So I was with my wife yesterday at festival that had a beer garden. The beers were provided by local brew clubs. It was pretty cool; you got a small glass (probably 5 oz) and went around to various brew clubs and got all the beer you wanted.
So I tasted some of the beers I was most interested in. I usually tasted stuff I want to brew, or that I have brewed, or things my friends brewed. Like most people who get very serious about making beer, I'm sure, I don't drink many beers unless it is something I really want to try. So I was pretty happy to be able to try quite a wide variety of brews at this event, and I had some I haven't had before (a mead), or only once or twice (a barleywine). It was fun.
So, I had probably a total of 3 -4 glasses of beer over the course of 4 hours at the event. I never got really buzzed.
My wife was with me though, and she drank a lot. I didn't notice it until we left, because I was helping out at my club's booth, and she was out at the festival. She smelled like alcohol. She was acting drunk on the way home, like really drunk. And she smelled like alcohol all night. I asked her how much she drank and she said she had no idea. Couldn't remember at all. So she drank a lot. She isn't a lightweight. She can't drink as much as me, but she isn't a lightweight.
I know this about her - when she drinks more than one or two, she doesn't really stop. She just keeps drinking. Half the time, she gets sick and the next day says she's never drinking again. I always forget it about her though, like yesterday, I wasn't expecting her to get drunk at all. The glasses were small, and we were walking around all day, and I didn't even get buzzed. But since she could drink as many as she wanted - didn't have to keep buying them - she just kept drinking.
I have gotten sick a few times, and hammered a few times, but it has been a while. I don't enjoy it, and I have learned over time how much I can drink to keep having fun and enjoying myself, and the drinks. And that is how much I drink. I don't think about it, I can just feel it and I know when to slow down, or stop. But it seems like she doesn't have that ability. She has been drinking longer than I have, but she still acts like a teenager with alcohol.
Do you know anybody like that?
So I tasted some of the beers I was most interested in. I usually tasted stuff I want to brew, or that I have brewed, or things my friends brewed. Like most people who get very serious about making beer, I'm sure, I don't drink many beers unless it is something I really want to try. So I was pretty happy to be able to try quite a wide variety of brews at this event, and I had some I haven't had before (a mead), or only once or twice (a barleywine). It was fun.
So, I had probably a total of 3 -4 glasses of beer over the course of 4 hours at the event. I never got really buzzed.
My wife was with me though, and she drank a lot. I didn't notice it until we left, because I was helping out at my club's booth, and she was out at the festival. She smelled like alcohol. She was acting drunk on the way home, like really drunk. And she smelled like alcohol all night. I asked her how much she drank and she said she had no idea. Couldn't remember at all. So she drank a lot. She isn't a lightweight. She can't drink as much as me, but she isn't a lightweight.
I know this about her - when she drinks more than one or two, she doesn't really stop. She just keeps drinking. Half the time, she gets sick and the next day says she's never drinking again. I always forget it about her though, like yesterday, I wasn't expecting her to get drunk at all. The glasses were small, and we were walking around all day, and I didn't even get buzzed. But since she could drink as many as she wanted - didn't have to keep buying them - she just kept drinking.
I have gotten sick a few times, and hammered a few times, but it has been a while. I don't enjoy it, and I have learned over time how much I can drink to keep having fun and enjoying myself, and the drinks. And that is how much I drink. I don't think about it, I can just feel it and I know when to slow down, or stop. But it seems like she doesn't have that ability. She has been drinking longer than I have, but she still acts like a teenager with alcohol.
Do you know anybody like that?