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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Take it from a nation of drunkards who live in the heat- You want low ABV beers.

Under 3.5%, around 2.7% - it's low enough in alcohol that it stops being dehydrating, it won't hydrate you but you're not actively dehydrating yourself either.

There is a reason the top end of Australia drinks XXXX which is 3.5%. It's only us down in the south that can get away with drinking full strength during Winter (now!)

[–] Nottalottapies@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

XXXX is 100% trash. QLDer here and always drink higher ABV that's in better beers. Just drink water in between to stay hydrated.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

XXXX which is 3.5%

That's Mid (strength), XXXX is 4.4 but was stronger for a long time. I don't care, I like Ales. Coopers uses brackish water, so it's rich in electrolytes, stepping around the problem, as long as you 'zebra stripe' (drink some damn water along the way) as the next gen says.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Well, good!

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wine spritzers are the way to go.

Or do my absinthe spritzer:

  • pint glass
  • muddle some mint in 50-100ml elderflower cordial
  • add proper original absinthe, 50ml
  • add St Germaine elderflower liqueur, 50ml
  • add lemon or lime juice, 50ml
  • add ice
  • fill to the brim with sparkling water or lemon-lime soda (7Up etc.)
  • enjoy

super refreshing, low ABV(ish). For even less alcohol, swap absinthe with Absinthe NV.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] fonix232@fedia.io 0 points 1 day ago

why would it be diabetic?

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sounds awesome, not technically a wine spritzer, but who cares. I'd go with cocktail in the original sense (drink at 11 a.m. to clear the head)

OK, so only drink radlers and "tinto de verano" got it.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

In france we drink a lot of beers above 7% :x

[–] Alinor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't you want drinks that actually hydrate you though?

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes but there aren't any alcoholic drinks that do that and we are trying to get buzzed out here

[–] tissek@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't then drinking hard liquor for buzz and something hydrating be a decent option?

[–] exu@feditown.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Only if you drink the water first. Do it the other way and you're wasted by the time you drink water.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You can also make it with gin and add basil, thyme, or mint.

Actually, I highly recommend a weak gin and basil agua fresca (melon cubes blended smooth with water, lime juice, and sugar to taste) or a lot of water and a weak margarita on really hot days.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Surely this will solve the problem

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

TIL Europeans are alcoholics.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dislike this the solution should never be "legalistic" in scenarios like this.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Just like with COVID, if people don't have the good sense to regulate their own behaviors, when it affects the general population, then the state should intervene. During the height of COVID people with serious conditions were turned away from ~~historians~~ hospitals because they were full of infected people that weren't vaccinated. That, in turn, drove occupancy limits and mask mandates.

Edit: autocorrect

[–] Damage@feddit.it 13 points 2 days ago

During the height of COVID people with serious conditions were turned away from historians because they were full of infected people that weren’t vaccinated.

But what if someone needed to know the details of the first Punic war?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

At least this isn't contagious

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not the same thing at all drinking and suffering heat issues doesn't infect others with heat stroke don't police stuff like this public education.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

If the hospitals are jammed because 1 million people have heat stroke it starts to affect others.

Contagious or not, their personal behaviors are clogging up hospitals. Public education should be a component but they're already in the middle of a health crisis. Education campaigns take time to create and even more time to fully disseminate throughout the population.

[–] Brummbaer@pawb.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You can still buy alcohol and drink it at home. I mean you can order as much alcohol as you like online, delivered to you the same day.

It totally makes sense to restrict alcohol in public during a heatwave.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think criminal solutions solve anything ever. Do public education on the dangers but don't police it.

[–] Brummbaer@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It solves the problem of hospitals being overwhelmed and people dying because of it.