Hangover cures

In article , Dave Croft writes

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Remember: "work is the curse of the drinking class"

Paul, I never thought I'd hear you say "of course you can have too much cider". I must quote you out of context next time you and the gang are in.

Phil

Yup. That's why you need a good charge of water otherwise you dehydrate like mad!

Brian

d'esprits infantiles primaires zet superstitieux !!!

Methinks he meant a pint of John Smiths "sans alcool"... My god the thought!

Brian

"Dave Croft" - a made-up name if ever I've heard one

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I've heard that that might have had something to do with the failrly salty taste of old-fashioned mild. It replaced the salt they were sweating out in the foundry.

Was just browsing and saw this question.

Hopefully you'll allow me to post this. If not apologies and I won't post it again.

I read some time ago that the strength at which the diuretic effect equals the extra water intake is a bit higher than this, maybe 5% or so

-- but all I know is that large quantities of "swilling bitter" (3.5-4%) tend not to leave me with a hangover.

All the stuff about drinking loads of water is written by wine or spirit drinkers (in other words most of the people who write about drink!), for whom it's definitely recommended.

Drink another pint of Young's ordinary, that's what I say. If that doesn't work, drink another one.

Ian

Prometheus wrote:

There speaks a man with the sense not to drink John Smiths. Like a number of other factory produced items it leaves a strange taste in the mouth and a sensation of a six inch nail through your skull the following day.

Fortunately I'm blessed in not having even one outlet within anything approaching easy travel. Sadly Tetley outlets are more common.

So that's why I can drink 5 pints of Hopback GFB on a weekday evening and bounce out of bed refreshed the next morning!? After one Southampton Beer Festival, we had the wash-up in the Waterloo Arms (Southampton's Hop Back pub).... fourteen pints (I think?!) over the course of the afternoon / evening and I felt fine the next day.

Alex.

I'll drink to that! ;-)

Alex.

Make sure that you're well hydrated *before* you start drinking... I always (for some *unknown* reason) get a hangover when I go out drinking feeling thirsty! ;-)

Alex.

Alex Presland a écrit :

To that ! ;o)

Ian & Hilda Dedic a écrit :

Or when you're drinking beer on teh continent... most things decent tend to be 5.5% and more. Indeed I've noticed dehydration was milder when I drink cask bitter...

I can echo that...

...multiple pints of supermarket "speciality" ciders (single varieties, even Dry was a tad sweet to my taste, fizzy) equalled copious amounts of cider vom and splitting 24hr headache >:-((

...multiple pints of "real" ciders and perries (Gwatkins and Broome Farm, flat, mildly acetic) equalled a nice night's kip, and a wonderful glow to the world the next morning ;-))))

You've just reminded me of the quotes from some drinks mats that I bought the other day. Frank Sinatra came up with the following classic:

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink; when they wake up in the morning that's as good as they are going to feel all day".

Alex.

A hefty dose of grappa in a strong espresso coffee.

A can of Barr's Irn-Bru first thing the morning after is an ancient Glaswegian hangover cure.

You may have to have been born in the West of Scotland for it to work, but it does it for me.

It may not be easily available in Berlin, though!

JD (Ancient Glaswegian)

A nice greasy fried egg sandwich (seriously!!!)

Regards

KGB