I canāt drink beer. I puke like there is no end to it.
Iāts not the yeast, possibly the hops or something from the malting.
Itās not the alcohol either.
I react the same way to other similar beverages (non-alcoholic).
Since I never learned to appreciate the taste of beer (Guiness is OK)
my āallergyā doesnāt cause me any grief 
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OMG Robin thatās just tragic! I guess itās possible youāre allergic to hops ā turned out Iām allergic to Timothy grass (yeah, funny given my name) and I only found that out after a wild night in a field with a girl one night while camping in Franceā¦but thatās not important right now (yep I thought I was allergic to HER, took a week for the rashes to go down), maybe you should test for yeast?
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No issues with bread or wine so my bet so far is on the hops.
Timothy grass (timotej in Swedish) is also my allergy (hayfever). It has improved a lot the
last 20 or so years since the farmers are rolling it into bales wrapped in plastic (tractor eggs as my niece named them). Before the wrapped bales it was left to go in bloom and spread their pollen and then strung up to dry. From late June to mid July used to be a month of constant snivelling and itching eyes. The modern allergy meds (non prescription) are also a lot better.
Iāll just have to live a full and happy life without beer 
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Speaking of Guinness - a Black and Orange (Donāt let H-D know theyāre calling it that - theyāll try to copyright that too) from McPās SEAL bar on Coronado Island last week. Iām all about staying healthy, but letās not go crazy hereā¦
Couldnāt manage to get in a fight with any SEALs. My wife was relieved, and possibly somewhat disappointed.
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We tend to call it a āBlack & Tanā- named after the notorious unit of specially recruited constables deployed by the Royal Irish Constabulary during our War of Independence. They were issued uniforms from WW1 army stock, of tan or khaki color, and police issue black- hence the nickname.
You can make it several ways with various stouts and amber(ish) beers and ales. My personal recommendation is Guiness up to the settle point- let it sit and obviously settle before giving it a head of Smithwickās 
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For the more adventurous there is the āIrish Car Bombā- a pint of Guiness with a shot of whiskey in it. Of course a more interesting and authentic way of doing it is leave both separate- down the pint in one and follow with the whiskey 
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My first experience with the Irish Carbomb was at the airport while in-transit back to the states from Iraq. Stopped at Shannon Airport and we descended on the pub like a Mongol horde.
I decided to be different and ordered one. Needless to say, I was a happy soldier on the leg from Shannon to Ft. Drum. 
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They have a Black and Tan as well.
We stopped there on the way back as well. I bought my wife a wool scarf that she just wore this morning on our walk.
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An American is drinking in a pub in Ireland, after a while he stands up and says:
āIf anyone here can drink 10 pints of guiness in 10 minutes Iāll give him 100 dollars!ā
No one answers him and one man even walks out of the pub.
The American goes back to his drink and someone taps him on the shoulder 15 minutes later.
It was the Irishman who had walked out earlier:
āDoes your bet still stand?ā he asks.
The American says yes and gets him his pints. The Irishman downs all 10 in 10 minutes.
The American gives him his money, he says: āThat was amazing! But why did you leave earlier?ā
The Irishman says: āI went to the pub across the road to make sure I could do it first!ā
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Were you with 10th Mountain? I did a tour with them in 2010.
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Oh, my mistake. What is in the āBlack and Orangeā?
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I can not argue with you on that one. (Full disclosure: itās been a few years since i have done any dead lifting. And I only did a small amount of it at the time. But ya, great work out.) After the mishap I mentioned earlier, I had an amazing trainer after I finished physio. She was five foot nothing, tough but fair. Squats. She had me doing all kinds of squats with and without weights. It is my understanding that if you do one excerise, aside from walking, do squats. They suck. But I have to say, they work.
Is there any other beer?
Events of a fecal nature happen. As do consequences, bad luck, and unlucky genetics. Seeing as many others have gotten personal, Iāll share. The misshap I wrote of was considered an MVA. Except I wasnāt in a car. I was a pedestrian crossing at a crosswalk. A distracted fellow in a classic, boring, white utility van hit me. I was thrown a few metres, landed on my face, fractured a punch of bones from my nose / face, ribs and tibia, with plenty of soft tissue damage. Hospital for a week, rehab for five weeks. When I could finally check in with my GP, he looked at me and said, āYou should be dead.ā I responded with, āSurpriseā. The TBI / memory issues are what really suck. - It can make decision making a challenge, which in turn can make building certain kits frustrating - That, the (mild, thank goodness) PTSD, and the anxiety. (Apprently I left an impressive dent in his hood. So thatās something ) The gym kept me in one piece. Since COVID I havenāt been back to the gym. But there are a couple of reasons for that. This year I shall return!!! 
Really. I shallā¦
Take care of yourselves gentlemen. Good health to you all.
Dead lifting, Guiness, and squats. The Trinity to good health!
EDIT: Now donāt roll your eyes, or laughā¦ a great workout - yoga. Seriously, it will kick your butt.
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I have to side with @Karl187 on this one.
A black and tan is a pour of Smithwicks & Guiness. Anything else is just not right. 
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I went through a phase of Guinness when I was young and doing lots of outdoor work. At a party in a pub everyone was being made to do yards of ale (2.5 UK pints in a long glass with a bulb at the bottom - Google it!) which had to be downed in one, but I tried to cop out because I was on the black stuff. Then my loud mate Colm from Cork turned up with a yard of Guinness! Unlike beer it just didnāt flow out of the glass tube, so it took ages to drink, and afterwards my belly felt like Iād swallowed lead shot. The lesson I learned that day was to take my Guinness one pint at a time!
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I call it ādrinking dinnerā ā¦
several ādinnersā in a row is way beyond my abilities
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My maternal grandfather (dock worker cutting steel for u-boats in WW II)
used to say: Not a man if he canāt pack two meals on top of each other.
I would just get even more overweight, at 6ā4" and 280 pounds I
have to lose some weight since I canāt gain in height ā¦
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I like the sound of that orange wheat beer and Guinness- gonna have to give that a go!
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More a āhair of the dogā methinksā¦
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I bought a pair of Guinness Pint glasses there, along with a rugby shirt. The pint glasses have both broken over the span of time and I outgrew the shirt, but the memories remain.
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