Am I a wimp or is Scrumpy Jack simply "Hangover" rebranded?

OzyOly said:
hahaha. Bet you were embarrassed. :p
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haha aye just a tad as i didnt recall much of it, this is before i moved out of the family home and was in me old bedroom, apparently in her words i looked frightening all swelled up and slobbering. God knows what i must have looked like.
 
There's a scientific reason why Cider gives you nasty hangovers.

I think it's to do with the level of Acetaldehyde in cider. As cider is oxidised, you get a vinegar like taste. Pretty sure this is Acetaldehyde.

Combine that with the liver breaking down alcohol into acetaldehyde, you end up with a lot of the chemical building up. This needs to be broken down, as it's a factor that contributes to your hangover (dehydration, hypoglycemia, acetaldehyde intoxication).

Alcohol > broken down by alcohol dehydrogenase > forms Acetaldehyde (can give hangover) > broken down by Aldehyde dehydrogenase > forms Acetic acid which is used in the Kreb Cycle and gotten rid of.

Basically, depending on your level of alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase, you may be able to drink a huge amount more if you can get rid of the acetaldehyde, or drink a lot less if you are unable to break it down.


High levels of alcohol dehydrogenase + low levels of aldehyde dehydrogenase = alcohol intolerance!
 
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So drinking cider long terms as opposed to say lager of equal strength is harder for the body to break down? Is it more damaging to lash the cider more?
 
ive taken a liking to the brothers pear brand myself. shame it will never be on tap apart from at festivals i guess. oh and scrumpy is utter gut rot as stated. sick to strongbow or blackthorn
 
Sic said:
gross! Stowford Press is what the doctor ordered if there isn't any local stuff available.
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we live a very sheltered life on this rock :p there isnt much choice available when it comes to cider. strongbow, blackthorn, scrumpy, and this white lightning stuff in large purple/blue bottles. oh, we get magners/gaymers/bulmers, but i dont count that as a cider as its more like appleade.
 
never had such a problem with it really, I can drink 4 pints and be fine the next day (and im only little!) then again I always try and drink at least a pint of water or so before I go to bed so that could have soemthing to do with it, did you maybe not drink enough water?
 
Scrumpy jack I have before I go out on a night, normally have 4 before leaving for a club. Never get hangovers from it aswell.
 
Real Cider (around 8%) and Real Perry.

No fizz. Not served in cans. Nor are they easy to find in pubs. They don't come in bottles either.

A man's drink. Take four pints of some good cider and you'll be ready for the next establishment. Cheap way to get drunk and a very tasty method too! :D



I think you're a wimp :P (says he after the needle thread lol! :()
 
Usually drink cider as prefer the taste over beers and lagers, normally ok with it.

Nice when you find a pub that's got something in that's not your normal off the shelf stuff :p A town next to here has a cider pub and there's some cracking brews in there, the house special called Diesel is especially potent. No not a lager/cider mix or whatever as looking on the web suggests (isn't that snakebite anyways), just a very strong cider they have.

However on a camping trip last year I thought it would be a good idea to get the strongest stuff on the shelf, 3 and a half cans of K and I felt ok during the evening and even going to sleep, but I felt rough as hell the next day. The lack of sleep from the campsite didn't help things, but the cider played a big part I think :)
 
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Forgive me if this has been mentioned, i only skim read the previous posts.

WESTONS, in my head are the king of cider's. Can have yourself a nice 'perry' cider at 7.2% (pear) or my favourite and wednesday night student ritual consists of 4 bottles of Westons vintage cider at 8.2% and 4.1 units, it hits you hard and pritty fast too! Tend to not remember much of the night, but i always enjoy myself! I get usually either 3 for £4 of 4 for £5 from morrisons depending on the offers! give it a go if your a cider fan.:)
 
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