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Magic Microbe · November 22, 2013, 09:31:31 PM

I think it makes me sick. Just one or two and the next day I have a splitting headache and nauseousness. I can drink 5 liquor drinks and be fine. Gluten is not a problem for me. So what could my issue be and why is it suddenly a problem. The only beers I can safely drink a couple of are light beers.

Run Amok · November 22, 2013, 11:00:24 PM

Could be the hops? You could make hops tea and see? Wine does this to me now. it didn't when I was younger.

mango · November 23, 2013, 08:32:33 AM

it may just be a phase.

there was a period in my life when alcohol of any kind would cause severe allergic reactions (hives and swelling).

I went sober -- I had to (obviously) -- but then one day, said fuck it and had beer, and whaddayaknow, everything was fine again.

radial · November 23, 2013, 10:36:18 AM

Try hard cider. If your system handles it okay then you've found yourself a decent substitute for beer.

Magic Microbe · November 23, 2013, 10:56:09 AM

Quote from: radial on November 23, 2013, 10:36:18 AM
Try hard cider. If your system handles it okay then you've found yourself a decent substitute for beer.

I dont like hard cider very much.
I do love cocktails though.

radial · November 23, 2013, 11:03:06 AM

Quote from: Magic Microbe on November 23, 2013, 10:56:09 AM
I dont like hard cider very much.
I do love cocktails though.

There's always more than one way to solve a problem

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Jamers86 · November 23, 2013, 01:58:19 PM

I'm the same way with tequila & chardonnay. I also have oral allergy syndrome to carrots, which is supposedly related to an oak allergy, for which I tested positive.

Tequila & chardonnay both use oak barrels. I don't think it's a coincidence.

diablita · November 23, 2013, 04:11:25 PM

interesting stuff

A friend of ours was having issues with beer and discovered it was a barley allergy.

DH was finding he got a headache after drinking red wine. A friend asked if it happened after drinking N American reds or all reds. Sure enough, it seems to be only N American reds. (and hey, I'm a N American red!) We still haven't tested with N American Organic wines to see if those bother him, too.

radial · November 23, 2013, 04:43:55 PM

Quote from: Jamers on November 23, 2013, 01:58:19 PM
I'm the same way with tequila & chardonnay. I also have oral allergy syndrome to carrots, which is supposedly related to an oak allergy, for which I tested positive.

Tequila & chardonnay both use oak barrels. I don't think it's a coincidence.

That's interesting. There are chardonnays where they age the wine in stainless steel vs. oak barrels. You could try one and test out your theory. Anybody at a wine shop should be able to help you find one.

CheryG · November 24, 2013, 01:05:11 AM

Histamine intolerance?

Ice Cream · November 24, 2013, 11:28:59 AM

I had to quit eating pancakes, even though I loved them. I do not miss them anymore. Why would you want to get back to something that makes you sick, regardless of the issue that causes it?

MikoftheWat · January 04, 2014, 12:43:17 PM

I would move to PA and try some Yuengling.

Magic Microbe · January 05, 2014, 05:26:30 PM

Its not that I don't like good beer...it makes me sick.

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