The Bar Towel

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.

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.

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.

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."?

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

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.

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.

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.

Episode 7F18, 'Brush with Greatness'

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.

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

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.)

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

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.

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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.