Word: boozeless
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...Boozeless beer isn't a new idea. During Prohibition in the 1920s and '30s, American breweries pumped out "near beers": malt beverages with little or no alcohol. And in the 1980s and '90s, brewers including Guinness and Anheuser-Busch attempted to revitalize stagnant beer sectors in Europe, Australia and the U.S. with low-strength lagers. But their products often flopped because of one big problem. "They frankly didn't taste like beer," says Anand Gandesha, head of marketing at Britain's Cobra Beer...
...FOOD Boozeless beer is better and more popular than ever...
...main reason for the plethora of boozeless brew is a health-conscious society trying to consume less alcohol and lose more weight. But drinkers still want taste. New technology has improved nonalcoholic beer (made by the same process as beer, with most of the alcohol removed either through a vacuum process at the end or by limiting the rate of fermentation), making it more palatable to the discerning drinker. The appeal of Sharp's is its yeasty, rich flavor, while Heileman's Kingsbury, once the market leader, is somewhat metallic but still very drinkable. Kaliber, an import from Guinness...
...Steve Byers, beer critic for the Milwaukee Journal, says a consumer should see if a brew has the characteristics he or she likes in regular beer. Byers favors a full-bodied taste with a malty flavor. "You want something that you react to," he says. Amid the avalanche of boozeless brands, almost any reaction is now available...
...guide's complaints about El Al range from the food, strictly kosher and inedible, to staffs that seem "tired, unenthusiastic, indifferent and undisciplined. . . None of our inspectors would willingly fly El Al again." Next lowest ranking goes to boozeless Iran Air; while no sane American would ride the Khomeini carrier today, it has never been very good...