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I read something a while back where the owner/CEO/VP/Head Brewer of Sam Adams, who was expected to go to certain beer/brewing events and basically have a beer w
by bratgpttamer 3y ago
I read something a while back where the owner/CEO/VP/Head Brewer of Sam Adams, who was expected to go to certain beer/brewing events and basically have a beer with each vendor, would eat a packet of yeast beforehand.
He claimed it allowed him to make his rounds and sample everyone's beer without getting drunk/hungover.
- distortionfield 3y agoWhoa, I had never heard of this before but there seems to be something to this. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/07/10/327854051/alcohol-test-does-eating-yeast-keep-you-from-getting-drunk https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/07/10/327854051/al...
- jrmg 3y agoThe article at that link seems to show there’s _not_ something to it - it doesn’t work.
- thumbuddy 3y agoI can't imagine a mechanism where that's plausible, but it wouldn't be the first time I felt that way and was shown something surprising. He probably just built up a tolerance.
- danwilkerson 3y agoSadly, debunked: https://www.mashed.com/439154/can-eating-yeast-really-prevent-a-hangover/#:~:text=%22It%20mitigates%20the%20effect%20of,wasn't%20really%20a%20difference https://www.mashed.com/439154/can-eating-yeast-really-preven....
- yuppie_scum 3y agoI used to see Jim Koch at those events and he’d be pretty lit up.
- znpy 3y agoThat doesn’t really make sense. Yeasts consume sugars and emit alcohol and co2 ad byproducts. They can’t process alcohol and too much alcohol kills the yeasts. If anything, eating yeasts should make things worse, as yeasts might have a chance to digest some sugars and produce more alcohol (unlikely to happen, if you ask me)