Hi everyone. I'm new here and I had a specific question for my fellow beer lovers.
I fell in love with sour beers several years ago. I love all styles of beer, but I love sours so much, that given the option, I almost exclusively drink sours.
But I have noticed over the past few years that I also seem to physically tolerate sour beers much better than any other type. When I decide to drink (more than one) non-sour beers in the evening, I notice myself becoming physically ill. I drank a few IPAs and Octoberfest style beers last night and now, 11 hours later, I'm in bed feeling sick.
I always equated this kind of feeling with being drunksick or hungover. But since I mostly drink sour beers now, I notice that it doesn't happen with sour beers, even if I drink ten of them. The difference becomes glaring and obvious in situations like last night, where it hadn't occurred to me that I might get sick from a few beers.
Since there's a lot of very informed people about beer ingredients on this site, I wanted to ask if any of you have an idea of what might be causing this. I always assumed it was the alcohol itself until I noticed that sour beers don't cause the same reaction, even if I get very drunk on them.
It seems to be an inflammation reaction. I know alcohol causes inflammation, but what ingredient(s) are excluded in sour beers that I might have an intolerance for?
I fell in love with sour beers several years ago. I love all styles of beer, but I love sours so much, that given the option, I almost exclusively drink sours.
But I have noticed over the past few years that I also seem to physically tolerate sour beers much better than any other type. When I decide to drink (more than one) non-sour beers in the evening, I notice myself becoming physically ill. I drank a few IPAs and Octoberfest style beers last night and now, 11 hours later, I'm in bed feeling sick.
I always equated this kind of feeling with being drunksick or hungover. But since I mostly drink sour beers now, I notice that it doesn't happen with sour beers, even if I drink ten of them. The difference becomes glaring and obvious in situations like last night, where it hadn't occurred to me that I might get sick from a few beers.
Since there's a lot of very informed people about beer ingredients on this site, I wanted to ask if any of you have an idea of what might be causing this. I always assumed it was the alcohol itself until I noticed that sour beers don't cause the same reaction, even if I get very drunk on them.
It seems to be an inflammation reaction. I know alcohol causes inflammation, but what ingredient(s) are excluded in sour beers that I might have an intolerance for?
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