how does a pint affect you

[IrregularPulse]

varies so much from the day to the beer to the phase of the moon. A typical 4-6% beer I will be aware I'm drinking after 2 pints usually.
But yesterday after work I went and loaded 16 8"x8" solid 3/4" fence panels, 21 8"4x4's, and 21 50lb bags of quickcrete, drove home and unloaded it into my garage with help of course. I am pretty lazy, this is work for me. Granted it's now 7pm before unloading and I hadn't eaten since 10:30am.
Upon arriving home I drank a Miller light (There is a time and place and this was it) before unloading everything in about 2 minutes. It just tasted perfect. eek: The Blasphemy). Then I unloaded and swallowed a pint of my MO/Galena Smash and then had another one with dinner. I didn't feel anything.
Other nights I may feel something after one pint.

 

[arturo7]

If one pint made me loopy, I'd save a ton of cash.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I usually down about 4 bottles (12 oz. ea.) of McEwan's Scotch Ale (8%ABV) before I start to feel it. After doing the math, it works out to 3 pints. I start to feel it after about 3 glasses of 12%ABV wine. I'd guess my wine glasses hold about 8oz each, so that would be about 1.5 pints. I find that, for me, a wine drunk wears off quicker than a beer drunk; no idea as to why. I also find that a wine drunk is different from a beer drunk. Do others find that the type/quality (for lack of a better term) of drunk can vary from one type of drink to another? Regards, GF.

 

[Sherpa FE]

One PINT?
Wow, I am normally in the 6-7 a night range on weekdays, and 9-12 on weekends.

 

[GregR]

You have quite a point but then why would wine not hit me hard it has a much higher alchol content? then again the beer wears off quicker, already starting to be clear headed. I bottled in some in one liter bottles so of course we have to drink it all up right away when we open it so it does not lose pressure. HWMBC drinks it with no problem and it knocks me down. I guess I will just have to live with that.

well you gotta think volume as well. a glass of wine is much smaller than a pint of beer. (isn't the rule of thumb something like a glass (standard) glass of beer == a (standard) glass of wine == a (standard) mixed drink)

so you;re getting roughly the same ammount of alcohol from a pint and a wine glass regardless of their alcohol%. I dunno about you but I can go through a pint much quicker than a glass of wine. that might have something to do with it.

I just say enjoy your gift of being a cheap drunk. I only wish 1 pint could get me loopy (6'2'' 210lbs)

 

[DeathBrewer]

5'8" Male, 180 lbs, white with long dark hair.

I enjoy long walks on the beach and moonless nights.

Wait...what was this thread about again?

 

[Smogre]

I've always thought it could have something to do with a blood sugar spike or something.
In my case, I'm a big feller and my first pint will actually get me completely loopy for a while. Seems like by the time I'm done with my second pint, my body has normalized and stable without much of any affects.

 

[Brandon O]

I have a hard time getting drunk on beer unless it is big beers. It takes drinking bud light for 3 hours before I am drunk, so prolly like 12 beers.

 

[RedIrocZ-28]

I have been drinking less lately, but the other night I had a 6'er of Budweiser American Ale and I started to feel quite loopy and my attention span was non-existant. I could barely get more than 4 kills per map on Halo 3 Multiplayer... I used to crush the better part of a 12 pack every night. Granted I was real tipsy maybe even drunk sometimes, but anything less and it was just a light buzz.

I now know why the BAC legal limit is .08, with all of you admitting to "feeling" it after only 1 beer.

 

[farmbrewernw]

I have a pint just about every day, sometimes more. I'm 5'4" and 145 I don't really feel a pint or two, unless of course they are over 7% then that's another story. I'd say make some session beers, you should be able to drink a pint of 3.5% easily.

 

[sithspitt]

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

 

[hopdog]

Depends. If I am out, I can have a few, maybe 4 over the course of the evening. If I am camping, I'll drink all day. Literally. We usually start right after breakfast with bloody marys or old fashioneds, then it's on to beer for the rest of the day and night.

If I am home, I'll have one, maybe two, and though I am not drunk, I get tired and am ready for bed.

You'd fit right in with my camping crew!

 

[Korben]

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...

 

[KYB]

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.

 

[nibiyabi]

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.

 

[nakros]

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.

 

[SkewedBrewing]

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...

 

[Baja_Brewer]

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

 

[Korben]

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

 

[Aleforge]

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)

 

[Reverend JC]

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

 

[MikeFlynn74]

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*

 

[zac]

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.

 

[thataintchicken]

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.

 

[Homercidal]

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.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

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.

 

[craigd]

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

 

[TheTower]

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.

 

[BrewBrain]

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.

 

[carnevoodoo]

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