Why is mixing liquor and beer bad?

Question

Is there any explanation to the rhyme:
Liquor before beer and your in the clear?

Answer 1

From a NY Times article:
THE FACTS Too much alcohol of any kind is never a good idea, but some people claim that mixing beer and liquor, particularly in that order, can also be a hazard. Some even know it by rhyme. "Beer before liquor, never been sicker," goes one old saying.

While it is not entirely clear how this claim started, experts say it may stem from the way certain alcoholic beverages are digested. Carbonated drinks like beer and sparkling wines, for example, tend to irritate the lining of the stomach, increasing the rate of alcohol absorption. Starting with beer and then adding wine or liquor may conceivably lead to intoxication more quickly.

But in reality, that has little effect, said Dr. Roshini Rajapaksa, a gastroenterologist at the New York University School of Medicine. What matters most, she said, is the amount of alcohol consumed and whether it is combined with any food, which slows absorption and minimizes sickness.

There is also another explanation for the popular "beer before liquor" claim, said Carlton K. Erickson, director of the Addiction Science Research and Education Center at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy. "Most people do not drink a lot of beer after they've had liquor," he said.

"The pattern, more often, is that people will have beer and then move on to liquor at the end of the night, and so they think it's the liquor that made them sick," he continued. "But simply mixing the two really has nothing to do with it."

THE BOTTOM LINE It is the total quantity of alcohol consumed, not combined, that influences intoxication and sickness.

Answer 2

It's not true. At all. It's just an old wive's tale...if you drink enough of any one thing...you get sick. It doesn't matter WHAT you drank together...every person is different, though. I used to be able to drink anything under the sun together...I would drink tequila shots, 151 shots, then wine, beer, White Russians...all in one night...it eventually caught up with me, though. Now I can only handle a glass of wine or champagne and maybe a very light mixed drink. But, anyway, NO there's no explanation or scientific proof of why you shouldn't mix alcohols.

Answer 3

When I was younger I thought there was some kind of chemical reaction or something! The just mean if you drink some beers first then switch to mixed drinks, you won't realize how drunk you are because beer takes more time to feel the effects and hard alcohol gets you right away.

Answer 4

Supposedly, if you mix beer and liquor in the wrong order, you'll get sick. I haven't found that to be true. I've had beer with liquor many times and have never gotten sick over it. Now, if you mix beer or liquor with wine...that can get nasty. The rhyme I heard was "Liquor before wine makes you feel fine, but wine before liquor -- never sicker."

Answer 5

you can't drink two or more kinds of alchohol and get by with it very often. Like when they drink shooters, which is a shot of whiskey followed by a drink of beer. They are usually walking on their knees worshiping their toilet before long. You get really drunk, really fast, but it just is not worth the price you pay.

Answer 6

Its just a lie, don't worry about that. The only thing to remember is to never have jager, tequila, and goldschlager in the same night. That wil F you up bad.

Answer 7

The real problem is that by alternating, you continue to drink faster. When you stick with one beverage through the night you tend to drink slower as the night progresses. When you switch drinks you tend to drink each one faster, thus introducing the alcohol to your body faster.

Answer 8

Is that anything like i before e except after c ?

Answer 9

its actually really bad bcuz u could die thats y dey have bars so u kan get a pro. to do it where u dont have to die or get sick

Answer 10

either one causes a hangover from hell