Why do I never get hangovers abroad?

Gerrup Outta Dat!

In Ireland, if I had five pints of Guinness and/or Heineken, I’d be hungover to bits in the morning.

I’m here in Prague now and had 9x0.5L of Staroprammen last night and there’s not a thing wrong with me this morning.

Any ideas?

everlast75

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

In Ireland, if I had five pints of Guinness and/or Heineken, I’d be hungover to bits in the morning.

I’m here in Prague now and had 9x0.5L of Staroprammen last night and there’s not a thing wrong with me this morning.

Any ideas?

You're still drunk OP

Cee-Jay-Cee

I find the same and believe it’s bevause there’s not as many or no chemicals and shít in them.

lifeandtimes

Tis the alcohol content and the heat.

Ye sweat it out over night man

MilesMorales1

Hair of the dog OP?

Kimbot

The alcohol is probably weaker than what it is here

Caliden

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I find the same and believe it’s bevause there’s not as many or no chemicals and shít in them.

Definitely the case with Bavarian beers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot


You'll wake up tired and thirsty but no headache. As someone who gets a hangover from 3 or 4 pints it's fantastic.

McMurphy

Dunno about Czech beers, but I find German beers leave me feeling the same way.

German purity law.

That is all.

Ubbquittious

The hangovers you experience are actually a form of Catholic guilt but when you're out foreign* and nobody knows you you're not affected by it.

*Do not expect this to work in the Vatican City state

Pat Mustard

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Any ideas?

Go to an Irish bar and drink 9 pints of Guinness tonight and compare the results.

Cina

In SE Asia I didn't get them at all, despite bugger all sleep and being heavily on the lash every night.

Came back thinking I was basically immune to hangovers because of all the drinking I'd done there. Had 5 Guinness, was completely f*cked the next day.

Pretty sure our commercial beer is just infected with chemicals, unlike theirs.

El Tarangu

I would say that it is more to do with the fact that if you are on holiday, chances are you don't have to get up too early and don't have anything that you really need to do that day, so any little hangover you have won't be so noticeable.

Whereas if you are at home and you happen to be hungover, you probably still have to get up and and and go and do the shopping, run around after the kids, etc.

PeterParker957

I love the fact that there's no stigma about drinking early - I've a 7.05am flight next Saturday, we'll be in the bar at Dublin Airport at 5!

Do that here and there's judgement!!

andekwarhola

A thousand year Reich of pilsner purity. How very German.

biko

Thinly veiled "foreign holiday" thread

Porklife

I lived in Germany for a few years and had many a hangover! I think there are definitely less chemicals in certain beers which helps but alcohol is alcohol at the end of the day.

I rarely get hangovers on holidays but that's more due to the fact that I'm on holidays and have no responsibilities.

It's usually hotter too so you sweat it out at night and often I'd be by the sea. Jumping into the ocean on a summers day in France or formulating an excel spreadsheet followed by a 2 hour meeting. No wonder your hangover feels worse at home! If you lived in any of these countries you wouldn't be too long getting a hangover I reckon! :pac:

Lux23

I don't get hangovers on holiday either, I don't have to be out foreign either.

Gerrup Outta Dat!

Beers are better abroad. I had 10 x 50 cl beer. I’m grand.

BrokenArrows

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

In Ireland, if I had five pints of Guinness and/or Heineken, I’d be hungover to bits in the morning.

I’m here in Prague now and had 9x0.5L of Staroprammen last night and there’s not a thing wrong with me this morning.

Any ideas?

Usually because you probably spread out those drinks over a longer period of time and had food and water in between.

Rather than at home where you hit the pub at 8pm and knock back 6 pints before midnight.

donegaLroad

I can drink locally produced wine in Southern Italy and Tuscanny and feel like a million bucks the next day. I think its sulphates added to wine we buy here which gives you a bad hangover the next day.

liam7831

Your not drinking enough

BrokenArrows

donegaLroad wrote: »

I can drink locally produced wine in Southern Italy and Tuscanny and feel like a million bucks the next day. I think its sulphates added to wine we buy here which gives you a bad hangover the next day.

I dont know what wine your buying but none of it is made in Ireland. Everything is imported so nothing extra is added over here.

ArnieSilvia

BrokenArrows wrote:

I dont know what wine your buying but none of it is made in Ireland. Everything is imported so nothing extra is added over here.

But what you get here for tenner is waaaay different from what you are getting in France for same money. In my experience 8 euro worth of French wine bought in France equals to about 25-35 euro here. I literally can't drink cheaper "wine" bought here.

harry Bailey esq

biko wrote: »

Thinly veiled "foreign holiday" thread

I dunno man, there might be something in it. I'm fond of the occasional drink meself but the same thing happened me in Riyadh.

MadDog76

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

In Ireland, if I had five pints of Guinness and/or Heineken, I’d be hungover to bits in the morning.

I’m here in Prague now and had 9x0.5L of Staroprammen last night and there’s not a thing wrong with me this morning.

Any ideas?

A hangover after 5 pints!!???!!!! :eek:

I'd have that for breakfast! :cool:

worded

Bottled imported beer is fab - try it when back home

We get served piss via draft = hang over

Working class heroes

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Usually because you probably spread out those drinks over a longer period of time and had food and water in between.

Rather than at home where you hit the pub at 8pm and knock back 6 pints before midnight.

Pffftttt, lightweight.....

elperello

ArnieSilvia wrote: »

But what you get here for tenner is waaaay different from what you are getting in France for same money. In my experience 8 euro worth of French wine bought in France equals to about 25-35 euro here. I literally can't drink cheaper "wine" bought here.

And we are continually being lectured by our politicians about "cheap drink"!

Minderbinder

Preservatives isn’t it? What you’re drinking in Prague will be brewed locally. I’d be wary of any imported stuff.

Not sure why Guinness would give you a hangover, perhaps it’s all brewed to suit exporting, even the stuff staying in Ireland. Could be more cost effective.

donegaLroad

BrokenArrows wrote: »

I dont know what wine your buying but none of it is made in Ireland. Everything is imported so nothing extra is added over here.

Yes, it's the way that I worded the post. I know no wine is produced here (except for that guy in Navan). Any wine that retails here has a high sulphates content.

donegaLroad

ArnieSilvia wrote: »

But what you get here for tenner is waaaay different from what you are getting in France for same money. In my experience 8 euro worth of French wine bought in France equals to about 25-35 euro here. I literally can't drink cheaper "wine" bought here.

Duty on wine here is crazy. A really good bottle of Tuscan wine that retails in Italy for 8 euro, is for sale here at 32 euro. Robertson's wine from south Africa is 10 euro here, and it's about 1.50 over there, per bottle after you do the currency conversion.

Porklife

donegaLroad wrote: »

Duty on wine here is crazy. A really good bottle of Tuscan wine that retails in Italy for 8 euro, is for sale here at 32 euro. Robertson's wine from south Africa is 10 euro here, and it's about 1.50 over there, per bottle after you do the currency conversion.

South African wine is lovely. Pinotage is beautiful but you're right, we get charged to the hilt here for it and it's pittance over there.

M&S do an organic sulphate free wine. I've no idea what it tastes like but it would be interesting to test the theory by drinking a bottle of that and seeing how you feel in the morning.

I think another factor on holidays is you tend to drink more water with your alcohol cos it's usually hot, unless you're on a ski holiday or something cool. Food also plays a big part. If you're on holiday having a BBQ drinking beers while intermittently jumping into the pool, you're not gonna feel as bad as if you sat in an aul fellas pub eating peanuts sinking pints of Guinness.

diomed

I never get hangovers abroad because I never go abroad.

Pat Mustard

diomed wrote: »

I never get hangovers abroad because I never go abroad.

jerseyman

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Usually because you probably spread out those drinks over a longer period of time and had food and water in between.

Rather than at home where you hit the pub at 8pm and knock back 6 pints before midnight.

I would agree with this, plus does your body not get used to the alcohol as your drinking days progress? Like harder to get drunk by day 5 if drinking everyday

Sebastian Dangerfield

Caliden wrote: »

Definitely the case with Bavarian beers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot


You'll wake up tired and thirsty but no headache. As someone who gets a hangover from 3 or 4 pints it's fantastic.

The 4 day hangover and depression from my Munich stag says differently

PeterParker957

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Caliden wrote: »

Definitely the case with Bavarian beers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot


You'll wake up tired and thirsty but no headache. As someone who gets a hangover from 3 or 4 pints it's fantastic.

The 4 day hangover and depression from my Munich stag says differently

I'm off to France in a couple weeks with a gang of the lads. If I don't post back here assume I've died!!!