How much gets you buzzed..... let's talk alcohol.

[RBP]

I have been having a bad month or so, and my drinking has increased. I was a guy who would drink 1/2 a fifth (a pint) to get buzzed, but now it's more like a six pack and pint.

Maybe buzzed is the wrong word. More like ready for bed buzzed is what I mean.

[Godfather]

When I was in uni and drinking 2,3 or 4 nights a week during the couple major party years (hey, there were a lot of 'events'), I could drink 8-10 cheap beers on a Friday, stumble home and do it again on Saturday. Several friends could do 15+ and never developed a problem after Uni was done :lol:

Now, I think a six pack would put me on my ass early in the night. I can feel two or three beers giving me a bit of a buzz. I have a beer or wine with dinner maybe once or twice casually during the week and only hit the bar hard once a month probably.

Then again... any doctor will tell that when you ask someone how much they drink, you double whatever number they say for your records :P

[minz]

Half a bottle of wine and I'm under the table, a full bottle and I'm anyones :lol:


Note: I never drink a full bottle. :-s

[redred]

depends on a lot of things for me ,mood,what i've eaten ,what i'm drinking also the more i drink the more i tend to stay awake and want to drink more not sleep

[minz]

I just want to sleep when I drink, cant take the pace anymore, too old :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Considering that I haven't drank any alcohol regularly since about 2002, and since then only periodically (I think the last time I had anything to drink was a glass of champagne on New Years and that was it), my tolerance must be absolute shit. In fact, I bet little Minzy could drink me under the table at this point in time. Ain't that sad?

[minz]

:lol: Is that a challenge? :d

[DemonGeminiX]

No, no, no... hell, I'd take one drink, and fall out the damn chair.

[minz]

Awwwe I'd pick you back up again :hug:

[Korpiklaani]

Considering my parents let me drink at the age of 13 (German parents, born a raised in the country), it takes a few to get me buzzed. With beer, probably 3 1/2 bottles (or 1 1/2 Stein fulls), Vodka will take me a glass (small glass, but not a shot glass), and wine......I dont drink wine.

[Jezter]

8 beers and then Im ready to start the harder stuff. If I don't, then there's no problems at all the next morning. Gotta double that amount to get me proper drunk. So 8 is a good little buzz for me.

[Korpiklaani]

Im guessing you live in one of those towns in Finn where the population is 35 and all you do is drink and use the "town computer". Is that why your tolerance is so high?

:)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It all depends...how much I have had to eat, how tired I am, what I am drinking, last time I went on a binge, etc...sometimes after 3 pints I can feel a definite buzz, other times it can be 6-8 pints before I start feeling "drunk"

It's never the same amount of alcohol.

[Jezter]

Im guessing you live in one of those towns in Finn where the population is 35 and all you do is drink and use the "town computer". Is that why your tolerance is so high?

:)

:lol: No, I live in 20k Finn town and use my very own computer. :lol:

[RBP]

the more i drink the more i tend to stay awake and want to drink more not sleep

That's true for me sometimes too. :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That's true for me sometimes too. :-k

Not for me, usually once I hit the wall, all I wanna do is pass out

[FBD]

I can feel the alcohol pass through my stomach lining and slowly spread out over my gut over about 15-20 seconds after I take a decently sized sip. But like others, "the wall" has varying distances :lol:

[MrsM]

I'm about the same as Minz - half a bottle of wine is usually a good night with no problems the next day... a full bottle and it's 50/50 how I feel in the morning. Any more than that and all bets are off and I usually regret my actions from the night before.

Of course food and total drinking time make a difference as many have said here.

[Acid Trip]

I usually drink rum and coke (Captain Morgan ftw!). It takes 2-3 doubles (highball glass) on an empty stomach before I feel it. Add 1 or 2 more if I just ate.

Other liquors (like bourbon) affect me much faster than rum. When I drink beer I feel like I spend the entire night peeing. Takes for ever to get a buzz on beer.

[Hal-9000]

I used to drink 10-15 beers per night, switched to rye and drank a 26'er every Friday and Saturday night. Stopped drinking years ago so now, if I go out with someone who's been drinking and she kisses me, I get tipsy :oops:

no tolerance at all anymore...so probably 5 stiff drinks of whiskey would get my glow going...

[Jezter]

I usually drink rum and coke (Captain Morgan ftw!). It takes 2-3 doubles (highball glass) on an empty stomach before I feel it. Add 1 or 2 more if I just ate.

Other liquors (like bourbon) affect me much faster than rum. When I drink beer I feel like I spend the entire night peeing. Takes for ever to get a buzz on beer.

Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum is pretty good.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I dont drink much hard alcohol (vodka or scotch on occasion) But, I can kill a 30 pack of Miller lite with my wife on a Saturday no problem and still be ready to get some more. I try to keep it to around 6-8 if its a school night

[Jezter]

30 pack of Miller lite...well, no wonder, cuz you probably piss out 20 cans worth of that day old dishwater. :nana:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

:dance:

[Noilly Pratt]

My usual rule as a 20 year old was to have 3 drinks a night max and have them early (say, 8pm). Then I was OK to drive home at 2am or whenever the party/nightclub closed. A bit stupid, knowing now that even 1 drink affects your driving even somewhat.

At one NewYear's eve party I started a 26er at 4pm at at 2am I'd cleared the bottle myself, mixing it with Ginger Ale. That's when I began to tell myself to slow down!

Now, 2oz and I start to feel it, 3 and I'm happy, 4 and I have quite the buzz on and I usually stop right there.

[Hal-9000]

Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum is pretty good.

I drank a 26 of that with eggnog one night......never again :hand:

[Jezter]

:dance:
Still, pretty respectable amount...

I drank a 26 of that with eggnog one night......never again :hand:

Salmiakkikoskenkorva with eggnog is delicious!

[Noilly Pratt]

I drank a 26 of that with eggnog one night......never again :hand:

oh god...I have to search for porn now to get that picture out of my mind :)

[RBP]

what's a 26?

[Hal-9000]

A 26'er is a normal size bottle of vodka, whiskey, rum etc....I think they actually hold 25 fluid ounces.

http://i50.tinypic.com/2gtwz8m.jpg


A mickey is about half that size, like the small bottle in the foreground of this pic (Glen's vodka)


http://i49.tinypic.com/sqnkgi.jpg




Our whole lives growing up, it was either a mickey or 26'er, depending on your gender :lol:

[redred]

right so a 26 er is a 70 cl and a mickey is a 45cl is normal language :lol:

[Jezter]

right so a 26 er is a 70 cl and a mickey is a 45cl is normal language :lol:

I was thinking 0,75L and 0,33L...

[Muddy]

My buzziness depends on many factors... Mood, type of drink, food involvement, etc..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Most I ever drank in one evening was about a dozen beers and somewhere between 20 and 25 shots of Jager. Left the bar at about 1 AM that day and was up at 6 AM that morning without even a hint of a hangover. And I didn't feel all that drunk either. I was in some kind of zone that night.

[Jezter]

No hint of a hangover cuz you were still drunk. :D

[redred]

I was thinking 0,75L and 0,33L...

or that :lol:

[RBP]

I was thinking 0,75L and 0,33L...

the 750ml I would call a "fifth" and the 375ml is a "pint"

[Hal-9000]

You've never heard the term 26'er before? I thought it was universal

[RBP]

You've never heard the term 26'er before? I thought it was universal

Not until today, no.

[Muddy]

fifths, pints, and liters is all I know..

[RBP]

fifths, pints, and liters is all I know..

I've heard people call the 1.75L bottles "handles"

[Acid Trip]

Still, pretty respectable amount...


Salmiakkikoskenkorva with eggnog is delicious!

Jez's keyboard must be broken.... :lol:

[Acid Trip]

I've heard people call the 1.75L bottles "handles"

Handles or half gallons.

[RBP]

:lol:

[Hal-9000]

I've heard people call the 1.75L bottles "handles"

we called them jugs or Arkansas pints......no bs :lol:

[RBP]

we called them jugs or Arkansas pints......no bs :lol:

Poor Arkansas :lol:

[Hal-9000]

them fellers get a bad rap up here.....the butt of many of joke

[Goofy]

It all depends...how much I have had to eat, how tired I am, what I am drinking, last time I went on a binge, etc...sometimes after 3 pints I can feel a definite buzz, other times it can be 6-8 pints before I start feeling "drunk"

It's never the same amount of alcohol.

Ditto. Monday night at darts i'll normally manage 6 or 7 pints and still feel semi-sober......... but if i go straight to the pub after work on a friday ill normally start feeling it after 4 or 5......

[Jezter]

Jez's keyboard must be broken.... :lol:
:nana:

The keys are just a little sticky... :oops:

Ditto. Monday night at darts i'll normally manage 6 or 7 pints and still feel semi-sober......... but if i go straight to the pub after work on a friday ill normally start feeling it after 4 or 5......
Energy level + food has everything to do with how hard/fast I feel the booze too.

[Hugh_Janus]

not a big drinker, so I'm a complete lightweight.... on the rare occasions I do drink, 1 pint and I'm well on my way :lol: and after 3 drinks I'm fuckin blotto but I continue to drink all night, cos I'm a champ