The drinking started on an empty stomach. That was my first mistake.
I ate a packed lunch of salami, cheese, Cheese-Its, cookies and water (in that order) at 11:30 in the morning. Drank a diet soda around 3:00. Don’t be jealous of me.
Once off work, at 5:30, we went to a new beer bar by my house, Out Of The Barrel. Here was my playlist:
Beer One: 25 West from Moonraker Brewing.
- Clear IPA
- 6.6% ABV
- I rated it a 4.
- Full pour
Beer Two: Some Grass from Moonraker Brewing.
- Hazy IPA
- 7% ABV
- I rated it a 4
- Full pour
Beer Three: Unknown: It was either Yeastbound & Down from Moonraker, or Tiger Uppercut from Fieldwork (I guess I wasn’t paying close attention).
- Hazy IPA
- 8% or 8.5% ABV
- Rated…4.2?
- 12oz pour
The Out Of The Barrel drinking stops. There is some relaxing. I buy a four-pack of Humble Sea’s Coast Malone.
No water was drunk although I kept telling myself to get one and I usually am a big believer in hydrating while drinking.
Then we walk to Whole Foods and I get tortilla soup from the hot bar. I pay over $10. Yikes. Don’t buy heavy things from the Whole Foods hot bar, is the advice there, I guess. Good soup though.
Later at home, I have one of the Coast Malones I purchased earlier.
- Humble Sea Brewing
- Hazy IPA
- 6.8% ABV
- 16oz can.
I remember it being delicious but it was my fourth IPA style beer of the night and I need to have it again with a blank palette. Here is what some of my Untappd friends have to say about Coast Malone:
I go to bed at 12:30 after a small bowl of Cheerios and a partial glass of water.
At 4:30 AM I wake up with a hangover building. I take two Advils, drink some water and go back to bed. I wake up at 7:45 AM and there it is… a hangover.
I drink water. Coffee. Have a sausage biscuit from Starbucks. More coffee. I write this blog post. Hangover level is a 6 (10 being the worst).
Why Did This Happen?
First, I did not drink enough water during the day. It was too low of a level even if I had planned on not drinking.
Second, I did not build a base. I started drinking on an empty stomach.
Third, I did not drink water while I was drinking my beers.
Forth, I did not drink enough water or take any Advil BEFORE going to bed.
All those mistakes equal to a slightly above average hangover. I am smarter than this. I know all these things to prevent a hangover yet, sometimes, I completely ignore my own knowledge and get a hangover.
I hope this helps you one day prevent a mild or large hangover.
Or, be like me, ignore your brain and buy tortilla soup from Whole Foods after a night of drinking.
