Good Beer/Bad Beer (no-alcohol version)

There's quite a mouth-watering discussion on beer already. But for those of us who love the taste of beer and don't partake of alcohol: which do you rate, and which are best avoided? It's still not that common here, but recent experiences in the US and Europe indicate that it's a lot easier to find booze-free* beer than it used to be.

Probably my favorite buzz-free beer is Erdinger, but I can seldom find it.

I'll drink O'Doul's if I'm parched and there's no turpentine on tap.

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*: 0.5% or less ABV

Heh... I enjoyed it as well.

I've also enjoyed Buckler and Clausthaler, among others -- Warsteiner, I find, is all right, but has Heineken Syndrome; even in a bottle, it tastes like the inside of a can.

But most places aren't willing to carry what my wife calls "play beer", no matter how well it sells. A place where I used to buy it said they'd get five cases at a time, and they'd sell it all before the day was out. And yet they stopped carrying it because... it took up too much space? I tried to explain the fallacy here, even offered to commit to purchasing a certain amount every month (if I never have to drink cola again, I'll be very, very happy), but sometimes there's just no reasoning with a capital-S Store capital-M Manager.

Interestingly, I was told that it's not just, er, retired drinkers like me who drink it; it's also very popular with pregnant women, who like a beer but have another very good reason not to drink alcohol.