how does a pint affect you

I get pretty lit on 3 22 oz. arrogant bastards but they are 7.2%

 

You'd fit right in with my camping crew!

 

well.. I in no means a large person 5'6 and a lean 150... It takes several beers atleast 4 at a good rate for me to appreciate a buzz. I think I just one have a really high tolerance for my size or I have a kick ass liver.. not too sure. It makes for scary bar tabs though...

 

Eh, 1 pint - nothing. 2 - nothing. I get a decent buzz at 6. Start getting kinda drunk around 8. I can be trashed and not (overly) stupid and stumbling around. I'm about 5'10" and about 160-170lbs (I can't remember the last time I stepped on a scale). I guess I have good drinking genes by looking at my dad and the whole O'Daniel side, other side not so much. I'm going to work on a great Dry Stout session beer.

 

For a standard beer (5-6% ABV) on an empty stomach I usually don't feel anything until I'm almost finished with beer #2. I have a good buzz going after finishing 3 and then after 5 I'm pretty much maxed at where I'd ever want to be. Of course, things like food and engaging in heavy drinking for several days in a row can do wonders. On a full stomach on day 11 of my vacation in Europe when I was 19, I downed 3 liters of dunkelweizen in 1 hour and felt, quite literally, nothing. I was actually able to carry a ~115 pound girl one mile back to the hotel (and no, I just dropped her off with her roommates thank you very much ). In retrospect, maybe the beer did help with pain reduction because the next morning my back and shoulders were pretty worn out.

 

I'm pretty scrawny (6'0"/140lbs). I had a pint reading some previous threads, and two more reading this thread. All I'm feeling now is that I need to pee and grab another beer.

 

If we're talking more about how much it takes to get drunk then I would have to say that I, too, must have some uncanny drinking genes because I'm 6'1" and bout 165 and I have some sort of marathon ability to drink all night and, while I can be completely hammered, I don't ever feel like throwing up, especially when drinking beer. My body just seems to agree with it...

 

mmmm.... beer.

For me it depends on when I last ate. I always drink a ton of water during the day because I get dehydrated really quickly. If I havent eaten in several hours I'm feeling the second one and well on my way to a good night by the 4th. Otherwise... Well, I just drink until I'm to tired

 

Is that you in your avatar...? we have a place down here in Memphis that makes a burger like that... mmmmmmm... good eats!!

 

It takes a few to feel anything for me, I am fairly fat though (5'10 / 235). I don't know if I am building a tolerance over the years or if its just from gaining weight.

My biggest issue though is tiredness and peeing. I absolutely hate having to piss every 5 minutes. It makes events suck hardcore since I am always having to either go to the bathroom or try and ignore the urge. Secondly I get SUPER tired when I drink, I always wondered how people get all excited and wound up acting stupid when drunk. I always just kind of sit there all mellow and try not to fall asleep. (which has happened)

 

I had two quarts of mild the other night sooooooo I guess that is 64 ounces, and I had a pretty good buzz going off of that 3.9% beer. The only reason I know that is I have a quart glass with a handle, perfect for drinking.

But, being a small dude I guess that amount would make anyone buzz

 

But was the beer blessed before you drank it. *it makes a difference*

 

5-10 & around 230 here. Short & stocky, but not flabby.

1 pint is nothing as long as I have eaten. I try to hold myself to 3 pints on work nights. I have to PT every morning, so a hangover on a weekday is not fun.

 

12 hour work day.
Only food was a corned beef Sandwich 4 hours ago.
2 pints, and a 22 oz Bomber of 9% Belgian Ale later. no buzz. no sleepies.

now, If those pints were Apfelwein -vs- Dunkelweizen and Porter --- things would be different.

 

Depends on what I eat and drink. No food makes BMC a buzzer for me. A friend who now weighs less than I can seem to drink more than a few good IPAs and still be less lit than I. I guess I am a lightweight, but that is ok. I can drink and get my money's worth at least!

Usually I have a pint or two of pale ale before really noticing that it's affecting me. But I can get fairly drunk and have it last through most of the next day. Although I think that I remember also having some shots on those nights.... Don't do that anymore.

 

I am well past the days of 'pounding beers'...I don't want to drink more than a couple of pints. I'm 6' and 175 lbs. and a pint of 5%-6% has me feeling good...another pint and I'm pretty toasted and that's as much of an alcohol buzz as I want.

I actually try to NOT eat much before drinking because I just don't want to drink that much but want the buzz. Beer and food are not a great combo with me. I just get bloated if i eat first and then try to drink beer...but I get very sleepy if I drink beer first and then eat. So I usually wait until late evening and drink a pint or two...then eat...then straight to bed.

 

I can confirm from this past Saturday that my limit is well before 8 craft brews of 8+%. Especially if that follows a beer festival where you had a few others... I'm a fairly big guy at 265 lbs and I have a decent tolerance but Sunday was not a good day

 

For just casually drinking beer, it's usually the third or fourth that I start to feel anything. I haven't gotten drunk off beer alone in a long time, mixing in shots is when I get in trouble. I'm also 6'5". My and my buddy went through 11 beers during a 3 hour brew session and were nowhere near drunk.

Also, for the record, carbonation helps your body absorb alcohol faster, which tends to make beer a little more potent than wine, especially stronger beers that match wine alcohol-wise.

 

I'm a relative lightweight, but I like it that way.

I generally drink only one beer on a random night. After two I'm buzzed. After three I'm fine the next day. More than three and I'll wake up with that not-so-fresh feeling in the morning. I really don't do that very often at all.

 

My tolerance is disgusting. You don't even want to know how much I can drink.

 

+1 here. With the rest of my diet and exercise I should be about 30 lbs lighter than I am now. I just love beer far too much.

"You must love this country as much as I love a cold beer on a hot Christmas morning." -Homer

 

...but sometimes I just drink my dinner.

 

Takes me at least 2 (5% ABV) pints before i start feeling anything, 5 pints is starting to be a decent buzz, 8 and im beginning to do air guitar along old 80's hard rock tunes like im on a mission. *LOL*

Im 180 lbs.

 

your what now?

 

If I finish a pitcher in less than 30 minutes I will feel it. If I finish it in less than 2 minutes, I feel it faster.

 

It's funny, I can have a sip of my hydrometer sample and I can feel it in my body. I wouldn't consider myself buzzed though until I hit two pints in an hour or three pints in two. It takes a lot to actually get me drunk though. My girlfriend actually asked me to get drunk because she had never seen it and can't tell when I drink. We went and got a fifth of scotch. She can't say she's never seen it anymore

 

But then again when you drink wine you arent drinking a 'pint' of wine at a time are you? (If not - I wouldnt suggest doing that) I did that with apfelwein ONCE.

Yeah, big mistake...
-Me