It's basically impossible to get drunk from sub 6% beers

[madscientist451]

100 million Bud light drinkers proves you wrong.....

 

[JohnSand]

The biggest factor for me is age.
Mine, not the beer's.

 

[kh54s10]

Did the college stuff. Sometimes I could not tell you what I drank let alone how much. Now my tolerance is much lower.

If I just want to get a buzz. I drink rum or something. Or a lot of cheap beer. I almost never do that these days, so I drink my carefully crafted home brews for the taste, not the buzz.

 

[aprichman]

Whats in your belly plays a huge part as well as hydration and energy. I can feel tipsy on a few sips when I've worked myself to exhaustion, haven't eaten all day and have consumed nothing other than black coffee.

Well hydrated, full belly with fats and starches and well rested: takes a while for the buzz to start. The fat/starch slows blood alc absorption by binding the alcohol. By the time you have absorbed your pint, your body has metabolized 1/3 of your beer.

A big factor is the amount of alcohol dehydrogenase in your body. Depending on your genetics you can have a small amount or a large amount. I imagine your body also temporarily adapts and makes more if you drink a lot.

Additionally carbonated beverages allow alcohol to enter your blood stream more quickly.

Weight and gender also plays a large role.

 

[MHBT]

I can't drink more than 2 beers around 6% over 2-3 hours without getting pretty buzzed. More than 3 beers over that time period and I'm probably going to get the spins.

You are lucky seriously, your homebrew probably lasts a decent amount of time, im lucky to get a week out of a 5 gallon keg

 

[aprichman]

You are lucky seriously, your homebrew probably lasts a decent amount of time, im lucky to get a week out of a 5 gallon keg

Between my wife and I a keg usually lasts 6 weeks. I drink around 7 glasses a week and my wife drinks maybe 5 a week. We usually drink a beer or two with dinner every night but I go for 10-14 ounce pours and her pours are closer to 8 ounces. I have a single keg setup right now but I'm planning to add 2-3 more next month. I'm guessing the kegs will last closer to 12 weeks depending on the beer after the expansion.

It's nice to have the keg last 6 weeks but usually by week 4 or 5 I'm getting excited about brewing another beer. That's a big reason why I'm adding more kegs. Also my chest freezer doubles as a fermentation chamber and keg storage - so I can't start brewing until the keg is kicked. Whenever I kick the keg it takes about 3 weeks before the next batch is ready to drink. During this time usually buy 5-6 6 packs and feel dumb about spending $50 on 3 weeks of beer when I can make 6 weeks of beer for half the cost.

My goal for 2018 is to be at the point where I can stop buying commercial beer all together. Part of that is expanding my kegs, moving the kegs to a larger chest freezer so the smaller freezer can be dedicated for fermentation, and getting a bottling gun so I can give my beer as a gift or easily bring it to parties instead of buying "rare" bottles from my local breweries for these occasions.

 

[kh54s10]

You are lucky seriously, your homebrew probably lasts a decent amount of time, im lucky to get a week out of a 5 gallon keg

And I thought I drank my homebrew too fast!!!!!

 

[MHBT]

And I thought I drank my homebrew too fast!!!!!

I must say im not the only one drinking, me, my brother a few friends, we are all big drinkers and i am too generous with my beer

 

[Davemci]

The pope doesn' drink?

 

[MHBT]

The pope doesn' drink?

I dont know how, if i was wearing that outfit i would need to be bombed, forgive me God

 

[S-Met]

My goal for 2018 is to be at the point where I can stop buying commercial beer all together.

Derail question, but why? I like my beer. Depending on the style, I like most of my friends brews. I try and avoid bmc, but I enjoy what the micros have to offer.

Unless the key word was, "CAN" meaning that you choose to buy rather than "have no other option."

 

[Smellyglove]

Even if I homebrew I wouldn't stop buying commecial beers. They are great references. One need to train and keep the palate in a good shape.

 

[aprichman]

Derail question, but why? I like my beer. Depending on the style, I like most of my friends brews. I try and avoid bmc, but I enjoy what the micros have to offer.

Unless the key word was, "CAN" meaning that you choose to buy rather than "have no other option."

I'll still go out to the local micros every so often but I want to get to the point where I always have home brewed beer on tap and don't have to grab several 6 packs while I'm waiting for my beer to be ready.

Honestly I enjoy my home brewed beer more than most of the local craft brews anyways even though we have several world class breweries in my hometown.

 

[S-Met]

So the latter: dont "have" to buy, "choose" to buy. I support the concept 100%

 

[AJinJacksonville]

100 million Bud light drinkers proves you wrong.....

At least they are recycling...