I’ve seen people claim that getting drunk off of X causes them to party, while getting drunk off of Y causes them to sleep, and getting drunk off of Z causes them to be more depressed, but X causes them to be more happy, etc.
Is this actually true? If so,
– I presume it’s dependent on the person, so what physical or mental differences in a person make them more or less likely?
– What about the alcohols could affect this?
– How does what you mix it with take a role? (Like do Citrus mix-ins have a different effect than caffeine mix-ins, etc).
If it’s not true:
– Why do people claim that it’s true so fervently?
Edit: So the consensus seems to be “The difference comes from the atmosphere and emotions you have going in. The alcohol itself likely has little difference. However, some alcohol has more or less histamines, melatonin, or are often paired with things with more sugar or caffeine, or contain more or less fluids to hydrate, so these all may play roles”.
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No, they don’t, unless it *really is* a different alcohol, like isopropanol or methanol. 🙂
Like some people already pointed out, there can be things other than alcohol in the drink (even if it’s unmixed), like histamines (dark beers have a lot) and sulfites, and those can affect people, but they won’t make you more drunk. If you drink a lot of stuff mixed with things that are acidic, that will have *some* effect on irritation of the mouth, esophagus and stomach.
The biggest difference in my experience is how well the drink “masks” the alcohol content, certain flavor profiles (anything with lots of sugar, or high malt in beer, fruity, creamy, etc.) taste a lot less “boozy” than others so you might drink more and drink more quickly.
Also, these days you can routinely come across some pretty tasty beers in the 11-12% ABV range (and some as high as 17-18%), so I’m sure there’s some people out there who didn’t pay attention and think beer aged in Bourbon barrels makes them super drunk…
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