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What is it that give you(me) the headaches?

Some brands tend to guarantee I get a headache later on, even if I do not over-indulge. Notably the Bud brands and their relatives. For a long time I stopped drinking beer altogether, but over the last few years I have had some intestinal surgery and a hernia surgery as a result of the first surgery. I have found that one beer seems to settle my stomach when I have discomfort in my intestines.

By shear luck, the first beer I tried was a Coors Light, which does not seem to give me a headache, even if I have more than a couple in an evening. I have since tried Michelob Ultra and got a whopper of a headache the next moring. (only two)

What is it in the AB brands that keeps giving me headaches, and what other brands/beers could I try if I am in a restaurant and they do not have Coors products?

Reply to
Russell Patterson
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The yeast AB uses is fairly well know to throw a good amount of acetaldehyde, which some people are sensitive to. It's what usually is pointed to as the culprit in cases such as yours. FWIW, Samuel Smith beers are also cited for acetaldehyde presence, so you may want to avoid them, too.

And just in case anyone is wondering, (a) acetaldehyde is a substance that naturally occurs during fermentation of beer, with the particular strain of yeast responsible for how much is there, and (b) acetaldehyde is NOT formaldehyde.

Reply to
Joel

So, Uncle Joe *hasn't* pickled himself with Budweiser, thus saving us the cost of embalming when he dies, as he's always told us? Aunt Sally's gonna be *pissed*!

Reply to
jesskidden

I drank Rolling Rock for years and never had a problem with headaches. But when AB took over I started getting headaches after drinking 2 or 3 bottles of RR. What a disappointment because I thought AB had improved on the taste. Somebody told me the formaldehyde line of BS and I found that hard to believe. THANKS for the information. Now a question : I saw on TV ( so it has to be true ... LOL ) a couple years ago that a lot of red wine produced in the United States has formaldehyde in it and red wine from Europe is regulated not to have formaldehyde in it. Could this be acetaldehyde that is in the red wine ?

Reply to
Pfeister

I'm not sure. I stopped drinking the major labels and mostly changed to microbrews and never had headaches again. I would get them from MGD a lot!!!!! BAD. Some from Bud. Those two were the worst. Most of the Molson etc... don't bother me. Beech Wood? Chemicals? Who knows.

Reply to
Geronimo

I'm going to try that one on my childbride.

Killians Irish Red is a Coors product. It was originally brewed as an Ale, but since Coors purchased it, it is brewed as a Lager. If Lagers are your thing, you might try Amstel, Becks, or Fosters and see how you feel in the morning.

Bud makes my jaw hurt while after a second beer. For some reason (probably genetic) I don't get hangovers from beer.

Dick

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Dick Adams

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