# How to drink ginger beer without sneezing

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks\
**Created:** [March 9, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-drink-ginger-beer-without-sneezing/1015347 "2025-03-09T19:00:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-drink-ginger-beer-without-sneezing/1015347/1 "2025-03-09T19:00:59Z")

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I love ginger ale and beer but sometimes when I go to take a gulp from the bottle it just explodes in my mouth. I can’t control it and I spew all over. I have determined that it is the concentrated carbon dioxide in the top of the bottle that causes this. All I have to do is decant the ginger beer into a glass. Even then it is best to gently blow across it before sipping. Works like a charm. I’m drinking some Cock 'n Bull right now.

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**Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-drink-ginger-beer-without-sneezing/1015347/2 "2025-03-09T19:09:06Z")

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I tend to drink Bundaberg when I have Ginger Beer. No sneezing issue for me. But I agree, it is the initial fizz that causes a bit of a twitch or itch that leads to the sneeze for some people.

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**Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-drink-ginger-beer-without-sneezing/1015347/3 "2025-03-09T20:09:58Z")

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Pink cap Blenheim for me. It does go up your nose a bit! That’s all part of the fun, but covering your ginger beer with about 2" of Myers rum will fix the sneezing and adds to the experience in other ways.

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**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-drink-ginger-beer-without-sneezing/1015347/4 "2025-03-10T18:35:38Z")

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You could try some antihistamines an hour or two before imbibing and see if that helps. I only ever had the sneezing problem with the hot Blenheim’s version, and that was more due to the added capsaicin, which ginger beers usually do not contain.

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**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-drink-ginger-beer-without-sneezing/1015347/5 "2025-03-11T03:08:46Z")

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I’m partial to bourbon myself, with a squeezed lime half. It’s called a ‘whiskey buck’ (not a “mule”).