Mixing Drinks

[Happynoj]

I have always wondered about this...

Is there any scientific reasoning behind 'not mixing drinks'? People are always saying that you shouldn't, but I've never been able to work out whether there is a genuine reason or whether it is just folklore.

I'm not convinced by it really - I think that it is just more difficult to keep track of what you are drinking if you have loads of different drinks, so you drink more than you should do. If you drink spirits then beer, or beer then spirits, they will all end up in your stomach/bloodstream anyway, so surely it doesn't matter what order you consume them in?



The old thread got closed so I thought I would ask again.

[playinpearls]

its false....snopes or mythbusters did a story on it...it doesn't matter...

[jonathan_matos5]

it does go down smoother if you take the shot and chase it with beer though.

[blueskid]

i don't know. i've never had good luck when mixing different drinks. jack and jose always fight, and i always lose.

[peterbright]

alcohol is alcohol

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by peterbright

alcohol is alcohol

+1

The only thing is it won't be a constant concentration that is being added to your body, so you might notice it differently.

[MakiSupaStar]

I don't know about no multiplier effect or any big-fancy-formula stuff, but when I switch from beer to tequila you can guarantee it's going to end ugly.

[Big Hungry]

I am a bartender and bona fide alcoholic. I find the only time I get sick drinking is when I

A. Don't drink as much water as I drink alcohol
B. Drink too many sweet mixed drinks. Drinks with a lot of sugary mixes like margaritas and long islands will get you sick because of the high sugar content. Its just like when you were little kid and your mom told you not to eat to much candy or you would get a tummyache.

[Geddyfleaharris]

I usually drink whiskey (Crown Royal or JD). Last time I mixed and had a few beers too I barfed my guts out for 2 days. Scientific or not I don't mix my drinks. It's never ended in a good way for me.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by Big Hungry

B. Drink too many sweet mixed drinks. Drinks with a lot of sugary mixes like margaritas and long islands will get you sick because of the high sugar content. Its just like when you were little kid and your mom told you not to eat to much candy or you would get a tummyache.

^ Another great point.

The only time I was ever sick from a night out drinking was when we had done nothing but drink Jack & Cokes, and Im sure it was the sickening amount of coke over the night that caused the problems!

[Asa Samuel]

Only thing i don't mix is beer and wine.

I do try to only drink one type of drink at a time, just incase.

I dont really see why mixing drink would be bad for you, its just always been a rule in our house that you dont mix grape and grain, so i stick to it.

[FL Knifemaker]

Originally Posted by Geddyfleaharris

I usually drink whiskey (Crown Royal or JD). Last time I mixed and had a few beers too I barfed my guts out for 2 days. Scientific or not I don't mix my drinks. It's never ended in a good way for me.

I agree! Once I start, I need to stick with one thing or the results are disasterous. Beer and Tequilla are about the only two things I can mix but not as much as I used to The ingredients in LI Iced Teas seem to work together but not apart, that my friends IS science

[EricF]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

...when I switch from anything to tequila you can guarantee it's going to end ugly.

I fixed it for you.

As a much younger man, I had problems with mixing, but many years of dedicated training has helped me overcome the issue.

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by EricF

I fixed it for you.

As a much younger man, I had problems with mixing, but many years of dedicated training has helped me overcome the issue.

Yeah that's pretty much true. Once an old friend showed up to a gig and bought us a few rounds of tequila shots before our set. I was worthless. After hacking through a few songs, my guitarist told me (a conversation I have no memory of btw) that he looked over at me asked me "So what can you play right now?" I looked at him and smiled and told him "I can play twelve bar blues in G." I then proceeded to start a twelve bar blues jam in E flat, and then without telling everyone in the band switched to playing and singing Gin and Juice. Needless to say we ended that set early. As a rule, I was barred from tequila from that point on.

[doctorjazz]

I've heard that the "beer before liquor" thing happens because after a few beers, you'll think the liquor is affecting you less than it does, so you wind up getting drunker than you think.

[Spoiled Grape]

It probably has more to do with upsetting your stomach. Each alcohol/drink has a different taste and ingredients. Sometimes those ingredients don't get along. It's like if you ate a bag of cheetos flaming hots, a bag of sour patch kids, and three raw eggs.

[hbarcat]

I went to a party once where they got a giant tub and dumped in all the alcohol that they could find. Liquor, beer, wine, all into the same vat. Then they added a whole pile of Kool-Aid plus a big bag of sugar. Yum yum.

For some reason I wasn't interested in drinking any of that ethanol stew and I satisfied myself with some beer that I brought with me. My girlfriend, however, drank about six glasses of it over the next two hours and ended up puking the rest of the night. Who would have thought?

[Happynoj]

Originally Posted by Spoiled Grape

It probably has more to do with upsetting your stomach. Each alcohol/drink has a different taste and ingredients. Sometimes those ingredients don't get along. It's like if you ate a bag of cheetos flaming hots, a bag of sour patch kids, and three raw eggs.

I think just eating the raw eggs would make me sick.

Can you not eat a bag of crisps and then some sweets?

[ThunderLizard]

Happy-
I think you'll find the alcohol in wine is significantly different than the alcohol in tequila. Wine goes to the part of your brain that makes you join a jazz trio, play a fretless and wear a sweater with the arms tied around your neck.
Tequila goes to the part of your brain....well, it actually doesn't go to your brain. It goes straight to your nads. The ETOH in Tequila makes you want to start lugging two SVT's, buy a BC Rich that's shaped like an ax and wear sleeveless Lynyrd Skynyrd Tee Shirts. Plus you'll think you can fight, even though you haven't had a fight since 3rd grade.
I drink Tequila.

[JimB52]

If I have 10 beers, no problem.
If I add half a bottle of tequila, It can affect me negatively.