine on ebay from those who have made a purchasing error. I can’t have beer because I’m wheat and barley intolerant. Back in my boozing days a single can of craft beer would bring on an instant migraine.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

You distill water to remove oxygen and contaminants usually for scientific or engineering purposes. I doubt it in any way improves flavour.

 

[killer b]

You distill water to remove oxygen and contaminants usually for scientific or engineering purposes. I doubt it in any way improves flavour.

you'd think so, but the art of distillation book they claim to have based their process on does include methods of distillation 'To make waters in a cold Still that shall have the full smell and vertue of the vegetable.' - tbh I can't work out how it's done though, 17th century recipe books are often much vaguer than I'm used to...

 

[Johnny Doe]

I remember going to "dry" football away matches in Europe where they'd only be selling alcohol-free beers in the ground in the away section and you'd see lads walking away from the bar carrying four beers wondering why it was so cheap. Of course by then most people didn't need any more alcohol anyway.

I did exactly that in the Nou Camp....was amazed how easy it was to get a beer, no queue, allowed to sit in the stands with it! I was only when the 6 I'd had on the way there started to wear off I realised!