Why is it that Stella Artois gives me a far worse hangover than Kronenbourg 1664?

Answer 1

They use different hops so I would guess that you body dislikes the hops in Stella more than the hops used in Kronenbourg.

Answer 2

There's 1 thing and 1 thing only in beer that could possibly change the severity of a hang over if you can drink beer at all, and that's B-Vitamins.

B Vitamins regulate your body's water use and since hangovers are caused by dehydration consuming b vitamins while drinking can curb this affect. On the downside neither beer you have listed has any more b vitamins than the other since both are probably filtered and pasteurized. The bulk of b vitamins comes from the yeast so if there's no residual yeast in a beer then there's no worthy amount of b vitamins.

Different hops will not give you a hang over since if you're allergic to hops you're straight up allergic to hops.

The Reinheitsgebot would also not contribute to this since it's a ridiculously outdated and even more rarely practiced law. There's plenty of things the German purity law bans that are perfectly safe and often helpful to put in beer.

You probably just drank different amounts, at different speeds, on a day when your diet wasn't quite the same, these things happen.

Answer 3

i think Stella is a lager that has a load of chemicals in it,that are used to speed up the brewing process and maintain the taste.
However this will be denied by the brewers, who like us to believe that it is all a natural process.
I only drink "REINHEITSGEBOT" beer. It is the German purity law for beer . (less hang over)
Possibly 1664 is a better brew than Stella

Answer 4

I've had both and neither all are that great.
Next time try Old Milwaukee one night and then PBR the next and see which one would give you a worse hangover!