Drinking Challenges

Scott Salisbury

Scott Salisbury

Scott Salisbury

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If this is allowed on these forums I have a quick question.

Is it possible to drink 8 pints of lager or cider in one hour?

How much liquid can be consumed in the body at any one time (safely) ? How frequent do you think visits to the bathroom will be?

This is a competition/dare/bet that a friend has recently accepted for the next night out and I'm a bit worried for him as I don't think it is possible, but he's going to do it anyway. And it will be me that has to escort him home somehow afterwards, he's a fairly big lad.

And on that note, have any of you lot got any drinking competition stories to share?
 
I'm pretty drunk but i do think its possible, it does't take long to finish 2 pints, say 8minutes (4 on each a long time) then have a break and onto the 2 pints - Toilet breaks would be needed though!
 
Scott Salisbury said:
If this is allowed on these forums I have a quick question.

Is it possible to drink 8 pints of lager or cider in one hour?

How much liquid can be consumed in the body at any one time (safely) ? How frequent do you think visits to the bathroom will be?

This is a competition/dare/bet that a friend has recently accepted for the next night out and I'm a bit worried for him as I don't think it is possible, but he's going to do it anyway. And it will be me that has to escort him home somehow afterwards, he's a fairly big lad.

And on that note, have any of you lot got any drinking competition stories to share?
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It is possible but it is also not advisable and stupid. Much safer to spread 8 pints over 2 hours or more.
 
Its possible, but I wouldnt want to do it. Much prefer to savour the booze, me. 'Rugby lads' could do it easily though I imagine.

(If you're with him, make sure he has a big dinner that day so the alcohol doesnt mess him up too badly)
 
really don't see the fun in this kind of dare or whatever it is. just makes you feel sick and ruins the night out.
 
From what I know, I wouldn't say that is dangerous, but then I wouldn't say it was safe. Put it this way, he will have a huge hangover. Consuming ~16units in one hour is pretty mental, 16x more than what the body can metabolise (on average it's 1unit per hour - ethanol -> acetaldehyde -> acetic acid etc.) in any given hour.

Good luck to him though.
 
i think it is possible but i dout many people could do it with out any side affects. there was that 30 odd stone guy who could get away with drinking 40 pints a night :eek:

MW
 
yeah iv'e drunk 8 pints in 45mins before now, me and a few mates all had vouches for a free gallon of beer each. I was the only one who wasn't unwell and went on clubbing after. I used to drink a fair bit at speed back then though, used to buy 2 beers and down one on the way back from the bar.. Or down the first, 2nd one in 2, 3rd one in 3 etc..

all about 12 years ago
 
I managed to drink 9 pints of Guinness in 52mins, just couldn't make the tenth one, in an hour, was just too full up. That was a few years ago mind you. Not sure how many I could sink today. :)

I also have done a yard of Ale in 1 min 12 seconds as well ;)
 
Did 5 and a half pints of Guinness (heavy stuff) pretty easily in 1 hour before, wasn't even too drunk by the time I'd finished.

I don't think 8 pints would be too difficult, but it depends entirely on who's doing the drinking :)

Lager won't make it any easier though - too fizzy to drink fast for my liking.

Hav
 
you would definatly be harming yourself inside but it could be done...you would have to pee every minute or so though lol
 
I usually have four or five pints in the first hour or so when I'm out, so it's obviously possible to have 8 if you really wanted to. Not the greatest challenge in the world and if you don't think you can take it then why bother?

On my 21st birthday I got pretty drunk before I even left my flat and then had a line of 21 shots on the bar. Was fine for about half an hour (even had a game of pool and played well :P) then I sort of lost my memory a bit. Didn't do anything too embarrassing and made it home safely a few hours later, though was a little sick before I went to sleep.
 
Most I've ever done is 8 pints in a football match, so 1hour and 45 minutes. Was so drunk that I barely remember full time. I'm not a big guy though so I'm pretty sure that it could be done, but I wouldn't count on your mate lasting the whole night though.
 
shocking said:
I usually have four or five pints in the first hour or so when I'm out, so it's obviously possible to have 8 if you really wanted to. Not the greatest challenge in the world and if you don't think you can take it then why bother?

On my 21st birthday I got pretty drunk before I even left my flat and then had a line of 21 shots on the bar. Was fine for about half an hour (even had a game of pool and played well :P) then I sort of lost my memory a bit. Didn't do anything too embarrassing and made it home safely a few hours later, though was a little sick before I went to sleep.
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:eek: I don't know how any of you can drink that much, I'm biggish but 8 pints in an evening would be more than enough for me and I'd definitely know about it the next day.
 
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