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is it true you get a bigger hangover from homebrew i am currently drinking my first batch should i regret it when i wake up or is it a myth

What do you mean you are drinking your first batch? Dude, that's five gallons of beer! At least try to spread it out over a couple of days.

 

[damo]

Once I have a beer that is drinkable I'll drink until I have a hangover...

i second that

 

[PeteOz77]

-1 on "Home Brew doesn't cause Hangovers"
Someone has some explaining to do, because my head hurts!

 

[blacklab]

I would say that home brew definitely causes hangovers, but much less than BMC.

a few coors lights will kick my ass(not drunk, but hangover-wise), but I can drink a lot more homebrew and feel pretty good the next AM.

 

[FlyEagles78]

My wife and I have both noticed that the hangovers with homebrew are no where near what they are with commercial beers. Homebrew has saved me many a headaches. Unless I mix some shots in then all bets are off.
Homebrew > Commercial beer

 

[mightynintendo]

I still get headaches from homebrew if I drink too much. What I DON'T get is the all-day-long brain-**** that usually accompanies hard liquor and keystone light.

 

[malkore]

it seems like the homebrews are simply weaker. I don't know this for a fact, but so far, (probably because of my inexperience), they are less carbonated, and don't seem to have the immediate "buzz" impact that commercial beers do.

Just an initial reaction, though.

what do you normally buy at the store? BMC is actually low on the alchohol level.

 

[mparmer]

My homebrews are certainly stronger then BMC. I can drink 6 of my homebrews, have a monster buzz, drink a bottle of water and never even notice a hangover at all. Now if I drank 9 or 13 of them like I used to do with Bud lites that could be a different story. I try to be a little more careful now than I did in my younger days

 

[kwaidonjin]

I still get headaches from homebrew if I drink too much. What I DON'T get is the all-day-long brain-**** that usually accompanies hard liquor and keystone light.

Yeah, I had pretty much given up drinking because the hangovers were so bad The whole next day was ruined. 12 bush lites or some other lite beer,probably about 3.5% ABV. I can drink 10 homebrews with an ABV about 5% and not get hungover at all. of course after about 4 I start drinking the yeast in the bottom.....Homebrew has made getting drunk a pleasure again....

 

[Nugent]

I have been hungover from my homebrew, but simply because I drank too much of it or didn't eat enough prior to getting stuck in.

I will say, though, that I have never been viciously and wretchedly HUNNNNG from homebrew. My take (completely unscientific, mind you) is that homebrew is fresher, unfiltered and all-natural. IMHO it's what mitigates the hangovers.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

My thought is that homebrew tends to be higher in ABV, so you drink less than you would a BMC. You drink a lot of BMC, so you are flushing nutrients out of your body faster and not putting anything in to replace it. A lack of nutrients in the body definitely adds to a hangover. Homebrew, even if you drank a lot, has more nutrients in it, so that may also help to curb a hangover.

 

[earwig]

Homebrew will give you a bad headache. Anyone who says otherwise is lying!

 

[buzzkill]

I love these home brew hangover threads... mostly I just dont go off the deep end like when I was young and dumb. but also homebrew is more filling. I do still still get a good buzzzzz and drink to much at times. But I have never felt bad the next day. it must be the love I put into every brew.:fro:

 

[Tlylebrew]

I second that.. I usually try to limit my intake too two beers. On the rare ocassion I induldge with friends I have noticed I have a slight headache in the morning, but nothing like I used to get when I was younger and dumber.. I don't attribute that to anything but being smarter with old age and knowing my limits.
I don't want to tell myself anything else for fear I turn into a drunkard.

 

[jjones17]

it seems like the homebrews are simply weaker. I don't know this for a fact, but so far, (probably because of my inexperience), they are less carbonated, and don't seem to have the immediate "buzz" impact that commercial beers do.

Just an initial reaction, though.

Egads man.... Maybe you should have said "my home brew is weak". I personally made beers above 7% alcohol 3 out of 4 times. I made Ipas, IIPAs, barley wines, etc.

You need better recipes, braugh

 

[BigB]

Wow, this thread was dug up from dead! But, what the hell, I'll throw my two cents in... I don't get a hangover, but I sure got dunlop disease really bad from drinking homebrew.

 

[dougf]

Homebrew makes me feel groggy in the morning, and I dont get the initial buzz I do from BMC, but BMC makes me feel like smacked ass in the morning!

 

[OrCoastBrew]

it seems like the homebrews are simply weaker. I don't know this for a fact, but so far, (probably because of my inexperience), they are less carbonated, and don't seem to have the immediate "buzz" impact that commercial beers do.

Just an initial reaction, though.

Just the opposite for me. My beers give me a nice buzz and very little after effect the next morning. If I drink a sixer of Coors all I do is pee all night and Shyt all morning. Not to mention the headache and stuffed up head.

 

[CWoodard]

Enjoyed feedback on brewing temp.
Been getting TERRIBLE hangovers after brewing 50+ gallons at 70°-80°.
Will get back after brewing at 60-70°

 

[gcdowd]

Zombie thread alert

 

[CWoodard]

Zombie thread alert

Does this imply I've "brought this back from the dead"?

 

[C-Rider]

it seems like the homebrews are simply weaker. I don't know this for a fact, but so far, (probably because of my inexperience), they are less carbonated, and don't seem to have the immediate "buzz" impact that commercial beers do.

Just an initial reaction, though.

Don't know about that. Almost all my homebrews are above 6%. My German Imperial IPA is 8.8. No hangover there as one or two put me to sleep pretty fast.

 

[gcdowd]

Does this imply I've "brought this back from the dead"?

Sure does. The forum thanks you

 

[Unibrow]

It's probably just psychosomatic but I agree with the OP - I feel I'm more likely to get a hangover from my home brews, but that's because I always make them stronger than commercial beers.

 

[BigB]

Don't know about that. Almost all my homebrews are above 6%. My German Imperial IPA is 8.8. No hangover there as one or two put me to sleep pretty fast.

Do you realize you replied to a 4 1/2 year old post?