Home Brewers??

[Raven]

this is a little off topic...

i love beer ....but it don't love me.... (i always drink just one now)

if i drink even one beer "of the wrong kind"
i wake up with a migraine headache that makes
hangovers look like a super vacation in RIO

I happen to prefer ales and only certain ales will do this...

had a seirra nevada recently and i was just fine!
wife bought new castle ale - gave me the migraine
bought a sixer of dogfish head ale and i was just fine

so, i am trying to isolate whether it's an ingredient
or an impurity.

the funny thing about HOPS in herbal lore is
it's known to be an effective sedative.

[Nebe]

Raven, Im thinking i might try to grow my own hops.. Saltheart, in pure nebe fashion, i deceded to get everything to brew a belgium tripel.. But if your right.. then all the better.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Raven, Im thinking i might try to grow my own hops.. Saltheart, in pure nebe fashion, i deceded to get everything to brew a belgium tripel.. But if your right.. then all the better.

Not what I would have suggested for your first home brew

-spence

[Nebe]

hehehehe

[Nebe]

ive done two other batches so far, but out in Colorado... a simple pale ale that was to die for and an imperial double IPA that was a clone recipe of harpon's Leviathan double IPA..... so its not technically my first batch.

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Raven, Im thinking i might try to grow my own hops.. Saltheart, in pure nebe fashion, i deceded to get everything to brew a belgium tripel.. But if your right.. then all the better.

Nothing wrong with beer being ready "too soon".

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by Raven

this is a little off topic...

i love beer ....but it don't love me.... (i always drink just one now)

if i drink even one beer "of the wrong kind"
i wake up with a migraine headache that makes
hangovers look like a super vacation in RIO

I happen to prefer ales and only certain ales will do this...

had a seirra nevada recently and i was just fine!
wife bought new castle ale - gave me the migraine
bought a sixer of dogfish head ale and i was just fine

so, i am trying to isolate whether it's an ingredient
or an impurity.

the funny thing about HOPS in herbal lore is
it's known to be an effective sedative.

You give only 3 clues but based on those three beers , the problem seems to be that you cannot tolerate a lot of Dextrins. New castle will have lots of unfermented sugars called dextrins or malto Dextrins. The other two you listed will have some but much less.

Anyway , stay away from dark beers , maybe even anything amber or darker.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

You give only 3 clues but based on those three beers , the problem seems to be that you cannot tolerate a lot of Dextrins. New castle will have lots of unfermented sugars called dextrins or malto Dextrins. The other two you listed will have some but much less.

Anyway , stay away from dark beers , maybe even anything amber or darker.

i will look into dextrins thanks

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

You give only 3 clues but based on those three beers , the problem seems to be that you cannot tolerate a lot of Dextrins. New castle will have lots of unfermented sugars called dextrins or malto Dextrins. The other two you listed will have some but much less.

Anyway , stay away from dark beers , maybe even anything amber or darker.

Wow I am actually really glad this was brought up. Up until about 2 years ago I never seemed to have problem with "feeling like crap" from beer drinking. This is also about the same time I really got into the darker beers (also mostly what I drink now) I was starting to fear it had something to do with the malt or hops and that I would one day have to give it all up. Now I think I will experiment with lighter beers to see if I notice a difference! Thanks Guys!

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Jenn

Wow I am actually really glad this was brought up. Up until about 2 years ago I never seemed to have problem with "feeling like crap" from beer drinking. This is also about the same time I really got into the darker beers (also mostly what I drink now) I was starting to fear it had something to do with the malt or hops and that I would one day have to give it all up. Now I think I will experiment with lighter beers to see if I notice a difference! Thanks Guys!

Jenn i think it's a reaction to sugar ....

as the alcohol breaks down it messes with your glucose levels

i make sure to drink some water before bedtime and take some childrens aspirin because (still a Nsaid drug) they are mild

alieve and ibuprophen make me bleed internally so i no longer take them ever .... off the list as we love to proclaim

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

You give only 3 clues but based on those three beers , the problem seems to be that you cannot tolerate a lot of Dextrins. New castle will have lots of unfermented sugars called dextrins or malto Dextrins. The other two you listed will have some but much less.

Anyway , stay away from dark beers , maybe even anything amber or darker.

Nope! not gonna stay away from Dark beers because they are my favorite over light beers but i have more clues....

two Sam Adam brown ales gave me a mushy head in the morning

but DIRTY BASTARD beer doesnt... i gravitate to sweeter beer
i guess.... sad that belhaven scottish ale went low class
i won't even buy it now
McEwans is awesome ............... gets you drunk in 3 bottles, well me anyways