BrewOnBoard
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It's time to put the collective wisdom of the board together and see if we can get rid of, or at least minimize, the unpleasant effects of over-enjoying the fruits of our labor. I'm sure that we've all found that some beers are more likely to give us hangovers, or at least headaches, than others. In fact all the westerners in Indonesia claim that the national beer "Bintang" must be laced with poison (Muslim conspiracy theory) because of the headaches it gives everyone.
Personally I find that darker is usually worse than lighter for me, though not always. Pyramid Snowcap is completely off my list as 2 beers feels like 5 in the morning and 3 make me feel like cat-vomit.
Surely some of the hardcore beer scientists out there can answer these two questions:
1: What contributes to a beer becoming a hangover-causing beer?
2: How do we brew beers that will have a low "Hq" hangover-quotient?
BrewOnBoard
Personally I find that darker is usually worse than lighter for me, though not always. Pyramid Snowcap is completely off my list as 2 beers feels like 5 in the morning and 3 make me feel like cat-vomit.
Surely some of the hardcore beer scientists out there can answer these two questions:
1: What contributes to a beer becoming a hangover-causing beer?
2: How do we brew beers that will have a low "Hq" hangover-quotient?
BrewOnBoard