Beer

[Magic Microbe]

I think it makes me sick. Just one or two and the next day I have a splitting headache and nauseousness. I can drink 5 liquor drinks and be fine. Gluten is not a problem for me. So what could my issue be and why is it suddenly a problem. The only beers I can safely drink a couple of are light beers.

[Run Amok]

Could be the hops? You could make hops tea and see? Wine does this to me now. it didn't when I was younger.

[mango]

it may just be a phase.

there was a period in my life when alcohol of any kind would cause severe allergic reactions (hives and swelling).

I went sober -- I had to (obviously) -- but then one day, said fuck it and had beer, and whaddayaknow, everything was fine again.

[radial]

Try hard cider. If your system handles it okay then you've found yourself a decent substitute for beer.

[Magic Microbe]

Try hard cider. If your system handles it okay then you've found yourself a decent substitute for beer.

I dont like hard cider very much.
I do love cocktails though.

[radial]

I dont like hard cider very much.
I do love cocktails though.

There's always more than one way to solve a problem .

[TwistedFlax]

I'm the same way with tequila & chardonnay.  I also have oral allergy syndrome to carrots, which is supposedly related to an oak allergy, for which I tested positive.

Tequila & chardonnay both use oak barrels. I don't think it's a coincidence.

[diablita]

interesting stuff

A friend of ours was having issues with beer and discovered it was a barley allergy.

DH was finding he got a headache after drinking red wine.  A friend asked if it happened after drinking N American reds or all reds.  Sure enough, it seems to be only N American reds.  (and hey, I'm a N American red!)  We still haven't tested with N American Organic wines to see if those bother him, too.

[radial]

I'm the same way with tequila & chardonnay.  I also have oral allergy syndrome to carrots, which is supposedly related to an oak allergy, for which I tested positive.

Tequila & chardonnay both use oak barrels. I don't think it's a coincidence.

That's interesting.  There are chardonnays where they age the wine in stainless steel vs. oak barrels.  You could try one and test out your theory.  Anybody at a wine shop should be able to help you find one. 

[CheryG]

Histamine intolerance?

[Ice Cream]

I had to quit eating pancakes, even though I loved them.  I do not miss them anymore. Why would you want to get back to something that makes you sick, regardless of the issue that causes it?

[MikoftheWat]

I would move to PA and try some Yuengling.

[Magic Microbe]

Its not that I don't like good beer...it makes me sick.