WARNING! Gross Digestive discussion

[schoellhorn82]

I love this time of year that Oktoberfest beers come out. Usually I drink hoppy ales throughout the year but his time its all Sam Adams Oktoberfest until I get sick of them. THe past few years however I've noticed that if i drink 3 (or more) the next morning its notthing but liquid bowel movements. Anyone experience this? This usually only happens when i drink cheap lagers like stag or hamms. Perhaps I have a digestive aversion to lager yeast in general. It sucks cause I love the SA Oktoberfest

 

[Sailingeric]

Welcome to the Olds!

 

[schoellhorn82]

But....Im only 34

 

[JonM]

It hurts when I do this!
So don't do that.

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[Hoppy2bmerry]

That used to happen to my hubby after drinking Spaten don't know why, thought because it was unfiltered or something like that... Of course alcohol is a diuretic, the water has to come out somehow. Maybe you need to urinate more.

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Eat more fiber that should help you out

 

[myelo]

Eat more fiber that should help you out

Hops have fiber ... right?

 

[phil74501]

Hops have fiber ... right?

I'll remember to tell my doctor that the next time he tells me to eat more fiber. "Got it covered doc."

 

[ImNoExpert]

Maybe a probiotic would help?

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Maybe a probiotic would help?

It might but I'm not sure what role our gut bacteria play in regulating our movements. I do know that's what fiber does whether your stopped up or having the OPs issue.

 

[Rockn_M]

Take a good probiotic. It'll help with a lot of things!

 

[schoellhorn82]

I understand the needs and uses of probiotics and currently take one. It's specific to lagers. Ales have no effect on me.

 

[safedude]

Coffee and prunes help

 

[beersk]

I've had issues with the 'rhea the morning after heavy drinking too, but I'm still tracking down what exactly it is that affects me. For a bit, I was thinking it was just too much beer (which is probably still true), but then I was thinking, maybe it's just my homebrew, which isn't filtered like commercial beers and has more yeast in it. Yeast is said to cause such issues. But in the case of SA oktoberfest, that's likely not the issue.
And maybe, for me, it's what I eat the next morning causing the issues and not the beer. I don't know, still trying to figure it out.

I'm only 33 and I've noticed over the last few years I get the beer sh*ts more and more. Guess it's time to cut back some? But that's boring... maybe take some Imodium the next morning when drinking this beer.

 

[schoellhorn82]

Beersk,

It's weird, Sunday I drank all day. Not heavy drinking but keeping a buzz on most of the day. Woke up fine the next day and BM wasn't runny. Last night had 3 beers, 2 SAs and one homebrew-still nothing. Other nights ill drink 3 SAs and wake up to immediate runs. For me the concentration during a shorter amount of time I think is what gets me though 3 isnt a lot for my standards but i tend to drink them fast in about 1.5 hours then go to bed (takes a long time to get the kids to bed before I drink).

 

[MaryB]

Beer upsets the bacterial balance of our gut. I use unpasteurized cider vinegar on my salads and eat my own home fermented pickles(2 of these = 50 probiotic tablets!) and it helps. When you drink 3 fast it raises the alcohol level enough to kill off some gut bacteria and let the bad ones go on a rampage for awhile until they recover. It also pulls water from your intestinal wall and into the digestive tract...

Eat better! Ferment your own veggies! Cukes from my garden going into the crock, I poured a brine over and waited 10 days. Moved them to quart jars and the fridge tonight to slow the ferment way down.

Yes I ferment more than beer! Going to ferment a quart of carrots tomorrow to see how I like them. And I just filled a crock with cabbage for sauerkraut.

 

[Calichusetts]

Just a combo of drinking too much and probably not the best diet.

 

[Chanoc]

Have you checked your Blood Sugar Levels?
You may experience the $#it's when it is high.
My guess only....