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Title: "More Than Just a Vehicle for Getting Drunk": Class, (Serious) Leisure and the Discerning 'No and Low' Craft Beer Drinker.
Authors: Nicholls, Emily (AUTHOR)
Source: Leisure Sciences. 2026, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p760-777. 18p.
Subjects: Non-alcoholic beer, Leisure, Social groups, Flavor, Craft beer, Alcohol drinking, Drinking behavior
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
Abstract: Previous research on alcohol consumption and leisure illuminates the ways in which drinking practices—including a preference for "craft" products—are entangled with notions of taste and distinction and linked to classed drinking identities and modes of "serious leisure". However, little is known about how this plays out for light drinkers or short or long-term abstainers from alcohol. These supposed non-consumers have traditionally been located on the periphery of dominant drinking cultures. However, an expanding market of craft and speciality No and Low alcohol (NoLo) drinks in Western contexts presents new opportunities for light/nondrinkers to "do" leisure, (re)engage with the market and construct discerning (non)drinking identities. Drawing on findings from in-depth interviews with UK-based NoLo drinkers, this paper highlights how craft NoLo consumers draw on themes of skill, taste and expertise to align themselves with the discerning (middle-class) drinker and perform or embody modes of serious leisure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Previous research on alcohol consumption and leisure illuminates the ways in which drinking practices—including a preference for "craft" products—are entangled with notions of taste and distinction and linked to classed drinking identities and modes of "serious leisure". However, little is known about how this plays out for light drinkers or short or long-term abstainers from alcohol. These supposed non-consumers have traditionally been located on the periphery of dominant drinking cultures. However, an expanding market of craft and speciality No and Low alcohol (NoLo) drinks in Western contexts presents new opportunities for light/nondrinkers to "do" leisure, (re)engage with the market and construct discerning (non)drinking identities. Drawing on findings from in-depth interviews with UK-based NoLo drinkers, this paper highlights how craft NoLo consumers draw on themes of skill, taste and expertise to align themselves with the discerning (middle-class) drinker and perform or embody modes of serious leisure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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