Anybody else given up the booze for Stoptober?

WezV

I was considering cutting back, but then i had a bupa health check which came back better than expected so I am going to carry on the way i was before 

 

Currently have a good stock of booze on the go too. 

at home at the moment there is:

8x sharps atlantic

8x sharps wolf rock

12x sharps single brew

12x sharps spiced red

12x sharps cornish pilsner

12 x fran well rebel red

a few bottles of betty stoggs

18 bottles of my honey porter,

40 pints of my smoked beer to be bottled

9 bottles of my apple wine cider

6 bottles of sloe wine

6 bottles of greengage wine

3 bottles of gin (hendricks, tanquery and an M&S one)

1 bottle of cognac

1 jamesons

8 bottles of red

3 bottles of rose

4 or 5 bottles of cider

1 crate of grosch swing top bottles

1 crate or molson canadian

 

My wife wont drink beer, red or white wine or most spirits other than gin.  If I give up no-one else will  drink it

mike_l

@WezV What's the Wolf rock like? I like the other Sharps beers I've had

WezV

Sweeter and hoppier than doombar, but if you like that its worth a go.

vasselmeyer

Dry since 2011. Not because I was an alcoholic (I drank rarely even then) but because it reacted badly to medication I had at the time. I've never missed the alcohol although I do drink non-alcoholic beers because there are some foods that HAVE to have beer with them. Pizza and curry being the obvious ones.

Col_Decker

vasselmeyer said:

non-alcoholic beers because there are some foods that HAVE to have beer with them. Pizza and curry being the obvious ones.

Light bulb moment

 

 

kebab + non alco beer. Caliber or Becks Blue .....

 

 

it'll be like drinking squash so technically I'm not cheating on stoptober, right?

mike_l

Col_Decker said:

Light bulb moment

 

 

kebab + non alco beer. Caliber or Becks Blue .....

WTF is wrong with you?

Col_Decker

What's wrong with me?. Is this your first day on the forum or something?

mike_l

No, that's why I want to know WTF is wrong, alcohol-free beer?

Corvus

I give up booze every day, do I win?

chillidoggy

Decker, you're a folkie. Folkie's are supposed to drink lots of Old Fartbox real ale. Clearly you need counselling about the alcohol-free beer.

And for being a folkie.

Hootsmon

Col_Decker said:

vasselmeyer said:

non-alcoholic beers because there are some foods that HAVE to have beer with them. Pizza and curry being the obvious ones.

Light bulb moment

 

 

kebab + non alco beer. Caliber or Becks Blue .....

 

 

it'll be like drinking squash so technically I'm not cheating on stoptober, right?

Tesco do a good one in a blue pack....forget the name though....3 quids for 6

pros......can drink good tasting beer all night long and no head in the morning

cons.....no head in the evening

GuyBoden

The cost of Single Malt Whisky is 74% tax.

WezV

apparently most alcohol free beers are low (0.05% or below) rather than no alcohol.  they brew the beer as normal, but then it is removed.

Cobra Zero is a bit different as it never gets brewed in the first place, which makes it one of the only alcohol free beers out there and is therefore suitable for people who are not supposed to consume any alcohol

its a moot point and included more for trivia, low/no alchohol beer has no place in my world

mike_l

WezV said:

Cobra Zero is a bit different as it never gets brewed in the first place,

Is it poured straight from the urinal?

holnrew

It's the one month of the year I smoke and binge drink.

chillidoggy

hootsmon said

cons.....no head in the evening

Maybe try being a touch more romantic? Flowers? Choccies? Haggis?

PolarityMan

I stopped drinking my beer for long enough to write this post.

digitalscream

Our singer's stopped the booze for this...as a result, at least three pubs in the area have gone out of business.

She scares me.

UnclePsychosis

I don't drink enough for something like this to be worthwhile. I guess for some people it's a lot more of a challenge though.

I find it funny when people want sponsored for doing it though, that's up there with "sponsor me to go trekking in the andes" - err, no, that's just a holiday, pay for it yourself!

WezV

well, after writing that list yesterday, and waking up with a stinking hangover this morning, I have been thinking about the idea of giving up booze again.   

There is no point me going cold turkey, it just won't happen.   but i think I can limit myself to one bottle a night and go from there

so, one bottle a night it is!

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