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Why do non-alcoholic beers taste so much closer to the "real thing" than non-alcoholic wines do? And does 34 years of mostly north-to-south traffic on a major bridge near me impact its structural integrity?

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Why do low and non-alcoholic beers taste so much closer to the “real thing” than non-alcoholic wines do?

Richard Blundel

Oxford, UK

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Does 34 years of mostly north-to-south traffic on a major bridge near me impact its stress levels or structural integrity?

John Stephen Rymell

London, UK

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