Falling asleep with a beer

toweringpine · Post by **toweringpine** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:16 pm

If I really want another beer and it is getting late then I will switch to cheap stuff rather than risk dozing off with a bottle of something special. If I wake up with a half bottle of Cool sitting on the table I won't feel too broken up about it but I'd rather enjoy my bottles of Hop Circle at their best.

I can handle pouring out a bit of cheap stuff but I am way too much of a tightwad to throw out anything that cost $2 per bottle or more. If it has really gone downhill overnight then it will be made into gravy or be added to the soup pot.

I had stomach surgery a few years back and couldn't handle anything carbonated for months afterwards. I would often open a bottle or two and leave them in the fridge to enjoy the next day. I will still put a half bottle in the fridge and finish it after work.

Years ago I might have downed it in the morning but I rarely want to start my day with something alcoholic anymore.

cannondale · Post by **cannondale** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:27 pm

If this happens to you, upon awakening take the vessel of neglected beer and add an ounce of Habanero sauce, a pickled herring and a pinch of Steelback Tango. Now chug it.

You will never make the same mistake again.

BooBoo · Post by **BooBoo** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:02 pm

Ahh grasshopper, the question is as complex as the swirling wind.

If I fall asleep with a can of Pilsner Urquell, it gets dumped, unless I feel great when I wake up, in which case I'll cool it down and finish it off.

If I fall asleep with a bottle of Peche Mortel, I'll finish it, unless there is only an ounce or so left and I feel not so good, in which case I might drain pour.

All depends on the beer and the state.

For the record, wheat beers taste like complete shit the morning after.

ErkLR · Post by **ErkLR** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:51 pm

Where's the option for "Don't realize you're still holding a beer, and pour it on yourself in a sleepy haze, followed by excessive cursing."?

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:51 pm

I find it disturbing that so many of you have had this happen on a regular basis...

BooBoo · Post by **BooBoo** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:58 pm

I find it disturbing that so many of you have had this happen on a regular basis...

Why would you be disturbed by this? Are you mother/father to any of the posters on this thread? If not, perhaps your disturbedness could be better directed.

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:13 pm

JerCraigs wrote:I find it disturbing that so many of you have had this happen on a regular basis...

Thanks Mom!!!

Seriously Jer, it is a fun thread with fun anecdotes. Don't like it? Don't participate. No need for the matronly belittling.

mooner · Post by **mooner** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:43 pm

Surely it depends on the caliber of brew. I made the mistake of saving a DogFishHead World Wide Stout for the swan song of our annual Post-Christmas/Pre-Newyear tasting (image below). I came to with a quarter snifter of clearly the best Imperial Stout in Lambton County at the moment and a semi-clear head. A perfect nightcap... hehe.

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:34 pm

Episode 7F18, 'Brush with Greatness'

devonsleigh · Post by **devonsleigh** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:12 pm

I've had to do a drain pour multiple times after snoring myself awake and finding a half finished glass of beer at 3am. However, being the smart guy that I am I usually cap off a night of drinking with a ST IPA, Duggan #9, or something else accesible so I won't feel that bad about pouring it.

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:50 pm

The only qualm I have about falling asleep with a beer is having to wash my pillowcase the next morning.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:23 pm

devonsleigh wrote:I've had to do a drain pour multiple times after snoring myself awake and finding a half finished glass of beer at 3am.

Yeah, and why the 3am? And why did snuggling into the sofa chair at 11pm to close my eyes 'just for a second' seem like such a great idea?

Won't get fooled again!

(Not anytime soon at least.)

Milos · Post by **Milos** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:23 pm

Len, when I think I heard it all.........

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:51 am

I can say I've never had that happen. If it's the end of the evening and I still feel like a night cap, I'll forgo a beer and go for a sip of brandy or short glass of Oporto.

devonsleigh · Post by **devonsleigh** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:18 pm

[quote="Belgian"]Yeah, and why the 3am? And why did snuggling into the sofa chair at 11pm to close my eyes 'just for a second' seem like such a great idea?
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I do my best drinking after 10pm. Although it is a bit awkward when we have company over and that happens.

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Falling asleep with a beer

What do you do with beer from "the night before"?

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