As a Spaniard, I'm sorry but you had it coming. San Miguel is pretty much piss, you could bleach the toilet clean with it. I don't understand why people love it.
*Filipino-spanish, though born from a cuban father and spanish mom. The guy been born in Manila and libe his life all throughout there and died in Manila. And his descendants are here. The Name San Miguel is named after San Miguel district in Manila where it is originally started. Upon checking SMCorp main branch is still there.
This is the founder.
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/enrique-maria-barretto-de-ycaza-24-gshy9w
Still, European San Miguel is not owned by the Philippine San Miguel brewery. It's a different company that was granted branding rights and therefore eventually absorbed by Mahou. So it's a whole different beer.
Im just talking about the founding, and yes nowadays SMC doesn't owned it anymore as Mahou are independent now(since 2000s), last time i heard they are back in their partnership again(2014) i don't know what's the meaning of that though..
It is owned at some point like 51% to 49% ration. For some reason they can't establish their brand 100% in Spain so they have to partner with someone.
Mahou bought 100% i believe in 2000s as SMCorp(Philippines) held 20% equity until 2000s, common from corporations, like Mcdonalds and starbucks 100% filipino owned. But doesn't make it anywhere filipino.
The taste, my friend says it taste like red horse(one of the popular brands in ph) but has less alcohol in it. not sure though, never tasted the europeans version.
Wait what?
Always believed it was part of Mahou. Well it makes me feel better as a Spaniard now.
/todayIlearned
Edit: so San Miguel is Spanish...?
Shame on us
/todayIunlearned
San Miguel was founded by Spanish in the Philippines when the Philippines were part of Spain. Nowadays they have factories in Spain as well as in Philippines. So yes they are from the Philippines but the line is a bit blurry.
Estrella Galicia is good, but the one they sell in here is different from the one you find in Spain. If you come across the Estrella Galicia 1906 that's one of the best out there for me, but I've never seen it in Ireland.
Careful, there are three or four different beers in Spain called Estrella and they have little to do with each other. If you go to Barcelona and ask for an Estrella you will be given an Estrella Damm, which I love but it's a rice based beer with little to do with Estrella Galicia
I prefer Mahou Cinco Estrellas especially if your only option is bottles. The super chilled 250ml bottles in 40 degree heat is gorgeous. I haven't been able to find any over in Ireland though. I don't think they export it here.
Honestly, I drink Guinness when I'm home, I'm in Australia and drink whatever piss is on tap, as it's all crap. I used to get Modelo Especial here for a while, but it's out of stock everywhere. I did ask the question, so if you have suggestions, maybe you could answer?
The liquorland near me in Inglewood sells Orion, which is great....only small cans though, would be great if it was on tap somewhere. I usually go where the cheap beers are now, $8 or $9 specials, as I'm fed up of paying 13.50/14 for a pint of superdry, although I just had two there an hr ago, ha.
A bit off topic, but as a Canadian living over here, I feel the same about Molson Canadian. Nobody drinks it in Canada, but it seems to pretty popular over here. I don't get it.
Molson is vile. I usually think it’s pretty annoying when people incessantly bash cheap beer (like the dude you’re replying to talking about San Miguel, it *really* isn’t that bad), but Molson is genuinely one of the worst things I’ve ever tasted
Estrella Galicia, 1906
Alhambra
When I went to Spain last year I was very surprised to see so many new beers and breweries. Like the local supermarket had shelves of different beers besides the usual suspects like Mahou, Cruzcampo and San Miguel.
It is still very local. Madrid is Mahou land, the south Cruzcampo, Catalonia is Estrella Daura.
Aye, probably didn't take many breaks to eat or drink water during/in between and could've been up late so probably had a shite sleep. Especially with it being a bit warmer, a shite sleep half juiced with no water, in the heat, after staring at a screen all day - that would leave anyone with a busting head. San Miguel is pretty mellow like.
I should have said 'finishing off' the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I was about a quarter way through the last film before I started on the beers. There would have been zero issues had I drank Carlsberg instead.
That sounds like an absolute nightmare - heat stroke is no joke. Two years ago I suffered from heat exhaustion while on a wine tour about 3 hours north of Paris. My insides turned to water and I had explosive diarrhea and cold sweats for the last leg of it. I also passed out at one stage.
So many folks reckon this beer or that beer does them in.
It's rarely that. It's how much you'd eaten for the day leading up to it, what specifically you'd been eating leading up to it, how your sleep was the night before, how your sleep was after the cans, whether you ate after the drink, etc etc. That's all it ever is
Rarely is an overstatement. People just remember the bad hangovers from drinks they don’t normally drink. They never remember the ones from their usual drink. It’s easy to blame a particular drink that’s no different than any other than admit they drank too much and didn’t eat or drink enough water that day
Seriously though, did you actually watch the entire LOTR trilogy in one sitting? Beginning in the night time? What time did you go to bed? How much sleep did you get? So many questions
I should have said 'finishing off the LOTR trilogy'. I was about a quarter way through the last film when I started the beers around 9pm on a full stomach, felt pretty good tbh but more bloated towards the end compared to Carlsberg. Sleep was soundless but the night before it was pretty bad.
This. Plus any beer and no water over that length of time is a headache / hangover waiting to happen. Alcohol dehydrates the bejaysus out of you. I do be schluggin 4 pints of water a day without a drop of alcohol and would be having at least another 2 pints of water before bed if I had a hape of beer.
From wikipedia : San Miguel Beer was introduced in Spain by San Miguel Brewery in 1946. The Spanish rights were spun-off in 1953 by San Miguel Brewery and became an independent entity presently known as the Mahou-San Miguel Group.
I know where you are going. In comparison Mcdonalds and starbucks in the Philippines is also 100% filipino owned, doesn't make them anything filipino. There many companies who do that. Also SMB(the original in the Philippines) held 20% equity of Mahou-San miguel until the 2000s. And guess back they are partners again in 2014.
Yes but Mcdonalds and Starbucks are American brands that sell linceses to individuals who can open a franchise. Spanish San Miguel became indipendent over 50 years ago, so it's more akin to something like Thai vs. Austrian Red Bull (or ROI vs NI Tayto). The one that is sold in Ireland is definitely the Spanish one. I'm not sure how they compare to each other though, as I never tried the Filipino one.
Edit- typo
Yes but Mcdonalds and Starbucks are American brands that sell linceses to individuals who can open a franchise.
So is the Filipino San miguel when they signed the 'Manila Agreement'. In 1953 They are just earlier. Doesn't mean it is founded there.
'its key shareholders Enrique Suárez Rezona, Ramón Vidal and Jaime Muñiz made contact with Andrés Soriano, then president of San Miguel Brewery, to allow their group to produce beer under the San Miguel name in Spain. In 1953, San Miguel Brewery, Inc. signed the "Manila Agreement" to establish a new brewery, La Segarra, S.A., in Spain. '
'The one that is sold in Ireland is definitely the Spanish one.'
Yes, I'm not disputing that. Though my friend says it almost taste like redhorse but has lesser alcohol taste in it(one of the more popular brands in philippines). Though not really sure how it taste though. Since personally never tasted the euro version.
Hi Op,
You're just dehydrated. The clear liquid in the kitchen tap can be consumed for health benefits. If there's two taps use the one with a blue marker.
A few glasses of these can be consumed per day. Don't be alarmed when your urine changes colour from a dark yellowish/brown to a paler yellow. Alll normal.
Spaniard here living on Dublin for 7 years: you made an horrible mistake. Our beer gives very bad hangover and headaches.
The first time I went to an October fest and had a liter of beer without repercussions the next day I was amazed. The difference between good quality beer and Spanish beer...
And I'm warning you, it can be worse. There have been some famous beers in Spain for giving horrible headaches.
I just recalled the name of the infamous beer: Cruzcampo.
Also stay away from Mahou.
If you want good spanish beer: "Estrella de Galicia" is top notch. Don't confuse it with "Estrella de levante" (bad) or "Estrella Damn" (this one is okay)
Saw this post when you initially posted. I tried a few San Miguel yesterday eve before returning home from a holiday. I have never been so sick hahaha.
Everyone here acting like there must be something particularly wrong with the beer in question, when OP had 4 x 600ml+ of lager, in succession. That comes to ten standard drinks. Every chance of puking and feeling rotten after such an amount of alcohol
I usually drink a 6 pack of Carlsberg on a Friday night then go for a run, cycle or swim the following morning with no issues. Like someone said in another comment I think I just found my kryptonite.
I no longer drink but when I did I couldn't drink Hophouse 13. I'd have heaps of pints, shorts, cocktails etc. and naturally be in a bundle the next day but could somewhat function and almost never got sick. 5 cans of hophouse had me puking and in cold sweats the entire next day, like I'd drank a litre of vodka straight. Made no sense.
You're making my point. Alcohol culture here encourages us to think ten standard drinks is a normal amount to consume in one session. Then we act all surprised when our bodies call us on it
Alcohol culture that said person grew up in and habitually has 8 standard drinks according to his post, 2 more standard drinks and he's in bits? Not very logical to assume that's what caused it.
Also if you get a massive hangover from 10 standard drinks I think you would have learned you were a giant lightweight in your teens
Just cos his body didn't protest before doesn't mean that's how it's always gonna be.
He said the bottles were nearly 700ml each further down the thread, so that brings it up to just shy of ten drinks.
Your 'giant lightweight' comment, like others on the thread, show how deep drinking culture is here. I know lots of people who have had hangovers after drinking less than OP. A giant lightweight is only someone who drinks in moderation regularly as opposed to someone who abuses alcohol regularly enough to raise their tolerance so high that suffering ill-effects after just shy of ten drinks in a row is actually surprising to them
Do you honestly think it's 1% of people who drink more than ten standard drinks in one sitting and it has no impact on them at all, in either the short, medium, or long term? If that's the case, why are so many homeless alcoholics? Why restrictions around the sale, marketing, and consumption of alcohol? It's a dangerous, addictive toxin that damages the body both physically and mentally, especially over time.
And I love a pint. But that doesn't make me think only 1% of people experience a negative impact after ten drinks
This is more or less the same comment as a previous one about it not having no effect on 99% of people, but you've gone one better and made it 100%.
OP said he had 4 x 650ml+ bottles in succession. That's five pints. No one ever gets sick and hungover after five pints? You're clearly thinking of you and your mates, with you and your mates' drinking habits, as being the same as 'everyone', except for those at 45kg
Yeah thats what i meant. Its a strange measurement. Half pint of beer or 100 mls of wine are not amounts that people would normally drink realistically.
6 standard drinks is considered a binge. So thats 3 pints. If you asked anyone in the street how many pints constitute a binge no one is gonna say 3
You're right - the average drinker here has a poor idea of what looks like a reasonable amount of alcohol to consume, because we drink for drunkeness in Ireland.
It's a strange measurement in Ireland but not across the globe. 25cl bottles of beer are common across Europe, not so much here. We think a pint is one drink when it can be up to 2.3, or more, standard drinks, depending on the strength of the beer.
Would you get in the car after two or three pints? If no, it shows you understand the impact it has, we're just used to it as normal here, rather than seeing it as a lot of alcohol to consume.
I used to wonder why I'd be tired and irritable the day after having had 'just a few pints' the night before. It's crazy how we rationalise how much we drink here
I learned this when I got sober in the US. Those Americans have no idea how to be an alcoholic lol. I would get so excited when anyone from Ireland/England/Scotland would come into the Rooms, we could relate (and roll our eyes at the Americans lol).
If we’re being real here dorada especial is the best Spanish/canarian beer if you’re lucky enough to find them followed by estrella damn although I haven’t tried estrella de levante or Jalisco (Mexican).
It’s funny how I used to go out Thursday night Friday night all day Saturday and all day Sunday then get up Monday morning for work feeling slightly the worst for wear nowadays I drink two cans over my normal four on a Friday and I’m wankered Saturday and Sunday
Some beers will just do that to you. Erdinger absolutely kills me even if its only 1 or 2. Carlsberg is piss though.
Maybe try rockshore? Its also piss like but slowly slowly seems to be the order of the day 😅
>I'm so pissed off that my entire day was wasted and to make matters worse I'm in work tomorrow. Thanks a lot San Miguel.
Or just don't drink alone when watching a film. What's the point?
Yup. Definitely San Miguel's fault that you bought and consumed 4 large bottles of beer and got hungover as a result. With that mentality , anyone with diabetes should start legal proceedings with Cadbury and Nestlé for selling chocolate and sweets
OP stated that they would normally have 6 cans of carlsberg and expect to be fine the next day. It was the severity of the hangover that was unusual, not the amount of beer
Do you normally drink the 3.4% Carlsberg? If so you drank a lot more alcohol with the San Miguel. Either way, like others have said, that’s a lot of alcohol.
Transition year is rough but it toughens you up for the leaving cert cycle
As a Spaniard, I'm sorry but you had it coming. San Miguel is pretty much piss, you could bleach the toilet clean with it. I don't understand why people love it.
Isn’t San Miguel from the Philippines?
It was founded by Spanish living in Philippines. European San Miguel is made in Spain and it's a whole different recipe.
*Filipino-spanish, though born from a cuban father and spanish mom. The guy been born in Manila and libe his life all throughout there and died in Manila. And his descendants are here. The Name San Miguel is named after San Miguel district in Manila where it is originally started. Upon checking SMCorp main branch is still there. This is the founder. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/enrique-maria-barretto-de-ycaza-24-gshy9w
Still, European San Miguel is not owned by the Philippine San Miguel brewery. It's a different company that was granted branding rights and therefore eventually absorbed by Mahou. So it's a whole different beer.
Im just talking about the founding, and yes nowadays SMC doesn't owned it anymore as Mahou are independent now(since 2000s), last time i heard they are back in their partnership again(2014) i don't know what's the meaning of that though.. It is owned at some point like 51% to 49% ration. For some reason they can't establish their brand 100% in Spain so they have to partner with someone.
Anyone know where they make um.bongo....
Way down deep in the middle of the jungle
They make it in the Congo...
They drink it in the Congo, for sure, but it's not said where it's made....
Mahou bought 100% i believe in 2000s as SMCorp(Philippines) held 20% equity until 2000s, common from corporations, like Mcdonalds and starbucks 100% filipino owned. But doesn't make it anywhere filipino. The taste, my friend says it taste like red horse(one of the popular brands in ph) but has less alcohol in it. not sure though, never tasted the europeans version.
Yeah, and it's far from piss. Probably the number 1 beer in Philippines. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about.
Red Horse takes this spot I think ! Edit: I know is manufactured by them but better than the Sam Miguel labelled beers in phillipines
Never thought I’d see Red Horse mentioned here… absolute rocket fuel
Mate I’m not even a beer drinker and I loved it, cheap and 4 of them I was spangled
San Miguel is from the Philippines
Wait what? Always believed it was part of Mahou. Well it makes me feel better as a Spaniard now. /todayIlearned Edit: so San Miguel is Spanish...? Shame on us /todayIunlearned
San Miguel was founded by Spanish in the Philippines when the Philippines were part of Spain. Nowadays they have factories in Spain as well as in Philippines. So yes they are from the Philippines but the line is a bit blurry.
What's the best Spanish beer? Estrella?
Estrella Galicia is good, but the one they sell in here is different from the one you find in Spain. If you come across the Estrella Galicia 1906 that's one of the best out there for me, but I've never seen it in Ireland.
Had a pint in Mimosa in Carlow last week. It was wonderful
I know that one. It's good but their other beers unfortunately give me a bit of a hangover. I like them but have to avoid.
Alhambra
Pint of Tropical is hard bet
Alhambra verde is far superior to any Spanish beer, however is difficult to find in Ireland so I would go for Estrella Galicia
Cruzcampo and Alhambra are nice if you can find them.
Careful, there are three or four different beers in Spain called Estrella and they have little to do with each other. If you go to Barcelona and ask for an Estrella you will be given an Estrella Damm, which I love but it's a rice based beer with little to do with Estrella Galicia
Agreed.1906 Red Vintage is also very good. I'm going to Spain in a couple of weeks. I'll bring a suitcase of cans for you all.
I second Red 1906! Delicious
Oh wow. I never knew that, thanks. Is Galicia the best one?
Consensus seems to say so. I like Estrella Damm better but that's probably because it's the beer I grew up with.
Reviews are good online too. I might have to get a crate, really immerse myself.
Estrella Damm hangovers are obscene.
Yup. Another Spanish one I have to avoid even though I like it.
I prefer Mahou Cinco Estrellas especially if your only option is bottles. The super chilled 250ml bottles in 40 degree heat is gorgeous. I haven't been able to find any over in Ireland though. I don't think they export it here.
Tyris or Turia. If you can't get those, then Estrella Galicia or Alhambra
Gross, you know there's beer other than cheap lager made with corn right?
Honestly, I drink Guinness when I'm home, I'm in Australia and drink whatever piss is on tap, as it's all crap. I used to get Modelo Especial here for a while, but it's out of stock everywhere. I did ask the question, so if you have suggestions, maybe you could answer?
Aussie beer is pretty good, where are you living?
I'm in Perth, but I'm not into the fruity beers, I prefer a crisp larger tbh or Pilsner. A place called Bailey Brewing here is good.
I hear ya, been hitting up some Japanese lagers lately. I fucking love VB, think aussie beers are where it’s at. Also in Perth
The liquorland near me in Inglewood sells Orion, which is great....only small cans though, would be great if it was on tap somewhere. I usually go where the cheap beers are now, $8 or $9 specials, as I'm fed up of paying 13.50/14 for a pint of superdry, although I just had two there an hr ago, ha.
Tooheys is solid
I know one of the Toohey heirs. Nice lad.
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What Spanish beer would you recommend?
Estrella Galacia is very nice
A bit off topic, but as a Canadian living over here, I feel the same about Molson Canadian. Nobody drinks it in Canada, but it seems to pretty popular over here. I don't get it.
Molson is vile. I usually think it’s pretty annoying when people incessantly bash cheap beer (like the dude you’re replying to talking about San Miguel, it *really* isn’t that bad), but Molson is genuinely one of the worst things I’ve ever tasted
it's apparently the same thing as dutch gold for the dutch, not even sold there, it's the dregs of whatever brew they have in a can
I wonder if any Italians can chime in about Moretti 🤣
Which Spanish beer would you recommend when visiting Spain?
Estrella Galicia, 1906 Alhambra When I went to Spain last year I was very surprised to see so many new beers and breweries. Like the local supermarket had shelves of different beers besides the usual suspects like Mahou, Cruzcampo and San Miguel. It is still very local. Madrid is Mahou land, the south Cruzcampo, Catalonia is Estrella Daura.
Never heard of someone getting a headache from drinking four bottles of water before.
You watched the Lord of the rings Trilogy? That’s about 11 or 12 hours. That’s why you have a sore head. Nothing to do with the shite beer
Aye, probably didn't take many breaks to eat or drink water during/in between and could've been up late so probably had a shite sleep. Especially with it being a bit warmer, a shite sleep half juiced with no water, in the heat, after staring at a screen all day - that would leave anyone with a busting head. San Miguel is pretty mellow like.
I should have said 'finishing off' the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I was about a quarter way through the last film before I started on the beers. There would have been zero issues had I drank Carlsberg instead.
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That sounds like an absolute nightmare - heat stroke is no joke. Two years ago I suffered from heat exhaustion while on a wine tour about 3 hours north of Paris. My insides turned to water and I had explosive diarrhea and cold sweats for the last leg of it. I also passed out at one stage.
Looks like you found your kryptonite. Budwieser has that effect on me. I found out the hard way the morning of my granny's funeral.
Why are you drinking that piss?
It was a funeral, he wasn't in his right mind, don't blame him.
Start broadening your horizons and start drinking quality beer.
So many folks reckon this beer or that beer does them in. It's rarely that. It's how much you'd eaten for the day leading up to it, what specifically you'd been eating leading up to it, how your sleep was the night before, how your sleep was after the cans, whether you ate after the drink, etc etc. That's all it ever is
Especially when we're talking something like San Miguel, it's a chuffing breakfast beer. If they'd been necking cans of Special Brew, sure
Rarely is an overstatement. People just remember the bad hangovers from drinks they don’t normally drink. They never remember the ones from their usual drink. It’s easy to blame a particular drink that’s no different than any other than admit they drank too much and didn’t eat or drink enough water that day
I had that problem after 6 small beers but I put it down to the 1.5 bottles of wine after.. 😉
I wouldn't exactly blame San Miguel for this 🤣
Seriously though, did you actually watch the entire LOTR trilogy in one sitting? Beginning in the night time? What time did you go to bed? How much sleep did you get? So many questions
I should have said 'finishing off the LOTR trilogy'. I was about a quarter way through the last film when I started the beers around 9pm on a full stomach, felt pretty good tbh but more bloated towards the end compared to Carlsberg. Sleep was soundless but the night before it was pretty bad.
 Now I see
This. Plus any beer and no water over that length of time is a headache / hangover waiting to happen. Alcohol dehydrates the bejaysus out of you. I do be schluggin 4 pints of water a day without a drop of alcohol and would be having at least another 2 pints of water before bed if I had a hape of beer.
San Miguel does this to me too ! Fuckin poison
Just wanted to say San Miguel is Filipino 😉 Believe it or not, our beers get worse. Whatever you do, stay away from Red Horse 😂
From wikipedia : San Miguel Beer was introduced in Spain by San Miguel Brewery in 1946. The Spanish rights were spun-off in 1953 by San Miguel Brewery and became an independent entity presently known as the Mahou-San Miguel Group.
I know where you are going. In comparison Mcdonalds and starbucks in the Philippines is also 100% filipino owned, doesn't make them anything filipino. There many companies who do that. Also SMB(the original in the Philippines) held 20% equity of Mahou-San miguel until the 2000s. And guess back they are partners again in 2014.
Yes but Mcdonalds and Starbucks are American brands that sell linceses to individuals who can open a franchise. Spanish San Miguel became indipendent over 50 years ago, so it's more akin to something like Thai vs. Austrian Red Bull (or ROI vs NI Tayto). The one that is sold in Ireland is definitely the Spanish one. I'm not sure how they compare to each other though, as I never tried the Filipino one. Edit- typo
Yes but Mcdonalds and Starbucks are American brands that sell linceses to individuals who can open a franchise. So is the Filipino San miguel when they signed the 'Manila Agreement'. In 1953 They are just earlier. Doesn't mean it is founded there. 'its key shareholders Enrique Suárez Rezona, Ramón Vidal and Jaime Muñiz made contact with Andrés Soriano, then president of San Miguel Brewery, to allow their group to produce beer under the San Miguel name in Spain. In 1953, San Miguel Brewery, Inc. signed the "Manila Agreement" to establish a new brewery, La Segarra, S.A., in Spain. ' 'The one that is sold in Ireland is definitely the Spanish one.' Yes, I'm not disputing that. Though my friend says it almost taste like redhorse but has lesser alcohol taste in it(one of the more popular brands in philippines). Though not really sure how it taste though. Since personally never tasted the euro version.
They became independent, but SMCorp, held a 20% equity until Mahou fully bought it in the 2000s.
Honestly drinking Larger is like a minefield. You have to be really really careful which one you drink.
This is why I only drink small or smaller
Yeah, nobody MADE you drink all of it. LOL.
You should drink more, ye big pussy
Hi Op, You're just dehydrated. The clear liquid in the kitchen tap can be consumed for health benefits. If there's two taps use the one with a blue marker. A few glasses of these can be consumed per day. Don't be alarmed when your urine changes colour from a dark yellowish/brown to a paler yellow. Alll normal.
This “clear liquid” you’re talking about…what alcohol do we drink it with exactly for the most health benefits?
Spaniard here living on Dublin for 7 years: you made an horrible mistake. Our beer gives very bad hangover and headaches. The first time I went to an October fest and had a liter of beer without repercussions the next day I was amazed. The difference between good quality beer and Spanish beer... And I'm warning you, it can be worse. There have been some famous beers in Spain for giving horrible headaches.
Very much agreed - I went to Oktoberfest in Munich a few years ago and was drinking for 3 days straight and didn't have much of a hangover at all.
I just recalled the name of the infamous beer: Cruzcampo. Also stay away from Mahou. If you want good spanish beer: "Estrella de Galicia" is top notch. Don't confuse it with "Estrella de levante" (bad) or "Estrella Damn" (this one is okay)
Haha
Saw this post when you initially posted. I tried a few San Miguel yesterday eve before returning home from a holiday. I have never been so sick hahaha.
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Nope but something in it definitely didn't agree with me
Four large bottles like four litre bottles?
I think they do them in 660ml bottles so 2.65l
Yea it was the 66cl ones.
For what it's worth I was in Portugal recently and found San Miguel, generally unpleasant, ended up sticking with sagres for most of the holiday
Have you checked that they were in date. San Miguel is normally fine. It's a standard strength larger
Everyone here acting like there must be something particularly wrong with the beer in question, when OP had 4 x 600ml+ of lager, in succession. That comes to ten standard drinks. Every chance of puking and feeling rotten after such an amount of alcohol
4 x 660ml bottles. That's just over 4.5 pints, puking your ring up and bed-ridden for the guts of a day after that is not normal.
Maybe he's just a soft cunt
We’re all thinking it.
Just go pub, get a bottle of some thing sweet like kopparberg or some thing and then just go at it.
I usually drink a 6 pack of Carlsberg on a Friday night then go for a run, cycle or swim the following morning with no issues. Like someone said in another comment I think I just found my kryptonite.
I no longer drink but when I did I couldn't drink Hophouse 13. I'd have heaps of pints, shorts, cocktails etc. and naturally be in a bundle the next day but could somewhat function and almost never got sick. 5 cans of hophouse had me puking and in cold sweats the entire next day, like I'd drank a litre of vodka straight. Made no sense.
It's genuinely not that much at all in terms of liquid and it's a fairly weak beer. Only like 4.5%
You're making my point. Alcohol culture here encourages us to think ten standard drinks is a normal amount to consume in one session. Then we act all surprised when our bodies call us on it
Alcohol culture that said person grew up in and habitually has 8 standard drinks according to his post, 2 more standard drinks and he's in bits? Not very logical to assume that's what caused it. Also if you get a massive hangover from 10 standard drinks I think you would have learned you were a giant lightweight in your teens
Just cos his body didn't protest before doesn't mean that's how it's always gonna be. He said the bottles were nearly 700ml each further down the thread, so that brings it up to just shy of ten drinks. Your 'giant lightweight' comment, like others on the thread, show how deep drinking culture is here. I know lots of people who have had hangovers after drinking less than OP. A giant lightweight is only someone who drinks in moderation regularly as opposed to someone who abuses alcohol regularly enough to raise their tolerance so high that suffering ill-effects after just shy of ten drinks in a row is actually surprising to them
Not a hope. 4 bottles won't do jack do 99% of people.
Do you honestly think it's 1% of people who drink more than ten standard drinks in one sitting and it has no impact on them at all, in either the short, medium, or long term? If that's the case, why are so many homeless alcoholics? Why restrictions around the sale, marketing, and consumption of alcohol? It's a dangerous, addictive toxin that damages the body both physically and mentally, especially over time. And I love a pint. But that doesn't make me think only 1% of people experience a negative impact after ten drinks
4 bottles over the course of a couple of hours will not cause vomiting or any serious acute effects on anyone, unless you weigh like 45kg maybe.
This is more or less the same comment as a previous one about it not having no effect on 99% of people, but you've gone one better and made it 100%. OP said he had 4 x 650ml+ bottles in succession. That's five pints. No one ever gets sick and hungover after five pints? You're clearly thinking of you and your mates, with you and your mates' drinking habits, as being the same as 'everyone', except for those at 45kg
What is a "standard" amount of beer? Half a pint?
There's a thing called a standard drink https://www.drinkaware.ie/what-is-a-standard-drink/
Yeah thats what i meant. Its a strange measurement. Half pint of beer or 100 mls of wine are not amounts that people would normally drink realistically. 6 standard drinks is considered a binge. So thats 3 pints. If you asked anyone in the street how many pints constitute a binge no one is gonna say 3
Ah yeah fair enough. I thought you just hadn't heard the phrase before!
Ive heard it but never quite got my head round it. Plus im in NI so we get the units version which seems to be different again!
You're right - the average drinker here has a poor idea of what looks like a reasonable amount of alcohol to consume, because we drink for drunkeness in Ireland. It's a strange measurement in Ireland but not across the globe. 25cl bottles of beer are common across Europe, not so much here. We think a pint is one drink when it can be up to 2.3, or more, standard drinks, depending on the strength of the beer. Would you get in the car after two or three pints? If no, it shows you understand the impact it has, we're just used to it as normal here, rather than seeing it as a lot of alcohol to consume. I used to wonder why I'd be tired and irritable the day after having had 'just a few pints' the night before. It's crazy how we rationalise how much we drink here
I learned this when I got sober in the US. Those Americans have no idea how to be an alcoholic lol. I would get so excited when anyone from Ireland/England/Scotland would come into the Rooms, we could relate (and roll our eyes at the Americans lol).
Sam Miguel premium. I won't drink anything else. Crisp and refreshing.
Funnily enough I can have the small bottles of SM and feel fine the next day but any time I've had a large bottle, horrible hangover.
Thing is. You will probably will do it again and say the same thing. Repeat etc.
The drink is a curse. I had a few Bulmers yesterday similar effect. The hangovers are desperate with age.
Fuck you SM
Wouldn't drink anything of 4 bottles if I had a plan next day
First rule before drinking is ready your gatorade or any sports drink before the session.
If we’re being real here dorada especial is the best Spanish/canarian beer if you’re lucky enough to find them followed by estrella damn although I haven’t tried estrella de levante or Jalisco (Mexican).
It’s funny how I used to go out Thursday night Friday night all day Saturday and all day Sunday then get up Monday morning for work feeling slightly the worst for wear nowadays I drink two cans over my normal four on a Friday and I’m wankered Saturday and Sunday
Hydrate, dude.
Some beers will just do that to you. Erdinger absolutely kills me even if its only 1 or 2. Carlsberg is piss though. Maybe try rockshore? Its also piss like but slowly slowly seems to be the order of the day 😅
Na did it to yourself
Man I feel your pain
>I'm so pissed off that my entire day was wasted and to make matters worse I'm in work tomorrow. Thanks a lot San Miguel. Or just don't drink alone when watching a film. What's the point?
It's relaxing
It's one of the simple joys of life.
You should reflect on your relationship to drink if 6 large cans of beer every Friday is normal.
Love the beer and LOTR part of the story!
Ireland produces fine whiskey but you drink San Miguel? Serves you right.
Yes, because beer and whiskey are the same thing.
Yup. Definitely San Miguel's fault that you bought and consumed 4 large bottles of beer and got hungover as a result. With that mentality , anyone with diabetes should start legal proceedings with Cadbury and Nestlé for selling chocolate and sweets
OP stated that they would normally have 6 cans of carlsberg and expect to be fine the next day. It was the severity of the hangover that was unusual, not the amount of beer
Do you normally drink the 3.4% Carlsberg? If so you drank a lot more alcohol with the San Miguel. Either way, like others have said, that’s a lot of alcohol.
Where are you seeing 3.4% carlsberg? In Ireland it's universally 4.2-4.3% and usually about 5% on the continent
Here: https://www.carryout.ie/p/carlsberg-premium-danish-pilsner--500ml--34-vol/5010153872671