Beer question?

Question

Everytime i drink beer next day i have head ache big time. I can handle only one glass of beer a day, if i take two i'm in trouble. i drink Heineken, Amstel, Hoegaarden etc.
But if i take scotch or whisky, i feel fine and clear like a new born next day.

I drink beer only in the summer and whisky during the cold seasons. i think it's weird to drink ice cold beer in the winter or scotch on the beach with 38* in the shadow.

Answer 1

Strange.
It's possible that you have a slight grain allergy to barley, but it's pretty rare. One day when you are bored and feeling a little experimental you should consider trying some barley soup to see if you get a headache from it...or try drinking wheat beer and see if that affects you as well.

It's extremely unlikely that you have an allergy to the hops, and the ultra-tiny percentage of people that do have problems with it usually have respiratory symptoms.

That pretty much just leaves the yeast, if it's an allergy (which it sounds like because the other alcohols do not affect you). If it was an allergy to yeast (not totally unheard of) then you would also have problems with wine, although many people get headaches from wine anyway because of a sensitivity to the sulfites added to wine. Worth checking out though.

Other headache causes from beer usually stem from dehydration and vitamin loss, but that works with any alcohol so if the spirits don't affect you then I'd say you are looking at some kind of allergy. Wow, that really sucks.
Either try to nail it down (try wheat beer, barley soup, wine, etc) to see what ingredient you are sensitive to, get tested by an allergen doctor, or sadly just start avoiding beer.

Answer 2

me too, i was the only person at the beach with a 2 liter of pre-mixed drinks

but, i didn't feel like sh$% the next day and that was 10 years ago

people will eventually except that you have better taste buds than them while you move through the vodkas, bourbons, whiskeys, then cognacs

and you will love every minute that you didn't waste on beer!!!

Answer 3

Henny Youngman, an old school comedian, had a joke: I went to the doctor the other day. I told him Doc, when I do this (lifts his left arm up above his head) it hurts. What shold I do? The doctor said "Don't do that."

Answer 4

That is why 20 years ago I left beer behind and drink only whiskey.

Answer 5

Allergic to beer? Possible.

Answer 6

dude, some people are beer drinkers and some others Burbon drinkers , stick with your own kind!

Answer 7

These are all lousy beers.. Try Stella Artois

Answer 8

Maybe you are allergic to hops?

Answer 9

I have same reaction

Answer 10

i have the same problem