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Which way round is it OK to drink them? Which can you have before the other without serious ill effects?

I've heard lots of different rhymes, etc. but they sometimes contradict each other, so I'm looking for a definitive answer.

Thanks in advance.

well, on personal experience, shorts first then beer. Mainly because of the strength of shots and if drunk already you will drink too much too quickly without realising it and compound any effects.

but I don;t really drink shorts. Common usage of a short with a beer chaser is to drink the short followed by the beer is it not?

I think that's what I've gone with in the past - whisky then beer-never fear, but is that right? Maybe I was just lucky .

I thought it was supposed to be the other way round. Volume first, then strength.

Save the trouble and order a chaser with every pint.

B

You see what I mean? No one seems to know for sure. Someone out there must have the answer...

I always knew it as beer, then whisky, but I was in Canada for a couple of years and they thought this was wrong and there was some rhyme about, "Beer before liquor, never felt sicker."

Thing is, my way of doing it has generally been to have a pint and a shot, then another pint and a shot, so I had beer after whisky anyway. I can definitely drink more that way than I can if I stick to one or the other, or I can sit nursing my whisky if I don't want any more.

I know the rhyme as "Beer before liquor, never been sicker. Liquor before beer, you're in the clear."

Not sure how true it is as I tend to get sick from drinking too much cheap stuff, not from any particular order.

When I worked in an accountants office, all the bigwig accountants used to have a whisky chaser, so it was beer then whisky.

I've always seen the whiskey as the chaser - but I never touch the stuff so I can't report from experience.

Oh and thanks a bunch for the Earworm the title of this thread gave me.... I've spent all morning singing Wild Rover to my family and driving them bonkers.

< I've spent all morning singing Wild Rover to my family and driving them bonkers.>
Your family responded "No,Nay,Never,No,Nay,Never,No more !"

could,t you just pour the whisky in the beer?

What a waste of good whisky and good beer. Unless you're drinking JD and Fosters, in which case go for it.

The proverb in German:
"Wein auf Bier, das rat' ich Dir,
Bier auf Wein, das lass sein."

In English, that would :
"Wine after beer is what I recommend;
beer after wine, avoid it."

However, a dietician on the radio said the other day that it does not matter at all in what order you drink your alcohol, as it ends up in the same stomach, anyway. You should only watch out as to what kind of drinks you mix. Personally, I would never have considered having beer and whiskey. Pure whiskey, yes, I'll take that any day (and please, leave the ice to coke, okay?). The liquor to have with beer would be "Korn," a schnaps made of wheat, I believe.

Y.

*sings*I told the landlady my money was spent...

eek, sorry!

Well, since it does go to the same place (your head?) how about the old recommendation not to mix drinks made from fruit with drinks made from grain?

Whiskey + beer (apart from the singing) would be ok
Whiskey + wine would be a no-no.

You're all barking up the wrong tree.

The admonishment is against mixing grain and grape. So beer and whisk(e)y, in whichever order, will be OK (unless you're planning on downing a bottle of Scotch in one sitting )). What you need to careful of is:

Beer then wine, all's fine
Wine then beer, I feel queer (or "no fear")

I personally, have no probs with going out and having a few beers, then finishing up the evening with a good quality Scotch (50/50 water, natch ) or two. But I wouldn't touch a brandy after drinking beer. If I've been drinking wine with me dinner, then a port, or brandy, is good. I'd still rather have the Scotch, though, and frequently do...but I know about it in the morning!

RF

I knew about the grape and the grain, that's fine.

But there is something about the order in which one may drink whisky and beer. There must be because there was a discussion about it on... er... The Simpsons. There is a convention of some sort.

Take heed of George Thoroughgood's advice.

One Bourbon, one scotch and one beer. (presumably in that order).

Repeat as required.

PP

"Beer then wine, all's fine
Wine then beer, I feel queer"

From personal experience, I added a third line

"Wine then whisky, decidedly risky"



B

And always heed the legendary Barry Cryer's advice...

"Don't mix the grape and the grain. Unless you're making muesli"

B

Personally I don't think making muesli is a good excuse.