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mike_c

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16. I use Fre de-alcoholized wines in the kitchen

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 06:21 PM

Sep 2025

We stopped drinking several years ago due to some health issues, but I still like wine to cook with. My wife doesn't want any alcohol around, so I keep bottles of Fre Cabernet and Chardonnay in the kitchen. Neither of us drinks it-- personally I don't care for it in the glass-- but it's fine for cooking.

There are some de-alcoholized beers that we do like in the glass. The alcohol free Corona is hard to tell from the regular stuff and my wife likes the Blue Moon Belgium White wheat beer. In fact, when we first tried the Corona both of our local groceries only carried a six pack or two, or none. Now they both stock cases of 12-packs and lots more sixers than they used to.

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