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thisispants

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Just out of interest?

I've found that my beer consumption is increasing the more I brew....a good sign that I'm making better beer I guess.

So, do you find you're drinking insane amounts of beer to free up bottles/kegs so you can brew more?
 
thisispants said:
Just out of interest?

I've found that my beer consumption is increasing the more I brew....a good sign that I'm making better beer I guess.

So, do you find you're drinking insane amounts of beer to free up bottles/kegs so you can brew more?
This is where broke student mates come in handy, I have a free bottle emptying service almost on call whenever needed, they will even drink the brew experimients that dont turn out as desired! Bless the perpetual uni student and thier desire to help society
 
I definitely drink more beer now that I am brewing regularly. But I also drink more good beer.

Usually I will have two or three beers every second day with more on special occasions. Drinking only every second day is hard sometimes with socialising but I always get at least two alcohol free days a week. I just feel healthier when I have them.
 
Forever Wort said:
I definitely drink more beer now that I am brewing regularly. But I also drink more good beer.

Usually I will have two or three beers every second day with more on special occasions. Drinking only every second day is hard sometimes with socialising but I always get at least two alcohol free days a week. I just feel healthier when I have them.
I think i'd spill more than that!
6 plus schooners or stubbies after work and the weekend well who's really counting.
what ever I feel like lol!
 
I drink a about 5 pints a night and a few more on weekends because I'm not at work.
My name is Stave and I'm an alcholocholic
 
Lucky to be a longneck a week lately. Hardly interested the last few months. I'm sure come summer it'll turn completely around
 
The way I described it to the Magistrate who demanded to know how much I drink every day, was "I'll have a couple. That can be a couple of glasses, a couple of stubbies, a couple of pints, a couple of bottles or a couple of litres...it all depends on what I'm doing & the strength of the beer".

Not satisfied with my response, she wanted to know EXACTLY how many cans/stubbies/bottles I drink each day, to which I responded "I don't drink out of cans or stubbies. I'll have approximately the equivalent of 2-3 bottles".

Not satisfied with my response, she said "What do you mean by 'the equivalent of'?"

I responded "Well, your Honour, you see I'm a homebrewer. I make my own beer & I drink it on draught from stainless steel kegs leftover from the soft-drink industry. It's a hobby that I've been involved with for over 30 years & I've won multiple prizes for beers that I've made at State & National level & even one International prize. I'm on the organising committee for Victoria's amateur brewing competition, where I'm the Chief Steward, which means I stay sober, whilst everyone around me is drinking lots of free beer."

She said "Yes, well, it's obviously difficult to gauge the strength of homebrewed beer, isn't it, so you don't know how much alcohol you're consuming"

"Actually, no, your Honour. The drop in specific gravity multiplied by 0.14 will give you a fairly accurate % ABV". The Police prosecutor by this point was looking down & quietly smiling to himself.....

After much blustering & yet ANOTHER lecture on the Demon Alcohol, she finally aquiesced & deigned to remove the Interlock from my car (which SHE had imposed in the first place).

So, I still have a couple each day, after I'm done driving.....
 
SJW said:
I drink a about 5 pints a night and a few more on weekends because I'm not at work.
My name is Stave and I'm an alcholocholic
steve alcoholics are quitters and nobody likes a quiter.
 
I only drink on Friday nights and saturday afternoons / nights these days. It's hard to count how much since it depends on the size of the glass and how much I pour in, but anywhere from 4 to 10 schooners at a guess. As a result 4 kegs will last me 6+ months.

I can't go to work tired or hungover anymore... :(
 
I'm on call for work once a month so I take a week off regularly. I then proceed to make up for that week of lost drinking time by drinking excessively for three weeks straight.
 
I have 1-2 glasses on weekdays and on Fridays and Saturdays might have up to 5. I normally have 2 nights a week off.
As above, I'm finding I drink more now I'm making decent beer. At least now I'm drinking because I enjoy it, not like the old days.
 
Jeez now that's a question,of course it varies but averaging it out,roughly the equivalent of a slab per week.
Cheers....hic...burp...spog... :) Oohhhh ****,don't remember eating that!
 
My Doctor told me I can have 2-3 stubbies per night...I was happy with that


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I guess I'm a glass half-empty type of guy - less worried about my consumption, more worried about supply.
 
I generally only drink a pint a day, unless I can get away with more. The handbrake is there for a reason. I do love weekends though. I've not faced the Spanish inquisition yet while I'm out "doing the gardening". I tend to get away with half a dozen or so on Saturdays and Sundays.

I'd drink more if I could get away with it. Probably have a problem.
 
Every time I look down, my glass is half empty......

So I fill it up again !!

I usually take a day off a couple times a week.
Apart from that I drink a few, depending on how jolly I wish to feel.

Cheers.


CF
 
Ducatiboy stu said:
My Doctor told me I can have 2-3 stubbies per night...I was happy with that

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I'm hoping you're not drinking the original inhabitants of those bottles Stu.
 
I know I drink fur too much, so say my doctor, but every year my liver function test comes back perfect, so he says.........ok keep up the good work
 
Probably 2 a night with a couple of AFDs per week with usually 1 weekend night where id have 10 I suppose. I thought I was bad but gees some of u guys suck down a serious amount of piss.
 
SJW said:
I know I drink fur too much, so say my doctor, but every year my liver function test comes back perfect, so he says.........ok keep up the good work
Steve, that sounds similar to a conversation my brother had with his doctor.
He was feeling a bit fluey so he went to the doc and explained his symptoms, whereupon the doc drew some blood for analysis.
Called him back in about a week later and explained that he had Ross River fever, and that he was the first case that he had ever seen that didn't need immediate hospitalisation, and that he should continue whatever he was doing to stay well.
No-one needed to give him a licence to drink too many longies of VB, smoke too many Winnie Reds and pull the odd billy, but there ya go.
 
As much as I can get away with as far as SWMBO is concerned :)

I'm trying to stay ahead of an alcoholic intervention (just check my e-signature), so no more than one or two nights drinking throughout the week and as much as I can get away with on the weekend. Like others have said, the more I brew - the more I want to drink. I just want to keep tasting my newer brews and see how the others are progressing over time...

My secret; go on a boys weekend every 3 -4 weeks with fellow drunks and get the worst of it out of your system for a while. I'm off to Tin Can Bay next weekend to drink in fishman territory. Hopefully the locals won't be too rough on us :p
 
I was a young and impressionable bar keep many years ago, and 5-6 nights of heavy drinking was the norm, things happened, drank more, I crashed, lost some stuff and got smacked in the mouth by my best mate. (thanks) The next morning he put me on a bus from one side of the country to the other. Some 20 years later I'm pretty good with where I'm at, I have 6 kids all told, to 4 different mothers, one ex-wife is reason enough for most blokes to drink. There always seems to be something to have to 'deal' with and the biggest tip for young players is to sit with that for a while soak up the emotion and figure out the what, where, why, and how.
I probably drink 4 or 5 nights a week but that will range from one 90ml taster to 5or 6 pints and I supose most of the time it's 2 or 3 middys (pots).
As i have been down some dark alleys in my time I remain well aware of where I'm at, and I've been on green 'p"s for like 4 years so I have to be 0.0ABV the next day.
My best mate is still my best mate too.

MB
 
I normally only drink on the weekends due to uni work during the week (and weekends unfortunately). Although if I finish a bunch of assignments it's nice to take a break before sleep such as tonight. Safe to my porter has improved a lot since I last tried it
 
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