schizoidman@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoAlcohol drinking will shrink in the next decade, research findswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down11
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minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoThe alcohol industry will keep bitching about it the entire time.
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThey can pivot to alcohol-free beer and wine, which are great by now.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoIsn’t alcohol free wine just… grape juice?
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoGrape juice is extremely sweet, so it’s not a good substitute. Alcohol free wine is wine with the alcohol removed, which tastes very different and isn’t usually sweet.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-25 hours agoSo, they just remove the sugar from the juice… I mean, I made a ton of wine in the past… The only thing that happens is sugar gets converted to booze, and the booze preserves the juice. Its really not all that different. I suppose easier would be harvesting the grapes early, before they load up sugar, and juice that, and call it “alcohol free wine” lol
minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoBeer, yea mostly. Wine I feel is a bit hit or miss. The whites and rosé tend to be fine, the reds mostly taste like weird grape juice, though.
The alcohol industry will keep bitching about it the entire time.
They can pivot to alcohol-free beer and wine, which are great by now.
Isn’t alcohol free wine just… grape juice?
Grape juice is extremely sweet, so it’s not a good substitute.
Alcohol free wine is wine with the alcohol removed, which tastes very different and isn’t usually sweet.
So, they just remove the sugar from the juice…
I mean, I made a ton of wine in the past… The only thing that happens is sugar gets converted to booze, and the booze preserves the juice.
Its really not all that different.
I suppose easier would be harvesting the grapes early, before they load up sugar, and juice that, and call it “alcohol free wine” lol
Beer, yea mostly. Wine I feel is a bit hit or miss. The whites and rosé tend to be fine, the reds mostly taste like weird grape juice, though.