I was just about to ask!That didn't read as I meant it.... I am most definitely not a teetotaler.
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I was just about to ask!That didn't read as I meant it.... I am most definitely not a teetotaler.
Prosecco. Can't stand the thin nasty stuff and have no idea why anyone drinks it. It's no substitute for an eight quid bottle of method champenoise.
And I avoid beers after flying or heavy exercise in warm places.
I had three or four gout flares, and the doctor was all for prescribing daily gout meds. I pushed back, saying "Hold on, there's a theme here." It was all simply a result of drinking beer when dehydrated. Problem solved. It fascinates me that I know so many people who do take the gout med purely to enable them to drink beer and red wine in large quantities.
Mattns advises when overseas 'don't drink the water'...good call . But drinking some bottled beers overseas can also be a bit dodgy . At the risk of being sued by United breweries my story is of buying bottled beer in Goa many years ago (the one named after a little bird that catches small fish..) . I was told they put Glycol in the beer to help preserve it under the harsh conditions in which it is stored and transported .
As someone who worked in the liquid food industry I was well aware of uses of Glycol in the brewing of beers etc but had never heard of it being put in the beer.
Anyway, the drill was this , when you got your bottle of beer have handy a large glass of water , pop your thumb over the opened beer bottle , invert it and put it below the water level in the glass of water. Remove thumb and watch a stream of 'oily stuff' be drawn out of the bottle and into the water !
This happened without fail on every bottle I had and if you drank 3 or 4 the glass of water would become opaque on oily to the touch !
I have not repeated this exercise with any other lager and still drink the beer named after the little bird that fishes to this day.
What won't I drink ? ...Ouzo , Raki , Feni. Baaad experience on all of them and I hate the taste, any other booze ?....bring it on !
'Shake Shake'Whisky. Bourbon. Chardonnay. I think it is to do with being aged in wood.
Umqombothi - African beer made from maize and smells like vomit (to me).
I've suffered from severe gout for 40 years and there are loads of foods that kick it off. The medication has no side effects for most people.
Energy drinks repeat on me badly.
Aniseed eg Ouzo does the same for meThe mere whiff of Scotch is enough to elicit gipping.
Chibuku another local African beer to stay away from as wellWhisky. Bourbon. Chardonnay. I think it is to do with being aged in wood.
Umqombothi - African beer made from maize and smells like vomit (to me).
Cider. I love Cider but it hates me.
Guaranteed heartburn every time I try so I've stopped trying now. Most other things seem fine though was violently ill with a white rum once so never had it since.
Incidentally, there seem to be a lot of negative comments regarding aniseed based drinks on here. After a few years of living in France, I will confess to developing a taste for Ricard, basically a slightly stronger Pernod and made by the same company. Only ever drank with iced water though, no mixers like lemonade or blackcurrant. They also do a version known as 51 but, for some reason, this always seemed too powerful.
3 drinks since lock down ? ....that IS virtually tea total ! Proves you don't need it but enjoy it. Well done , if the news is to be believed the rest of us are drinking like sailors on shore leave !Beer, Guiness and champagne , but drink Bacardi like it's going out of fashion. I've never been a home drinker , usually down the local a few nights most weeks but since the start of lockdown and no pubs open I've only had about three drinks.
I might go teetotal --- will I hell.
Cider heart burn... Have you tried a thick slice of lemon floating in each pint ? A mate of mine (easy 10 -15 pints per session) swears by it . If the pub does not have fresh lemon to put in his cider he will find one that does , otherwise the heart burn from just a few pints 'kills him' (his words). Never tried it myself as I don;t get heart burn from cider.Cider. I love Cider but it hates me.
Guaranteed heartburn every time I try so I've stopped trying now. Most other things seem fine though was violently ill with a white rum once so never had it since.
Incidentally, there seem to be a lot of negative comments regarding aniseed based drinks on here. After a few years of living in France, I will confess to developing a taste for Ricard, basically a slightly stronger Pernod and made by the same company. Only ever drank with iced water though, no mixers like lemonade or blackcurrant. They also do a version known as 51 but, for some reason, this always seemed too powerful.
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