Australia's growing thirst for alcohol-free wine and beer

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Demand for non-alcoholic drinks 'explodes' as more Australians rethink their drinking habits.

"This stuff is sexy!"

"Drinking this stuff is fun, it's cool and it is not daggy [unfashionable] like it used to be," says Ms Falcone.Australia has a hard-drinking reputation forged from its early days as a British penal colony, where rum was used as a de facto currency alongside English guineas and Indian rupees. Then, they need to recreate the entrenched ritual of drinking without that powerful social lubricator, alcohol.Alistair and Carolyn Whiteley make a non-alcoholic spirit at their Sydney-based distillery

She was 15 when she started drinking, and later in life could on some days consume up to two bottles of wine. Two years ago, she gave up. "People were drinking a little bit more than they were [before the pandemic], and probably relying on alcohol as a bit of an escape. For Carlton & United Breweries, maker of Victoria Bitter , one of Australia's most famous brands, it is also an opportunity.

 

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Australia has a 'hard drinking reputation.' Their local brews are 1 & 2%, anyone can drink 20 those and not get drunk.

Recycled piss.

Alcohol free beer tastes like shit. Just have juice or one of the many flavours of pop.

it´s called juice you absolute wnkrs. alcohol free wine... the nerve. you

Is that because they're so soft they can't carry a slab of tinnies .....

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Households with zero atmosphere all across Australia

They can keep it. 🍷

Is this a spoiler for wine deal between UK and AUS? Probably. How about reporting news from the UK? The name is in your title.

If its alchol free then it isnt wine or beer is it such poor journalism from the bbc switch to GBNEWS

Too many alcoholic bevs do we have....hmmm

just have a soda

Grape juice?

Y’all spelt Diet Coke Cola wrong!

Can we call it synthehol? I wanna call it synthehol.

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