Sober with one type of drink?

fussyonion

Strange question but was thinking earlier..

If I had a bottle of wine, at say 13% alcohol, I'd be tipsy.
But I could drink 8 or 9 small bottles of Bulmers (4.5% a bottle) and still feel as sober as a judge.

Does anyone else find they remain sober drinking one type of drink but with another, they can be drunk very quickly?

WilyCoyote

It's the length of time it takes the alcohol to hit the receptors. You obviously drink the units of alcohol at different speeds. Prost!:D

Smidge

Stay away from the wine, can have a "strange" effect
Can't drink it myself only a glass of red the odd time with steak.

csi vegas

I could drink a litre of vodka and not even know it. So...I've stopped drinking (vodka!) and recently on a night out had just two Cap Morgans and one beer and was floored! Result!

pebbles21

csi vegas wrote: »

I could drink a litre of vodka and not even know it. So...I've stopped drinking (vodka!) and recently on a night out had just two Cap Morgans and one beer and was floored! Result!

Must drink cap morgans

diograis

It's the ethanol in both that gets you drunk... Probably the pace at which you drink, and the soakage you've had before hand etc etc

Sam Quentin

I cant remember
My nanswer sheems to be in the shanswer I grave to your squestion:o

suicide_circus

csi vegas wrote: »

I could drink a litre of vodka and not even know it.!

do you even drink, bro?

NuckingFacker

csi vegas wrote: »

I could drink a litre of vodka and not even know it. So...I've stopped drinking (vodka!) and recently on a night out had just two Cap Morgans and one beer and was floored! Result!

I'm the same!. Mainly as I'd be unconcious, in the a&e getting me stomach pumped and my liver would be sliding down my legs... but then I'm a bit of a lightweight..

Ahhhhh its grand

fussyonion wrote: »

Strange question but was thinking earlier..

If I had a bottle of wine, at say 13% alcohol, I'd be tipsy.
But I could drink 8 or 9 small bottles of Bulmers (4.5% a bottle) and still feel as sober as a judge.

Does anyone else find they remain sober drinking one type of drink but with another, they can be drunk very quickly?

I'm the opposite. I'd be grand after a bottle of wine, but would most definitely be feeling the affects after 9 bottles.

biko

I think you'll find OP that it's only your perception that changes
Bulmers has lots of sugar that helps counter (temporarily) the effects of the alcohol.
Same with Red Bull and vodka which I use to "sober up a bit" after too many Guinness..

Witchie

I can drink tia maria or malibu all night with no effect but 3 pints of beer and am wasted.

camel jockey

NuckingFacker wrote: »

I'm the same

The exact same, only different.

rubadub

fussyonion wrote: »

If I had a bottle of wine, at say 13% alcohol, I'd be tipsy.
But I could drink 8 or 9 small bottles of Bulmers (4.5% a bottle) and still feel as sober as a judge.

For true comparison you have to drink them in the same time, same units of alcohol under similar bodily conditions, e.g. empty/full stomach.

Just multiply to get a comparable unit, (note I am not saying these are the units you hear quoted in ads etc)

9x330mlx4.5=13365"units"
750mlx13%=9750"units"

The stronger stuff will usually hit faster.

Witchie wrote: »

I can drink tia maria or malibu all night with no effect but 3 pints of beer and am wasted.

3 pints of 4.3% beer is 7327.2 "units". 1 malibu is only 35.5ml 21% so 745.5. So 9.82 Malibu's matches 3 beers. If you malibu is heavily mixed it might have less effect too.

April O Neill II

fussyonion wrote: »

Strange question but was thinking earlier..

If I had a bottle of wine, at say 13% alcohol, I'd be tipsy.
But I could drink 8 or 9 small bottles of Bulmers (4.5% a bottle) and still feel as sober as a judge.

Does anyone else find they remain sober drinking one type of drink but with another, they can be drunk very quickly?

Well, those 8 or 9 bottles will take a lot longer to drink, so while the overall alcohol consumed might be similar, the intake from the bottles is more speread out do your body is getting a chance to process it better.

anncoates

The alcohol in beer is more diluted and you're processing it over a longer period rather than it hitting your body in a more concentrated dose.

Doh - post before mine said exactly the same thing.

April O Neill II

Wine gets me absolutely off my tits. It's a beautiful sight.* So, when I hear people say they have a glass or two of wine every evening to unwind, my eyebrows do rise. That'd mean I'd be drunk, or at the very least tipsy, every night of the week!

* Or so I like to tell myself

murphym7

biko wrote: »

I think you'll find OP that it's only your perception that changes
Bulmers has lots of sugar that helps counter (temporarily) the effects of the alcohol.
Same with Red Bull and vodka which I use to "sober up a bit" after too many Guinness..

I can throw back a couple of bottles of white wine at a sitting, no bother. I can have 10 pints of Bulmers and feel fine. Put a Murphys or Guinness in front of me and I am locked after 5/6. Must be the sugar so I suppose.

GarH

I could have one glass of white wine and I'd be fuked yet I could drink a bottle of red wine and I'll be grand.

I can handle about 4-5 pints of lager before I start feeling the effects, but I can drink as much whiskey as I want.*


*within reason

Sam Quentin

My Nokia Lumia 520 has a great camera, made this quick vid just now, I only had 2 cans