How To Hold The Volume Of Beer?

Poip123 | 10:45 Sat 04th Nov 2017 | Food & Drink

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So I got this strange deal. I can tolerate the alcohol very good, however my problem is that I just can’t drink enough because my stomach is full fairly quickly, which stops me from drinking more.
You guys have some tips how I can hold more volume?

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fiction-factory

You maybe grateful for the problem at some stage. Anyway, try drinking gin or similar- or water- rather than beer

Tilly2

Drink slowly?

Khandro

Beer is a diuretic, once you start the peeing process, there's always room for more, in fact, according to sqad (our doctor in residence) you could drink three pints and pee more than that, ending up dehydrated. Why not drink wine for less volume?

KARL

Why do you want to drink more than your stomach will take ?

Tilly2

When I drink, it's my bladder that fills up, rather than my stomach.

Old_Geezer

Bigger glasses/steins ?

But this is a pointless exercise as buying less is better/cheaper, and consuming less is healthier.

jno

why do you want to hold it? If you love it, let it go. It can be replaced.

mikey4444

What an odd question !

EDDIE51

I knew a guy who had the same problem. He solved it by drinking stronger beer in smaller amounts, his favorite was Barleywine at 12% alcohol but in a 1/3d pint bottle. One bottle has as much alcohol as 3 pints of ordinary beer.

douglas9401

Three times as much alcohol by volume, not three times as much alcohol.

Fitzer

Which means that Eddies comment is correct, a third of a pint of 12% abv is the same as three pints of 4% abv in terms of alcohol consumed. The problem with this I have found, although not to the extremes of Barley Wine, is that I drink stronger beers (5% +) at the same speed as session beers of 3.6% so actually get drunker quicker :-(

Old_Geezer

Isn't it difficult to find barley wine these days. Ask a barman/barmaid for one and they'll look at you as if you're mad.

New Judge

“his favorite was Barleywine at 12% alcohol but in a 1/3d pint bottle. One bottle has as much alcohol as 3 pints of ordinary beer.”

Back to school for you, Eddie (and Fitzer). 1/3 pint of Barley Wine at 12% is equivalent (in alcohol) to one pint of ordinary beer at 4% ABV. You’re out by a factor of three!

A third of a pint (190ml) of liquid which has an ABV of 12% contains 22.7ml of alcohol. A pint (568ml) of liquid which has an ABV of 4% contains exactly the same – 22.7ml of alcohol (plus or minus a fraction for rounding). You would have to drink a pint of Barley Wine at 12% to consume the same amount of alcohol as three pints of beer at 4%.

Barley wine is still manufactured by some of the small brewers. Back in the day Watney's "Stingo" and Whitbread "Gold Label" were stocked in most pubs. These are no longer produced (thank God in the case of Watney's). But as you say, OG, a request for Barley Wine today in most places would be met with a blank look.

EDDIE51

I used to drink pints of bitter with a barley wine 'top' In other words a pint and a 1/3rd . I managed to fall down the cellar steps in one pub after a few pints of bitter and barley wine!

1ozzy

Grow a bigger stomach.

douglas9401

I think what Eddie and I both mean is thanks for straightening that out NJ. ;-)

Cloverjo

Barley wine... brings back memories. I've always like a drink but could never stomach that. Years ago when I worked in pubs there were always a few old-timers in at 11am who drank it.

Poip, the more you drink the more your stomach will stretch, so you could do that, but I'm not sure it's a good thing to do. If you're determined to fit more alcohol in you'll have to go for wine or spirits, but remember to slow down a bit.