NA/Low Alcohol Drinks

@AffyAvo Thanks for posting this, I am a sparkling water gal.  and not a beer fan. so not much help really.  

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I'm a wine guy by preference but will take beer if it's well made. Unfortunately there aren't too many real beers ("microbrew" or "craft beer") with under 6% alcohol...these days, 8 or even 9%+ is not uncommon in certain beer styles. The only low-alcohol beers I know of are the few brands of watered-down swill sold in 12-packs in every convenience store in the US. I will not name them here as we all know the brand names. My mother's late 2nd husband used to call it "midwestern pisswater".

The only thing I have for you & others here is advice, namely: when you drink, always drink water with whatever else you're having. Never drink beer/wine/mixed drinks/etc. by itself. Alcohol dehydrates the body unless enough water is taken in to replace what is lost. On the rare occasion when I have more than one, I try to down one glass of water for every two drinks of whatever I'm having. If you do this then you'll run to the bathroom rather often but that's a small price to pay, considering the alternative. In fact, the main reason why people suffer from hangovers is dehydration; when you're not getting enough water, a headache is always the first symptom.

The above advice goes double when you're outside in summertime, &/or in an arid environment.

@slowdecline48 I'm not sure if you're talking about the same thing as me. By low alcohol I mean less than 0.5% ABV.

Not sure what's in US convenience stores. If that have that, great! Here it's available but not quite that widespread. I do know of local craft breweries that do their normal beers and low/no alcohol ones too, so getting craft isn't too hard to find here, but there are a lot of breweries in the province.