Jeez - if I had more than three pints and then a whisky, I'd have more than a headache... I'd be out for the count. But I'm a total lightweight.
Alcohol/booze can cause "histamine" type reactions...wonder if it's the hops? Try taking an antihistamine before going to bed.
As for the red face...there's a few things..over tired/drinking don't mix well. Alcohol intolerance... alcohol is poisonous after all. Reaction to something else in your system...do you work with chemicals/industrial solvents of any kind?
Interesting. Do you get headaches from wine? I use CRS, gypsum and campden tablets to treat my water normally. I'm assuming you have no issues with chlorine/chloramines tastes?I dont use any chemical treatments in my beers other than water minerals for that very reason. Commercial beers/wines say “may contain traces of sulphites” Yeah Right! and may contain Bucket Loads too!! All my beers are 6%+ and I never get any headaches from home brew, or maybe I’ve already pickled all the 'grey matter'…..
G'Day d t m.
Wine used to give me fearsome headaches so I stopped drinking it for 40 years! just starting again, I like a nice Shiraz..
I use RO water + minerals in my brewing so no problems with chlorine/ chloramine, where I live you jump in the pool to wash the chlorine off after a shower. Water chemistry was my last major challenge in brewing great beer (imho) I hear that wine makers will smash a vintage with chemicals if the fermentation is going astray then start fermentation again; and write on the bottle "may contain traces of....." I've had people get totally $hit-faced on my beer and say "unconscious for 10 hrs and no hangover at all".... Cheers
I do keep the sachets in the fridge, but I take it out first thing on brew day.
Am I right in assuming that 4 pints of sub 5% beer and a double scotch wouldn't give most a hangover headache?
I also suffer from this terrible affliction. First discovered it at the age of 14 when my Dad bought me a half pint of shandy at Butlins. Next day, it was like I had a really bad cold. As my Dad suffers from the same plague, he knew what it was right away. These days, I try to remember to take an antihistamine before a beer session - if I don't, my snoring becomes worse and the wife gives me the sore head!Horrifically this is something that I found out recently. I'm allergic to beer! I take an anti histamine before I go to bed after drinking, otherwise my face goes bright red, my nose dribbles for hours and I have a headache.
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