Does drinking beer through a straw increae the affects of the alcohol? I’ve always been told it does, and that it has something to do with air intake affecting the absorbtion rate of the alcohol.
My older brother insists that it has no added effect, and that he’ll punch my head if I insist it does. Can anyone give me some facts so that I may show him up.
I have a feeling that whoever told you this said it because they drink faster through a straw. You don’t get the “nasty” (I like it) taste of alcohol as much. I’ll take a frosty mug any day…
If you’re intaking air while you drink through a straw, you don’t have the straw far enough down into the drink.
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Your brother is gonna win this one.
If you consume the same amount of beer in the same amount of time, the effects are gonna be the same.
If drinking beer through a straw really worked better, don’t ya think everyone would be drinking beer through straws to conserve beer?
My grandfather drank beer through a straw. In fact, beginning in the late 70s, when he had just turned 80, he drank everything through a straw. This is because he shook so badly (an affliction common on my Mom’s side of the family; it even affects my 24-year-old niece) that he could not hold a glass or cup in the normal manner; he even drank hot drinks through a straw. He drank beer and smoked cigarettes and lived to be 98. (My father, one of his sons-in-law, also drank heavily and smoked, and died at 66.:()
My theory for why this works, is that the only people who ever really do it are amateur drinkers who heard it from another amateur drinker. They drink a beer or two through a straw and get a bit loopy so they figure it works, when just drinking a beer or two would do the same thing. Us professional drinkers know that you get drunk faster without a straw because you can drink it faster. But beer in a silly straw can be fun.
Another theory is that sometimes people try and have a race, to see who can drink a beer faster through a straw. Same principle as sucking a shake from McDonalds. By the time you get the shake to your lips, you are light headed from the effort.