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

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I second this. Also dry/medium apple ciders. There's even hoppy ciders if one is looking for a drink reminiscent of beer.

And if those are still too sweet, perhaps a dry white with just soda water?

As far as I'm aware, according to the internet, OP has never tried a Dickens Cider