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A beer for a beer

According to Euromonitor, while global sales of beer are on the slump, beers with zero or very low (0.5 per cent) alcohol are gaining momentum

These sumptuous beverages that quite closely emulate the properties of the  ‘real thing’ are unabashedly free of any hint of alcohol
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These sumptuous beverages that quite closely emulate the properties of the ‘real thing’ are unabashedly free of any hint of alcohol

Veer Arjun Singh
I  am a serious beer drinker. Making a run for the nearest liquor shop after a longish working Friday is a sacred ritual. I don’t store a lot of it because I don’t want to consume a lot of it. The ruthless Delhi summer sun often makes me reach for a chilled wheat or lager over a canned beverage and, sometimes, even water. But before you misconstrue my beer-loving eccentricities for habitual dipsomania, let me apprise you of the salient characteristics of a Serious Beer Drinker, or SBD, if I may. 

First, it’s not about the alcohol. An SBD would rather

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