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Lessons from a Year Without Alcohol
Happy New Year! What started as a simple 365-day challenge —a personal test to see if I could go one year without a drink—unexpectedly turned into the most eye-opening experience of my life. After drinking most of my adult life, I thought I was just taking a break; instead, I was taking off a blindfold The post Lessons from a Year Without Alcohol first appeared on Houston Beer Guide . The post Lessons from a Year Without Alcohol appeared first on Houston Beer Guide .
by Sylvia Benavidez4 viewsculturedryjanuarysober - news
The Ten - 2025's Best Sober Moments
A whole year of beer boiled down to ten spots. Just ten moments that lingered in my mind and helped get me through the last 365 days make this list and while there were a lot of low points in 2025, these beers gave light and hope to an often dreary world. It's been an adjustment talking about NA beers versus regular pints, the alcohol effect being absent makes for a whole different vibe to be sure. But the options are getting better and as the market for NA offerings grows, so should the quality. I'm here for the beer, so let's get on with this year's Sober Ten. 10. One for the Road Brewing Proceed with Caution Amber (January 26th) One of the first non-alcoholic beers that really wowed me this year, One for the Road Brewing certainly tries to deliver as close to the real thing in a whole lotta styles as anyone out there. Prolific in number, they try to find an NA offering for every taste and this nutty, toasted malt beauty hit all the marks. Lacking not
by noreply@blogger.com (Pints with Polk)5 viewsbeerbest-of-2025craft-beerna-beernon-alcoholic-beerontario-craft-beer - news
October Sober - Top 5 NA Beers from the last month
Has it already been an entire month? I know time moves faster as you get older, but man, this last 4+ weeks seemed to be gone in a flash. The transition from outdoor patio beers to indoor basement beers happened almost overnight and while I will miss my sunshine and warm summer breezes, I do enjoy hunkering down in the winter and enjoying all my lazy indoor activities while the wind howls and the snow flies. Soon we will decorate the house once again for Christmas and I'll get that weird nostalgic feeling that challenges my sobriety at the best of times. I used to love to get 4 or 5 beers deep and dive into classic TV specials and holiday movies while reminiscing about how it used to be. Being sober, I find myself more in the present, but when I do cast my mind back, it seems to be in a better light and with less regret. I don't know which way is better, I sure did love that Christmas buzz, but here we are now and I've got another 5 great Non-Alcoholic beer options for you
by noreply@blogger.com (Pints with Polk)4 viewsbeerbest-na-beersdrunkna-beersnon-alcoholicnon-alcoholic-beer - news
Sober September - The 5 Best NA Beers I tried in September 2025
I had high hopes earlier this year for a monthly series of posts about the best non-alcoholic beers I had tried in the previous month, but like a lot of things I think are a good idea, I get in my own way and somehow talk my way out of it. So we are back after an 8 month hiatus with a Top 5 must try and 2 to give a pass to when it comes to NA beers. Up first, in chronological order of when I tried them, the Top 5 for September 2025 1. Nickel Brook Brewing Wicked Tame NA Hazy IPA (Sept 1st to 21st, inclusive) I drank one of these a day for 21 days and let me say that I always looked forward to cracking on open when it was time for a little refreshment. It has a great, full-bodied feel and it hits like a full on IPA. Full video here. 2. Tool Shed Brewing Zero Red Rage Red Ale (September 2nd) This one captured my attention with it's malt forward toasty malt body and caramel notes. It felt like I was dri nking a full test Red Ale, no hint of NA
by noreply@blogger.com (Pints with Polk)4 viewsbeerbest-ofdryna-beernon-alcoholicnon-alcoholic-beer - news
Looking for a Place to Happen - Seeking Sober Spaces
I've been on a lot of beer runs in the last 35 years, maybe just to the Beer Store in the beginning, but after 2015 we stepped it up in a big way, culminating in cross province, week long jaunts that left my fridge bulging and my glass overflowing with the new and interesting things Ontario had to offer. We've done multi day road trips, driving hundreds of kilometers in search of pints to explore and met countless people like ourselves along the way. Sometimes it was just popping into one of the nearby breweries for a bite and a beer, the simple pleasure of belonging to a community that supports the hopes and dreams of local small businesses and hoping to do our small part to help spread the good word. I love a solid beer run and this last weekend was perhaps the worst, most depressing one I've ever taken and it illustrates a real problem the sober or non-alcoholic beer world has when it comes to helping folks crossover or drink a little less if that's what they're after.
by noreply@blogger.com (Pints with Polk)6 viewsalcohol-freebeerbeer-ruincommunitycraft-beerdepression - news
What would you miss? Sober in Craft Beer...
What do you think you'd miss? If they told you that you could never drink again or if you choose to give it up, for whatever reasons you have. What would you miss the most about craft beer in particular? Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling the alcohol gives you, what things do you think would disappear from your life that would leave a gap where your happy place used to be. I have given this a lot of thought since September, obviously my own circumstance and subsequent sober(ish) life caused me to make some radical lifestyle changes that remain ongoing and with various degrees of success. I haven't really been an active participant in a lot of beer events or even going out for a beer with someone in a couple of years, but I did begin to wonder what it would be like for someone who was more involved, more socially connected to the community and all it entails. When I first came back to social media in December, I was overwhelmed with comments and messages, muc
by noreply@blogger.com (Pints with Polk)5 viewsalcohol-freebeercommunitycraft-beerdepressionnon-alcoholic-beer - news
Sober Polk : January Top Ten Non Alcoholic Pints
I've been asked by quite a few folks what my Top 5 or 10 non-alcoholic beers have been so far and since I'm all about listening to the people and spreading the good word about good beer, I figured I should take a little time each month and let you know what tickled my fancy in the previous 30(ish) days. Up first we'll take a look back at the end of 2024 coupled together with January of 2025 so as not to miss some real good things that I poured into my glass prior to deciding I needed to do this little monthly list of pints that excite Ol' Polk. No need to exclude when it's always better to be inclusive...ya know what I mean boo-boo... Digging back into my yearly list of my top ten beers (yes, I am working on The Ten for 2024, I know it's late, but life is kinda fuzzy right now) I'll stick to a few rules for myself while I compile The Five (Plus) each month. A) Only one beer from each brewery. If I really dig more than one, I'll let ya know in the post, but only one
by noreply@blogger.com (Pints with Polk)4 viewsbeerbest-of-januaryjanuarynon-alcoholic-beeron-the-wagonsober