Am I allergic or what?

[Marginal]

I noticed that I sneeze a lot (5-6 times) from certain beers of mine ...
Has anyone noticed such a "problem" ???

Thanks.

 

[GySgtLynn]

That is weird.. I have neither experienced nor heard anything like this before.

 

[Kobalos]

Are those beers too carbonated? Perhaps the CO2 tickles your palatal veil and nose cavity.

 

[Marginal]

Are those beers too carbonated? Perhaps the CO2 tickles your palatal veil and nose cavity.

Yes, they are.
The strangest thing is, that does not happen all the time, maybe 40% of the times ...

 

[Kobalos]

Perhaps it's not the beer, perhaps you should stop toasting with your cat ... or maybe the bottles are dusty, if you were alergic to the beer, there would be others symptoms like swelling.

 

[DustinHickey]

When you say certain beers, what do you mean? I have a friend who is alergic to wheat beers.... His nose gets stuffy and he sneazes.

You could be alergic to any ingredient in beer. What do these beers have in common?

Could be anything such as barley, wheat, rye, ect...

 

[Waunabeer]

Beer doesn't do it to me, but if I drink Bailey's on the rocks, it usually makes me sneeze and it's not carbonated. It must just be some minor allergy. Bright sun light also makes me sneeze, but there are never other symptoms.

 

[jakecpunut]

Does alcohol make you sneeze?

 

[tasq]

Pepsi makes my step father sneeze every time. Perhaps it really is the carbonation.

 

[Marginal]

Does alcohol make you sneeze?

Never ...

 

[Marginal]

When you say certain beers, what do you mean? I have a friend who is alergic to wheat beers.... His nose gets stuffy and he sneazes.

You could be alergic to any ingredient in beer. What do these beers have in common?

Could be anything such as barley, wheat, rye, ect...

Well, I have not noticed really a certain brand of beer that makes me sneeze.
I usually drink Coopers Brewmaster Pielsner, Morgan's Canadian Blonde and Coopers Stout ...

 

[Marginal]

Pepsi makes my step father sneeze every time. Perhaps it really is the carbonation.

I never sneeze when I drink carbonated soft drinks.

 

[JefeTheVol]

Certain flavors or sudden cold air have been known to cause a sneezing reflex. Your oral/nasal mucosa can be stimulated by the different flavors of beer and release histamine to cause you to sneeze, also.

Advice: Find out which beers cause you to sneeze and, if it bothers you, take an OTC zyrtec before drinking that beer. Good luck.
-Jefe-

 

[kid_wid]

I noticed I would get a stuffy head and nose after drinking a few hefeweizen homebrews. I went to see an allergist and was told I am allergic to molds, mildew, yeast, etc and should avoid hard cheeses, beer, sour dough breads.

I was crushed and didn't want to eliminate those things from my diet. So, I avoid brewing beers with low flocculating yeast (like hefeweizens) and brew with yeast that flocculates well so I can keep the yeast out of my pint glass.

And I take an Allegra every day. That's what works for me.

 

[Marginal]

Thank you all for the help, I'll try what you are suggesting.