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flameproof -



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but formaldehyde levels in Chinese beer are lower than WHO standards,

I think the WHO formaldehyde standard was about preserving dead bodies and not about consumption.



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imron -

I guess that makes the beer manufacturers rather forward thinking then.










cdn_in_bj -

Hey, wow I didn't expect to get this kind of reaction. Thanks guys for your suggestions.

Coriander and Sichuan food by itself is not a problem for me. If I have a lot of spicy Sichuan
food, the worst is that I'll be very... umm... "regular" the next day.

As for MSG, yes I am a bit sensitive to it but usually it just makes me a bit drowsy. However,
back home I did have a few bad cases where I ended up with a headache.

Imron, you mentioned the fake booze/formaledhyde thing. I actually did look into this, and I think
you may be onto something here. Now that I think of it, I very rarely drink during the day. If I
do drink, it's usually at night. And like I said, these headaches started a few hours after
drinking, not right away, so by this time I'd usually be passed out in bed. So I can conclude that
my getting headaches these times after drinking Yanjing beer may not be an abnormal occurrence for
me.

By the way, if you're sensitive to beer, I suggest you stay away from 金酒 (a type of baijiu).
Half a shot of that is enough for me to get a bad headache.



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Maybe you are just turning Chinese and get drunk after one or two small cups

That could be it too! I must say that after coming here, my drinking has gone way down.

Anyways, I think I'll from now on I'll just stay away from Yanjing. Though the more expensive
stuff in the clear, short (fat) bottles seems to be ok. In fact, I think it best I stay away from
beer in general, for the sake of my waistline. But with hard liquor one runs an even higher chance
of running into fake booze. Maybe I'll resort to drinking at home. What was the Chinese term for
that again? Oh right, 闷酒.










imron -



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Maybe I'll resort to drinking at home. What was the Chinese term for that again? Oh right, 闷酒

It's not 闷酒 if there are other people... when was the Wii Sports tournament again?










cdn_in_bj -



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It's not 闷酒 if there are other people... when was the Wii Sports tournament again?

That's very true! Hey, I still haven't gotten a Wii yet. In fact, I just heard that prices have
gone up (to around 2300) because the latest firmware renders the current modchips inoperable.
Prices are expected to stay high until they come out with a new modchip.










cdn_in_bj -

In my own version of 闷酒 I decided to conduct a taste test between Johnny Walker Black Label
and Chivas Regal 12 year this evening. Conclusions? I prefer Johnny Black, but after a few shots
of both the difference becomes academic. I truly haven't been buzzed this good in a long time. And
I've also rediscovered my love for potato chips.

And hey, no headache! So to hell with Yanjing!










roddy -



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At first I thought that maybe there was methanol in the beer or that I had somehow become alergic
to alcohol, but after some analysis . . .



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I decided to conduct a taste test . . .

A drunk! Me?! I'll have you know I'm a . . . hic . . . scientist!
I kind of gave up on the cheaper end of the bottled beer market - sure, it's dirt cheap, but I
found the quality to be variable. Particularly for drinking at home, as once you've carried it all
the way up the stairs . . . Pricier bottled stuff, or any tins, seem to be more consistent.

Never found myself to have a bad reaction to the stuff in combination with spicy food though.
Although a large lunch and beer may well have resulted in my sleeping through any after-effects.










wushijiao -

When I lived near Beijing, sometimes we would drink the cheap Yanjing when eating eat mutton
sticks. Not too much beer, mind you. But always more of a headache the next day (as compared to an
overall hangover). I was convinced it had something to do with the formaldehyde.

As far as Sichuan food, any additional headache that it might cause is outweighed by the
additional dose of deliciousness!










cdn_in_bj -



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A drunk! Me?! I'll have you know I'm a . . . hic . . . scientist!



Woke up this morning with a bit of a headache, but after drinking fluids and eating breakfast it
went away. So in otherwords, it was a proper hangover.

I plan to repeat the experiment with vodka, once I find a place here that carries Grey Goose.










rezaf -

I once got a very bad headache after drinking just 2 small bottles of tsingtao.












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