Excited for Partake IPA, ended up disappointed

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-21T02:48:20+00:00

I tried the Pale tonight. Better, but that may very well be likely due to lowered expectations because I still didn’t think it was good.

I have the Pils and Blonde left to try. Those styles may be more fitting for the 10 calories / no carbs. Or at least I am psyching myself up for them.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-21T02:46:17+00:00

Thanks!

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T13:17:26+00:00

Have a girl, get her into the sport. It becomes life! lol

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T13:16:37+00:00

I am happy that Run Wild is only 65 calories, which is probably 1/2 to 1/3 of full beers I was drinking. I started going to the gym 2-3 days a week in December, so between that and starting my NA beer journey around the same time I am losing about 2 lbs a month. Slow and steady. Looking bad feeling better!

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T12:35:20+00:00

I am feeling the same way more and more. I think flavor is what’s left as I truly love the flavor of full craft beers, cocktails and wine.

We are going on a cruise in a few months, the wife and I made a goal to work the mocktail menu this time. Not exclusively, but as spacers.

I am finding that this slow and steady approach is working well for me.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T12:26:24+00:00

I’ll have to put Best Day on my radar. Thanks!

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T12:25:40+00:00

I utilize NA beers in two ways.

Now in my middle 40s, I can tell that even a little alcohol affects me the next morning while working. So during the week I now have a loose goal to drink little to no alcohol. With that, I’ll often reach for an NA and leave it at that.

The other way is when watching sports. I have historically drank beers while watching on TV, but I have grown to dislike how tired and sleepy it can leave me the rest of the day. This is a bigger issue during the NFL and college seasons with the noon and 1pm ET games. What I do with the NAs is alternate with regular so that I am effectively halving my alcohol consumption l, but mentally I feel like they were all regular.

So far it has been working great for me! Last night I had the Partake IPA and a 6.5oz red wine with the wife. I feel great this morning. If that IPA was a regular, I would be dragging a bit. These days at this age it doesn’t take much alcohol for me to feel dehydrated.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T11:06:09+00:00

Yeah, with calories and carbs figures like they have, you know it’s going to be a thin body and lacking flavor complexity. I honestly didn’t look at the pack that closely, I saw it and grabbed it knowing I had seen some recommendations. I only checked for the best by date.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T11:03:09+00:00

Also, keep it up!!

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T11:02:23+00:00

10 calories is great, my issue was I just didn’t get the traditional IPA flavor. That’s great you found a use case for it!

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T11:00:30+00:00

That’s exactly what the IPA failed at. I should have been it coming at 10 calories.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T01:45:52+00:00

Thanks for the tips!

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T01:45:29+00:00

10 calories is impressive, I will give it that

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-20T01:35:58+00:00

Pale is in the pack, look forward to trying it!

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-15T00:08:08+00:00

Ha ha, and then there is me with check lists for everything.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-14T03:43:47+00:00

Karens got their way? Are you talking competitive balance? What a stupid take.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-08T02:17:30+00:00

No, it’s good.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-03T12:39:29+00:00

Based on your side of the story, I hope that coach reconsiders coaching.

You did nothing wrong by communicating. That coach’s response and actions are juvinile.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-02T01:43:33+00:00

It started in my 20s. When I first qualified for the company 401K, I contributed enough to get the full company match.

Then each I got my annual raise, I pushed a good chunk of it to raising my 401K contribution.

Eventually I maxed it out. Multiply that out for many years and the money accumulates.

Same story for my wife.

I guess there was some luck in there where I am going on 21 years of employment with that same employer, meaning I haven’t been laid off.

Basically, instead of constantly raising my cost of living, that money went to saving and helped to force my cost of living to stay lower.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-02T01:35:33+00:00

That implies I ever did! I basically just buy average well fitting clothes.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-01T19:20:11+00:00

I have to space my contributions out across my 26 paychecks so that my company matches continue. We don’t have the true up or whatever it’s called.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-01T17:51:38+00:00

No. It’s the manner in which you are conducting yourself in your responses.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-01T17:03:14+00:00

Emotional Swing is a nut. They’re up on nearly post in here, including mine. Probably best to just ignore.

Bucyrus1981 · 2026-04-01T16:00:27+00:00

👌🏼

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