Guinness Dilemma

Kettleson

I've just found out that I have a high level gluten intolerance, and have been advised that I should never again drink Guinness.

It's just like breaking up with your first love, in the knowledge that you will see them every day for the rest of your life, yet knowing that you will never be able to make love.

It's a bit sad, and apart from the pain of the knowledge of eternal separation, the flip side is that I feel incredibly well after years of dull and misty heads and stomach cramps etc.

My dilemma is that I have 5 cans of Guinness in the fridge and don't quite know what to do with them.

I was thinking about putting them on Adverts.ie as a Free Item but that might attract under age drinkers and I'd have to ask for ID etc. Suggestions welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kEzyAYVGI

wretcheddomain

Upon seeing the thread title, thought it was a new brand of Guinness...devastated after reading that first post; and not for the interest of the user.

Sparks43

Drink them savor them then look into glutenfree stout

Kettleson

I'm willing to post them to Farmleigh House if it softens your disappointment.

Frosty McSnowballs

Fcuk them in the bin, Guinness is ****e.

catallus

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuk them in the bin, Guinness is ****e.

SACRILEGE!!!!

I am pie

Drink them and go to a boardsie wedding. Let nature take it's course.

Seems to be the done thing.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Look for a second opinion. You can't be expected to just stop drinking Guinness, it's not on.

Arthur Beesley

OP, does Guinness give you the trots?

Kettleson

Sparks43 wrote: »

Drink them savor them then look into glutenfree stout

No seriously, its just not worth it. I wouldn't be able to function for the next 24 hours. But very willing to try out gluten free stouts if anyone can make recommendations.

On the serious side, I think I've been wheat/gluten intolerant for years without knowing, I feel tremendous now.

So if anyone is suffering from feeling crap, tired, misty head etc after eating pasta and the like, its worth considering if you have a wheat/gluten intolerance.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Is there something wrong with just keeping them in the fridge for when visitors call over what am I missing? Is it that you want to do something special with the last cans of it you ever bought for yourself? Ever? For the rest of your life? Forever? (Not to rub it in or anything)

Sky King

Drink em OP. Then drink another 5 on top of them.

You don't have to give up drinking Guinness, just drink enough every time so that you don't notice the intolerance symptoms due to the manky hangover.

Ihatecuddles

I am pie wrote: »

Drink them and go to a boardsie wedding. Let nature take it's course.

Seems to be the done thing.

It's the norm now is it??

Kettleson

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

OP, does Guinness give you the trots?

Anything with gluten, wheat, cereal oats, gave me dodgy stomach Mr Beesley.

Apparently there was (allegedly) some genetic modification of wheat grain circa the 1970s, so that it grew taller and could be harvested easier, and that's where the nastiness lies. But I obviously cannot confirm that as fact.

Strangely enough, I have a friend called Arthur, but he's nobility of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JLfbZixnaY

Birneybau

Give them to a homeless person. Karma dude.

Awkward Badger

Pour them down the sink.

Frosty McSnowballs

Maybe you are allergic to the dash of blackcurrant that you are adding to it!

Fancy bastard with your cocktails!

Frosty McSnowballs

Birneybau wrote: »

Give them to a homeless person. Karma dude.

Jesus, they've enough problems!

I am pie

mauzo! wrote: »

It's the norm now is it??

Yes. The norm. Absolutely.

keep up.

Dave0301

Open them all and pour every last drop down the sink, all whilst weeping tears of bitter regret that you and your true first love shall never be together again.

Gone Drinking

Guinness and steak pie:

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/92/the-absolute-best-steak-and-guinness--pie.aspx

Birneybau

Wash your hair with them.

Birneybau

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Guinness and steak pie:

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/92/the-absolute-best-steak-and-guinness--pie.aspx

Yeah, that'd work...

Gone Drinking

Birneybau wrote: »

Yeah, that'd work...

Says it serves 6 and its 1 can needed per pie. If he's been drinking Guinness for this long after years of suffering, I'm sure you'll be grand after a slice of pie.

Or he could just always give the pie to his family or whatever, rather than eat it himself.

tony 2 tone

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Upon seeing the thread title, thought it was a new brand of Guinness...devastated after reading that first post; and not for the interest of the user.

I can see the ads now, "Guinness Dilemma, Are you gonna puke or get the ****s the next morning? dendenDEN"

Wacker The Attacker

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Jesus, they've enough problems!

this will solve one of them

Wacker The Attacker

Have sex with them

fleet_admiral

Drink them, then eat an indian straight away afterwards. It will be out of you in no time, trust me im speaking from experience, I regularly have a rake of guinness followed by a vindaloo/sometimes phall. You could set your clock by me

donegal__road

here you go OP.. I know its not Guinness but its better than nothing.

kowloon

mauzo! wrote: »

It's the norm now is it??

You must have missed it! There was this wedding and this guy... oh, eh, forget I said anything. My sincerest apologies.

Calibos

Were you diagnosed by a Doctor with Coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity, or by the lady behind the counter in the herbal alt med healthfood shop??

Gluten Intolerance is merely the latest fad excuse and diet that people latch onto to explain some of their health issues.

ie. If your GP told you to lay off the gluten then its no Guinness for you. If it was the lady in the health food shop or your girlfriends sister who is a reflexologist homeopath acupuncturist woo merchant who diagnosed your gluten intolerance than imbibe that Guinness without fear my friend.

Capt'n Midnight

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Kettleson

Calibos wrote: »

Were you diagnosed by a Doctor with Coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity, or by the lady behind the counter in the herbal alt med healthfood shop??

Gluten Intolerance is merely the latest fad excuse and diet that people latch onto to explain some of their health issues.

ie. If your GP told you to lay off the gluten then its no Guinness for you. If it was the lady in the health food shop or your girlfriends sister who is a reflexologist homeopath acupuncturist woo merchant who diagnosed your gluten intolerance than imbibe that Guinness without fear my friend.

Without going into my own personal circumstances, I would agree with you on that. As a separate issue, there's no harm in monitoring the amount of processed foods we eat. But yes, very valid point you make.

Grayson

Calibos wrote: »

Were you diagnosed by a Doctor with Coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity, or by the lady behind the counter in the herbal alt med healthfood shop??

Gluten Intolerance is merely the latest fad excuse and diet that people latch onto to explain some of their health issues.

ie. If your GP told you to lay off the gluten then its no Guinness for you. If it was the lady in the health food shop or your girlfriends sister who is a reflexologist homeopath acupuncturist woo merchant who diagnosed your gluten intolerance than imbibe that Guinness without fear my friend.

Yep, recent studies have shown that with the exception of celiacs, it's probable there's no such thing as gluten intolerance.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rosspomeroy/2014/05/15/non-celiac-gluten-sensitivity-may-not-exist/

People who have a "gluten intolerance" are just eating lots of starchy foods and feeling stuffed.

So OP the good news is that if you eat a bit more fruit, veg and meat and eat less starchy foods, you may be able to drink guiness again. Or your celiac and in that case, sorry. Hope you like cider.

btw, I used to drink it and have only just got back into it. I've turned into one of those people who say "Let's go to a different put, they don't have nice guinness in there"

Calibos

Kettleson wrote: »

Without going into my own personal circumstances, I would agree with you on that. As a separate issue, there's no harm in monitoring the amount of processed foods we eat. But yes, very valid point you make.

Definitely. Theres no doubt that eating excessive amounts of starchy food is not good for you or too many processed foods or ready meals or takeaways etc Everything in moderation is a good maxim to live by. Too much white bread and pasta and rice BAD. Too many takeways and microwave dinners BAD. But equally, Too much red meat even if its organic BAD, Too much fruit BAD.

I'm always sceptical about any health/diet advice that tells you to completely cut out any particular food or food group.

neamhspleachi

Estrella Damm Daura is available in a lot of outlets in Ireland OP http://dauradamm.com/en/

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=265970960

Other alternatives are, http://www.drinkstore.ie/Mikkeller-I-Wish-Gluten-Free-I-5704255104487/ & http://www.drinkstore.ie/Daas-Blond-330ML-5060184550000/