A Question for the Beer, Lager, Cider drinkers.

[MacAdder]

When I used to drink, I can remember mates or people we were out with saying that they couldn't drink certain drinks as it had an 'affect' on their behaviour, character, or would cause almighty hangovers.

Now, not being a heavy drinker, I can't really say that I ever noticed or experienced this kind of thing, I could certainly differentiate between the taste, although the affect was pretty much the same whatever I drank.

A few examples-A bloke I know was banned from drinking cider in his local due to him turning into a maniac after a few pints, no such problem with Lager.

Stella would cause horrific hangovers, my mate reckoned that if he drank enough of it, he's be steaming pissed, but couldn't sleep.

Red Stripe-Loopy juice.

Caffreys-Mother of all hangovers.

Is it bullshit? Urban Myth stuff? Or, is the way a drink is brewed, the additives, ingredients etc instrumental in turning a normal person into a complete menace, even if those drinks are roughly the same strength? C'mon, 'Let's be 'avin you'

Copious amounts of cider does have an affect on me and not in a good way so I would tend to just have one or two with ice on a hot day.

These days I prefer to drink bitter as the feeling like crap the next day is far less worse than any cider or lagers.

Caffreys I liked, but Kilkenny was better.
Bit stronger than your bitter, SA and The like but a "happy", not depressed feeling, after 3 or 4 pints.
Haven't seen it for a while though.

Anyone remember Hürlimanns? Swiss lager I think it was.
Three pints of that and you were finished!
Not sure of the accuracy of this but I heard that Brains pulled the plug on Hürlimanns, dubbed hooligans, as it's abv content was the root of a rise in trouble in their public houses.

[Tuerto]

Copious amounts of cider does have an affect on me and not in a good way so I would tend to just have one or two with ice on a hot day.

These days I prefer to drink bitter as the feeling like crap the next day is far less worse than any cider or lagers.

Caffreys I liked, but Kilkenny was better.
Bit stronger than your bitter, SA and The like but a "happy", not depressed feeling, after 3 or 4 pints.
Haven't seen it for a while though.

Anyone remember Hürlimanns? Swiss lager I think it was.
Three pints of that and you were finished!
Not sure of the accuracy of this but I heard that Brains pulled the plug on Hürlimanns, dubbed hooligans, as it's abv content was the root of a rise in trouble in their public houses.

Judging by the replies, Hurlimanns must have had a serious affect! I was told the same thing about Caffreys, didn't they have an advertising campaign that focused on the abv content being lowered? it was a piece of piss to drink, but caused serious hangovers-apparently!

[the other bob wilson]

Judging by the replies, Hurlimanns must have had a serious affect! I was told the same thing about Caffreys, didn't they have an advertising campaign that focused on the abv content being lowered? it was a piece of piss to drink, but caused serious hangovers-apparently!

Caffreys was one of the very few strong beers I liked, but I'd always limit myself to a couple of pints of it at the start of the night and then go on to something weaker - I was quite excited when they lowered the ABV because I thought it meant I could stick on it all night, but it never tasted the same to me and I soon stopped drinking it completely.