Diet Drinks in Pubs

[Barbie1]

My experience of pubs ( fairly high) is that if you ask for diet drinks that is what you get, 95% of the time. You can see if there are diet bottles behind the bar before you order, but I believe most places nowadays have a good selection of drinks on the pump and if they serve you what you have asked for it will usually be the diet version that you get. (Those pumps have syrup bases which are diluted with water at the pump stage, so each pump handle has buttons to press to indicate which base syrup you want dispensed. Only error should be if they pressed the wrong button)

I believe if they do not have what you have asked for they are required to tell you that and tell you what they have “ sorry we don’t do Coke, we have Pepsi”, or “I’m sorry we don’t have diet we only have...” etc

The one I would now watch out against is the new Fevertree mixers which come with a “low sugar” label but still all have the fruit sugar in and so are not as carb free as Slimline. But until we make that clear to bar staff they are unlikely to understand the essential difference. So I always do. Everybody’s favourite customer, that’s me!!!!

And I can always tell at first sip if I have been given the sickly sweet full fat version, no need for test strips for me!

The cafe where i work occasionally sells Pepsi cans and I always ask if they want full fat or diet versions and I still get a few odd looks occasionally!

 

[Kaylz]

(Those pumps have syrup bases which are diluted with water at the pump stage, so each pump handle has buttons to press to indicate which base syrup you want dispensed. Only error should be if they pressed the wrong button)

not strictly the case, if your talking about the guns the pipes are hooked up to a box in the cellar and there have been cases where someone has hooked the wrong box up to a line so in scooshie cases I'd always be inclined to double check xx

 

[Lizzzie]

I order alcoholic drinks in pubs or tap water. Even taking in consideration that alcohol mucks it up, I'm much more likely to get things right because I can trust what I'm drinking so I know the carb content. With soft drinks I can never tell

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hi all,

I have noticed recently that the number of diet options for drinks in pubs is very low. For example, diet lemonade. I have started to notice this because of wanting to order a gin and lemonade but very few pubs seem to have a diet option. I was wondering if any one had noticed the same thing and what peoples opinions are of this.

Thanks,
G3m

Yup, this has always been a source of frustration for me too. The default option is Diet Coke (or some other cola). Interesting to hear that some restaurants are now giving wider options, but over my 30-odd years, it has always been Diet Coke or water in pubs if I wanted a soft drink.