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2017-10-06 Science & Technology

Why beer makes you happy - and it's not just the alcohol

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Posted by Fred 2017-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Ben Franklin: "Beer is proof that God loves us and likes to see us happy."

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-10-06 00:47|| 2017-10-06 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Now, this is some scientific "consensus" I can get behind.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-10-06 01:14|| 2017-10-06 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Now they just need to figure out a way to keep me from getting a headache after one glass and we're all set!

Posted by gorb 2017-10-06 01:59|| 2017-10-06 01:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Beer: so much more than just a breakfast drink

Posted by DarthVader 2017-10-06 09:46|| 2017-10-06 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 - my Dad was a chemical engineer and told me there are wheat beers, corn beers, and maybe others I have forgotten. Bud gives me a headache; other beers do not. Try another brand, Gorb!

Posted by Bobby 2017-10-06 10:01|| 2017-10-06 10:01|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm buying a 12 pack and Horden-nine!

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-06 10:36|| 2017-10-06 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Hmm. Variety packs . . . . Thanks for the tip, Bobby. :-)

Posted by gorb 2017-10-06 11:18|| 2017-10-06 11:18|| Front Page Top

#8 also, coors lite or ultra lite keeps my heaaches away

Posted by 746 2017-10-06 11:25|| 2017-10-06 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 The combination of hordenine and alcohol is most likely to blame for the fact that beer makes people feel good, according to researcher Monika Pischetsrieder.

Blame?

Posted by Frank G 2017-10-06 12:35|| 2017-10-06 12:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Tap beer gives a headache...try a bottle, Gorb. It's a mood lifter--trainers even give it to racehorses!

Posted by Whavish Thusoling5684 2017-10-06 13:21|| 2017-10-06 13:21|| Front Page Top

#11 When I was in college we had to sign up for some stupid studies as part of our grade. I remember one was hypnotism (didn't work for me).

Turns out I was doing intensive studies on beer effects without getting any credit.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-10-06 14:45|| 2017-10-06 14:45|| Front Page Top

#12 I fell into a vicious cycle in Ewetah when I could only buy beer from the State. I started a homebrew kit and had the most fun. A 5gal bucket fills about 24-12oz bottles. Two weeks for the bucket to brew and two weeks after bottling to settle. Three years, 5-6.7%, no hangover.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-06 16:08|| 2017-10-06 16:08|| Front Page Top

#13 Mass-market "American style" beers use rice to boost the alcohol and sugar content. There's enough it tastes like sake to me.

So try a craft brew or an import. Or try cider.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-10-06 18:26|| 2017-10-06 18:26|| Front Page Top

#14 "because without beer, things do not seem to go as well"
diary of Brother Epp, Capuchin Monastery, Munjor, KS 1902

Courtesy of Free State Brewery, Lawrence, KS. In or around Kansas, give it a try.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-06 18:47|| 2017-10-06 18:47|| Front Page Top

#15 @12 Yah, the old 3# Blue Ribbon, 5# cane sugar, 5 gal water, baker's yeast. My friend Tony got some vicious hangovers and finally pinned it down to the water being run-off from the sheep pasture. Good times!

Posted by KBK 2017-10-06 23:17|| 2017-10-06 23:17|| Front Page Top

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