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I need a savoury, summery drink as an alternative to beer (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/ask@piefed.social

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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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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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)

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Tereré is a special style Yerba Mate, and it's absolutely amazing with ice cold fruit infused water!