# How much is too much beer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142 "2013-03-06T01:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/1 "2013-03-06T01:41:05Z")
Leaving out the possibility of addiction and ruining your life down the road, how much beer would impact your health enough to significantly reduce your quality of life? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/2 "2013-03-06T01:47:07Z")
The last one. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/3 "2013-03-06T01:53:11Z")
Other. An amount that interferes with your enjoyment of life. For me, that’s 37. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/4 "2013-03-06T01:59:09Z")
More than 8 per day would get to me. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/5 "2013-03-06T02:23:13Z")
I spent seven years drinking an average of eleven beers a day. Damnedest stupidest thing I ever did in my whole damned life. Hades, just think of the money I wasted! (I had a good job at the time; now, unemployed, I can only rue the bucks I should have put into savings.) (Worse, it wasn’t even good beer! I’d start with Fosters and finish up with Miller Lite.) Now, I just get high on life, and America… ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/6 "2013-03-06T02:36:28Z")
1-3 beers a day is good for you [http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/1088441583.html](http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/1088441583.html) ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/7 "2013-03-06T02:40:21Z")
I’ll say… 3 per day. That number may have something to do with the 2nd 16-oz beer that I’m finishing right now. Obviously, “too much” is more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/8 "2013-03-06T02:44:34Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I spent seven years drinking an average of eleven beers a day. I’m glad you had the self-control to not open that 12th one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/9 "2013-03-06T02:49:36Z")
I think it really depends on your size/weight and age. I think 3 is the danger zone but 4 is right out. So I voted for 4, with the caveat that 3 beers every single day for day after day is NOT a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/10 "2013-03-06T02:57:03Z")
More than six is neck and neck with three. I won’t be able to sleep tonight! ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/11 "2013-03-06T03:09:22Z")
One thing with beer is that even if you’re not drinking enough to have serious health problems from the alcohol alone (yet), that’s a hell of a lot of extra calories. I suppose it’s up to you whether the resulting damage to one’s physique would count as a “serious” reduction in quality of life. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/12 "2013-03-06T03:12:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > More than six is neck and neck with three. > > I won’t be able to sleep tonight! I know what will help you fall asleep faster 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/13 "2013-03-06T03:27:35Z")
You left out us binge drinkers **Lakai**. I only drink once a week. When I do, it’s a 12pack. If I were to do a per day thing, 3 or 4 tops. (Problem is, I can’t stop at 3 or 4) ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/14 "2013-03-06T03:47:10Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > One thing with beer is that even if you’re not drinking enough to have serious health problems from the alcohol alone (yet), that’s a hell of a lot of extra calories. I suppose it’s up to you whether the resulting damage to one’s physique would count as a “serious” reduction in quality of life. According to a glance at this [site](http://www.wastedcalories.com/beercalories.html), most non-light beers are around 150 calories per 12oz bottle. Six beers a day would net 900 calories. A slice of pizza is about [250 calories](http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/pizza-lowest-calories-cholesterol.php). So drinking six beers a day is like having 3.6 slices of pizza per day. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/15 "2013-03-06T05:08:21Z")
Does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/16 "2013-03-06T06:44:57Z")
Since drinking beer enhances life I started to say “the one that makes you pass out,” but then I changed it. It’s the one that makes you puke _before_ you pass out. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/17 "2013-03-06T13:08:59Z")
Six 12 ounce bottles is only 3.6 UK pints. When I go to the pub (maybe 4 or 5 times per week) a normal session is 4 - 6 pints. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/18 "2013-03-06T13:57:41Z")
When I was in my late 20’s-30 or so I was drinking a sixpack almost every night, and it had no appreciable effect on me in any way- didn’t gain any weight and didn’t feel any sort of hangover the next day. Then in my mid-late 30’s I became less interested in beer and replaced it with wine and most recently, vodka. More importantly, I reduced my weekly alcohol intake and limited myself to just drinking on weekends. I also began a fairly regular workout routine and as I approached middle age, my metabolism slowed to the point where I can really see the (unpleasant) effects of eating or drinking things I shouldn’t. My workout routine is pretty consistent these days but I’ve fine-tuned my diet pretty well, so I figure if I consume 3-4 beers a day the extra calories alone would start to have an impact pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/19 "2013-03-06T15:15:48Z")
One sip. Because then I’d be tasting beer. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142/20 "2013-03-06T15:27:47Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > …how much beer would …significantly reduce your quality of life? none! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-beer/652142.md?page=2)