Allergic to beer

[AfricanTech]

Epic derail

 

[OGroteKoning]

@OP
Try brewing your own beer. maybe it will solve your problem and if not, at least you'll be drinking better beer.

 

[hambone]

I am convinced I am allergic to draught beer - specifically Castle and Black Label. When I drink Jack Black, Guinness or Erdinger Weißbier my nose stays dry as a bone. The others I end up sniffing around the place like a druggie.

Jack black in bottles? Where? (I prefer draught butI would live to rather take Jack Black to a braai than castle light).

Note, I said JB draught.

 

[GreGorGy]

Note, I said JB draught.

I saw my one local had it in bottles.

 

[RiaX]

I'll be fine all day. Sit down at the pub after work and within 5 minutes of sipping the first draught and it starts. As mentioned it's not a torrent just a bit but very noticeable.

The staff now serve my first beer with serviettes as they know.

No issue with red wine. And iirc no issue with bottled microbrewery beers. No issue with pasta. Though bread can give me heartburn sometimes.

is this with all beers and does this happen in all pubs/bars/clubs and even at home ?
is it season specific ? winter/spring/summer
how long have you had this and when did you notice it ?
Do you pour your beer in a glass then drink ? does this happen when you drink beer from a bottle or can ?
what do you mean by microbrewery beers ?
do you have chronic sinusitis or asthma ?

here is what im thinking. If its a food allergy it would not be mild in a sense, secondly it should intensify as you ingest more beer. Like any allergy that does not cause a fatal response it will get worse because an allergy is a hypersensitivity to a substance, the more substance the more response (also an allergy shouldnt be so localised). For example im allergic to asprin when I learnt this (the hard way) i took a single disprin and ended up itchy however I didnt know it was the asprin (i was a kid at the time) the next time I took double strength asprin and I ended up with a swollen eye lid and lip and itchy.

So most likely its not an allergy but an irritation to the nasal mucosa, this will cause your nose to run to flush out what ever is irritating it. Which means its probably something inhaled rather than ingested.

I cant come up with a possibility with so little information.

There is one thing I would like you to try though. Take alcohol and just inhale it for about 10 - 15 minutes (ethanol based percentage is not important - obviously be smart about this put it under your nose as if you were drinking). Alcohol dries out the mucosa and this in turn will irritate it and cause an immunological response. You not allergic to it but perhaps more sensitive, because in beer there is really nothing I know of that would evapourate quick enough or absorb quick enough to cause a response in 5 minutes (im not an expert in beer I dont drink it a whiskey man myself).

however soap used to wash the glassware at the bar .... now thats a different story

EDIT:

dont listen to swa when he comes claiming VitD will cure you like holy water

 

[zippy]

Stopped drinking anything brewed by SAB decades ago. Especially Castle. Used to be my favourite. Sometime around the mid 90's it turned to s###t

I don't have a brand of choice anymore. Mainly because the pub down the road rotate their drafts every week. Seem to get the same brands every 6 weeks.

 

[GforceD]

Sounds like you need to do more testing with this regards...

Drink different beers, monitor the flow rate, color and consistency and volume of dischage.
Drink spirts and compare results.


Compile Data look and cost and effect of each drink.

Then decide how much nose running you prepared to tolerate.

Eventually you'll have been able to find your drink of choice for the rest of your life.

But don't attempt this in one sitting as results may not be accurate.

 

[Vegeta]

Stopped drinking anything brewed by SAB decades ago. Especially Castle. Used to be my favourite. Sometime around the mid 90's it turned to s###t

I don't have a brand of choice anymore. Mainly because the pub down the road rotate their drafts every week. Seem to get the same brands every 6 weeks.

Yes castle turned crap in mid 90's but they have changed the hop process now so it's great again nice and smooth and not that harsh bitterness it had in the mid 90's
Try it on tap sometime they fixed it.

 

[diabolus]

Yeah well i'd put additives in my beer as well if it had to be shipped around the world. Beer doesn't age well at all so I guess one can forgive them.

What do you mean beer doesn't age well? Just get a beer with more than 6% alcohol and you can age it ;-). I buy these Duvel beers or "belgian ale" and their expiry is like 2 years+ , but they also have like 9% alcohol , so it's almost a wine hehe.

As for the allergy, my nose also run sometimes while drinking beer, but it's not the beer! It's the smoke, i tend to get allergic reactions when there's alot of smoke (or at least, lack of ventilation in a smoke area). My friends smoke, so i usually don't have much choice, but i've quite often had a few sneezing fits too, totally random and since i do drink beer mostly, it might seem like it's the beer, but i know it's the smoke.

 

[Vegeta]

What do you mean beer doesn't age well?

Leave a little beer in your favourite beer glass after gulping down 90% of what you poured.
Leave favourite beer glass on table for 2 - 5 days... smell beer in favourite beer glass... puke because of the smell. If you're a real man drink that last little bit after 5 days... go to the ER!!

 

[BigAl-sa]

Leave a little beer in your favourite beer glass after gulping down 90% of what you poured.
Leave favourite beer glass on table for 2 - 5 days... smell beer in favourite beer glass... puke because of the smell. If you're a real man drink that last little bit after 5 days... go to the ER!!

Bad test. So much crap in the air that will infest that.

My own bottled brews can last six months under the right shelf conditions (not even refrigerated). Could probably last longer, but there's never any left after six months.

 

[Slootvreter]

Leave a little beer in your favourite beer glass after gulping down 90% of what you poured.
Leave favourite beer glass on table for 2 - 5 days... smell beer in favourite beer glass... puke because of the smell. If you're a real man drink that last little bit after 5 days... go to the ER!!

I almost said this was the dumbest thing I ever read, but I have read dumber things today. But this is pretty dumb.

EDIT: Why would anyone do this?

 

[GreGorGy]

I almost said this was the dumbest thing I ever read, but I have read dumber things today. But this is pretty dumb.

EDIT: Why would anyone do this?

He got it wrong:

(1) Leave last sip in beer.
(2) Fill glass with water.
(3) Empty glass.
(4) Fill glass with water.
(5) Take a drop of water and put into new bottle.
(6) Fill new bottle with water.
(7) Hit bottle against a piece of rubber.
(8) Drink bottle - homeopathic hangover cure.

 

[Vegeta]

EDIT: Why would anyone do this?

Because everyone wants to be a Winner!

 

[biometrics]

And to add: since the last beer my chest is slightly asthmatic and I need to clear it of phlegm. Lasts 30-60 minutes. Noticed this at least as far back as 2008/9.

 

[RiaX]

And to add: since the last beer my chest is slightly asthmatic and I need to clear it of phlegm. Lasts 30-60 minutes. Noticed this at least as far back as 2008/9.

lol stop drinking beer then simple solution

 

[biometrics]

lol stop drinking beer then simple solution

That's not going to happen!

 

[biometrics]

One pint Windhoek draught down and no runny nose. So seems to be a SAB draught issue.