Can't Drink Wine Anymore
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I used to enjoy a glass of wine but recently I seem to get an instant hangover if I have even one glass. It never used to affect me but now I'm scared to drink it. I don't seem to be able to drink bitter either but IPA is ok in moderation. Is my liver trying to tell me something as I really miss I nice rioja.
Edited by Spydaman on Sunday 15th November 20:17
Happened to me years ago. So, tried the non alcoholic drink, Schloer one Christmas dinner. Had no other alcoholic drink and had hangover symptoms in the afternoon. Family took the piss saying I couldn't even drink Schloer!
So did some investigation and seems I may be allergic to the type of grape used.
Can drink anything else with no symptoms. Will not try wine again.
So did some investigation and seems I may be allergic to the type of grape used.
Can drink anything else with no symptoms. Will not try wine again.
Tabs said:
Happened to me years ago. So, tried the non alcoholic drink, Schloer one Christmas dinner. Had no other alcoholic drink and had hangover symptoms in the afternoon. Family took the piss saying I couldn't even drink Schloer!
So did some investigation and seems I may be allergic to the type of grape used.
Can drink anything else with no symptoms. Will not try wine again.
Did you Schloer your words? So did some investigation and seems I may be allergic to the type of grape used.
Can drink anything else with no symptoms. Will not try wine again.
Spydaman said:
I'm glad its not only me but not sure what to do next as I don't really want a life without wine. Probably not a bad thing to persuade me to cut down though.
Life without wine isn't so bad. In my case it's enforced rather than voluntary abstinence, if I drink just a single glass my heart races - alcohol and my medication don't mix. Same with beer, spirits, anything alcoholic; it just isn't worth it. Ironically the medication that causes it is heart medication.Occasionally I'll chance it; a G&T on holiday or a bottle of wine over three evenings on my birthday or Christmas but I know I'll feel like I'm running a sub four minute mile for hours afterwards.
On the whole, life without a glass in my hand is OK.
40 odd year ago, Newcastle Exhibition would give me a headache in 20mins before I'd drunk a pint.
Can't drink white wine unless there's nowt else as it gives me indigestion
Whisky used to give me a dreadful hangover until I realised I needed to drink quality stuff
Have enjoyed a glass of red for a longtime but recently noticed it makes me feel tired/drowsy after one glass.
Can't drink white wine unless there's nowt else as it gives me indigestion
Whisky used to give me a dreadful hangover until I realised I needed to drink quality stuff
Have enjoyed a glass of red for a longtime but recently noticed it makes me feel tired/drowsy after one glass.
Some red wines and some beers (those horrible, very hoppy, IPAs in particular, some lagers and some bitters -Wainwright and Landlord bad, Pedigree & Speckled Hen not good. Doom Bar was good, but not recently) give me a nasty sinus headache and mucus.
One drink and I can feel it soon afterwards and the following day. Two or more drinks and I would feel bad the next day. I was "hungover" after 4 half pints of hoppy beers, whilst still at a beer festival. Anti-histamine usually helps.
It took me 20 years to realise that I wasn't just a lightweight. I can now spot the signs very soon after drinking and stop. Through experimentation, I've found which are safe and which are not. Even beer from the same brewery has different effects.
Generally, malbec, Rioja, milds and stouts are fine. Many ales are fine. Lagers like Peroni and Moretti are also fine. I do not know the cause of my allergy(?).
One drink and I can feel it soon afterwards and the following day. Two or more drinks and I would feel bad the next day. I was "hungover" after 4 half pints of hoppy beers, whilst still at a beer festival. Anti-histamine usually helps.
It took me 20 years to realise that I wasn't just a lightweight. I can now spot the signs very soon after drinking and stop. Through experimentation, I've found which are safe and which are not. Even beer from the same brewery has different effects.
Generally, malbec, Rioja, milds and stouts are fine. Many ales are fine. Lagers like Peroni and Moretti are also fine. I do not know the cause of my allergy(?).
Edited by MC Bodge on Monday 16th November 20:05
Spydaman said:
I'm glad its not only me but not sure what to do next as I don't really want a life without wine.
Same here, though I'm a very light drinker. I probably drink about four bottles a year! I've always been something of a wine enthusiast and would probably not bother going out for a meal at all if I couldn't have a suitable complimentary wine with the food. That said, if I go out for a meal the problem doesn't seem to appear - it's only really when I'm drinking at home. Very odd.I suffered the worst handovers known to mankind. For years, I put up with it because I thought everyone felt like that after a night out. It was only after going on holiday with some mates that I realised it wasn't normal to be that ill after only a couple of pints.
Long story short, its the sulphites used in many kinds of booze. I'm okay with exquisite single malt whisky, and one specific brand of IPA but almost everything else puts me in bed for a few days after one glass!
Long story short, its the sulphites used in many kinds of booze. I'm okay with exquisite single malt whisky, and one specific brand of IPA but almost everything else puts me in bed for a few days after one glass!
ALPandy90 said:
I suffered the worst handovers known to mankind. For years, I put up with it because I thought everyone felt like that after a night out. It was only after going on holiday with some mates that I realised it wasn't normal to be that ill after only a couple of pints.
Long story short, its the sulphites used in many kinds of booze. I'm okay with exquisite single malt whisky, and one specific brand of IPA but almost everything else puts me in bed for a few days after one glass!
Similar here. Long story short, its the sulphites used in many kinds of booze. I'm okay with exquisite single malt whisky, and one specific brand of IPA but almost everything else puts me in bed for a few days after one glass!
I'm not sure why some drinks have a terrible effect on me, but others don't, though - even from the same brewery, where you might think they used the same preservatives.
Since I discovered which are OK and can notice the early signs, I have rarely felt rough. I don't drink a lot anyway, mind.
MC Bodge said:
ALPandy90 said:
I suffered the worst handovers known to mankind. For years, I put up with it because I thought everyone felt like that after a night out. It was only after going on holiday with some mates that I realised it wasn't normal to be that ill after only a couple of pints.
Long story short, its the sulphites used in many kinds of booze. I'm okay with exquisite single malt whisky, and one specific brand of IPA but almost everything else puts me in bed for a few days after one glass!
Similar here. Long story short, its the sulphites used in many kinds of booze. I'm okay with exquisite single malt whisky, and one specific brand of IPA but almost everything else puts me in bed for a few days after one glass!
I'm not sure why some drinks have a terrible effect on me, but others don't, though - even from the same brewery, where you might think they used the same preservatives.
Since I discovered which are OK and can notice the early signs, I have rarely felt rough. I don't drink a lot anyway, mind.
anonymous said:
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To me this is a generic problem. Even food with long eat-by dates ( the UK’s favourite cook-chill) tend to give me issues right up to migraines. The worst stuff was back in the 1970s - drinks like an ice-cold can of Heineken, would make me feel sick, instantly. It took CAMRA a long time to educate the public that they were being poisoned with this crap.In the U.K., the worst now is pub wines. I think they are all supplied by merchants who ship the undated generic stuff, in bulk, and bottle it at the lowest cost / highest retail price per glass. Kerching!
I now live in France and Spain and rarely get a headache from wine. The big issue is due to the unique way that the EU permits Sulphites to be used. The range is from the level you get from cleaning barrels after bottling, to using big doses to kill the fermentation that would otherwise make the wine undrinkable. And then a little more to make sure it transports well. In the U.K. the notion of returning a bottle of supermarket wine because it has gone-off, is unthinkable. Disinfectants are good for profit.
When I am in the U.K., my theory is avoid anything that comes in a box, or a lightweight bottle with a screw cap. Your Rioja may have the same name as a bottle you enjoyed in a restaurant in Spain, but in the U.K. it will only represent the cheapest remnants of the Spanish wine lakes. Same goes for Chile, Australia, South Africa etc.
I have a feeling that in 20-years time that food technologists will be despised more than estate agents. Even the move towards vegan gets interrupted as they turn plant based products into the perfect burger, lasagna, crispy chicken etc.
How sick is that? You are what you eat / drink.
I also suffer from similar effects.
I never used to, yes of course I'd get hangovers but usually be able to power through and on stags etc do multiple days of drinking.
But this past 12 months I've really struggled with wine and beer. I'll feel even one pint or one glass of wine, if I carry on and have 2-4 pints then I'm struggling to stay awake, very drowsy and it will completely write off the next day.
I never used to, yes of course I'd get hangovers but usually be able to power through and on stags etc do multiple days of drinking.
But this past 12 months I've really struggled with wine and beer. I'll feel even one pint or one glass of wine, if I carry on and have 2-4 pints then I'm struggling to stay awake, very drowsy and it will completely write off the next day.
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