How much beer do you drink a day?

Jobs and significant others cause enough problems.

And drinking can then be the solution to those.

 

I'm 35 years old. I typically drink 3-4 beers on Friday and Saturday and 1-3 on Sunday. On most other days, I don't drink any beer, but if I do, it will typically be just one.

When drinking heavier beers (7%+) that come in 16 ounce cans, 3-4 cans adds up to enough to disturb my sleep quite a bit and sometimes make me feel pretty groggy the next day. For this reason I make sure not to drink more than 1 or very occasionally 2 of those big cans of heavy beer in one day. I exercise plenty so I'm not worried about the calories, and I think my overall alcohol intake is healthy, but I find that limiting the bigger beers helps keep me from sleeping too poorly. I wish that craft brewers would return to 12 ounce cans, especially for heavier beers. That way I could sample more beers in one day without compromising sleep.

 

I drink a max of 2 tallboys 6 days a week. I will occasionally sneak in a 3rd beer on special occasions or when previous beers are vigorously low ABV.

I take Mondays off, because Mondays suck.

I used to drink quite a bit more than this, had to cut back for sleep and screaming wife's sake.

 

in the last few years, I have settled into drinking 1-2 beers a night 1-2 nights a week, and maybe just a bit more on weekends. All in all around 6-8 beers a week.

 

During the holidays I definitely drink more. Maybe 1 - 2 a night, possibly 3 on a weekend. But during the rest of the year I'll drink a beer or two maybe twice a week, then maybe 2 or 3 over the weekend.

 

Don't worry about the folks dissing your start of this thread, They have nothing helpful to say about this, and can't wait to say it. Your post precedes Dry January, and its annual post here, so it is the perfect time to bring it back up.

I had/have serious health issues, at least some of which were caused by drinking beer. The last five years that I still was able to enjoy beer to the degree I like I averaged between 3 to 5 beers every "normal" day. At tastings or on special occasion days I am sure I had more than ten pints. I always took a month off from drinking, not always January. When Doc told me I had to give up drinking (and almost everything else I enjoy to consume) it was really hard to do, but knowing I could do it for at least one month really helped me to succeed. My daily intake now is one beer a month.

I wish I had been more responsible with my drinking, and many other aspects of life, because today, like almost every day, I really could go for a beer or two.

 

I am 58 and fully retired. Been imbibing a bit more since my relocation to Western North Carolina earlier this year from PHX, at least one 12 or 16 oz serving daily but most days 2-3 servings. Pretty much avoiding the binge drinking since my college roommate moved out of PHX about 5 years ago. I will go with a pallet cleanser day once a week; IPA's about 4-5 days a week (including DIPA and TIPAs); and Imperial Stouts/Strong Belgians/Strong Ales the other 1-2 days. Bottom line is there is so much good beer out there and so little time to consume!
Cheers,
Tom

 

At your age, I probably drank 4-5 liters on average daily. Mix of cheap industrial lagers and the high octane ales I was just starting to explore. It probably wasn't the best health choice I've made in my life.

These days, a decade later, I probably drink about 1-1.5 liters on a normal day, with the sporadic 3-4 liter day in the mix. And then the real outliers like the other night when I drank about a liters of ~12% abv beer plus a couple lighter cans. That was not a restful night of sleep or a pleasant morning.

I also take a week off completely every month and try to take some days off at other times as well.

Like some of the older folks have already mentioned, those kinds of behaviors can catch up with you a good bit as you age. If you're worried it might be to much, it's definitely not gonna hurt to dial it back a bit.

Welcome to the site, this is a great place to learn about way more awesome beers than you ever could or should drink!

 

I normally like to stay between 2-4 pints a day some days I drink more some days I drink less. I break a few days here and there to. Ideally I'd like to take 2 days off a week and try not to make a habit out of drinking all day but that always doesn't work out. Just be mindful of your consumption slow down when your body tells you, take care of yourself and let yourself dry out every once and awhile and you'll be solid.

 

Somewhere between not enough and too much, depending on who you ask.

 

On average I will drink 5 or 6 beers per night, 2 or 3 nights a week. 4 or 5 nights a week I won't drink at all.

 

I keep detailed stats of my drinking so I can answer this question with graphs if necessary.

Last year I was clocking 32-35oz a day, while this year I tried to keep it under 25-30oz depending on the month. Mostly Pale Lagers, IPAs and DIPAs. Not into super high ABV stouts so that helps a bit.

 

The vast majority of days, I consume 0 oz / ml of alcohol of any type.

Occasionally, when I have time off work, during holiday weekends, and similar such times, I'll go through roughly a six pack a day. Usually sours, stouts, wheat ales, and/or lagers. Barrel aging or double-digit ABVs optional but welcome.

I also have a workout schedule some friends have defined as "<expletive> insane", so that helps offset the alcohol intake days.

 

Wow. This is a good one. I think about this all the time, both for myself but also when I see what some of these BAs are downing, especially on the NBW. @BaconMan420, maybe a bit of leaf might help temper things. Seems like every week there's another report out about what the medical community deems an appropriate amount of weekly booze for the average man/woman. There are a so many things to consider, as many have chimed in above. Age is maybe factor one: below around 30-to-40 you can get away with a boatload of excess. Then things start to creep up. Sleeping is a big one, but that may be more for us older guys, Fatness is the great equalizer; try computing the caloric intake of various beers vs. the amount of exercise to offset them. The bummer you get will cause you to reach for another drink.
Then again, there's always the "life is too short to enjoy" aspect, so fuck it, go for broke?
Just know, there will come a come a time to pay the piper. There's a golden mean that everyone needs to find for themselves. Mankind has been "imbibing" in something or other forever, so it seems to be natural. The trick is to find out what works for you.

 

OP, I recommend stopping this. I was/am super active and watched what I ate but I drank too much beer and paid the price by slowly putting on weight. By the time I was just not as happy with the way that I looked and felt it was tough to drop the weight and break the habit that I had gotten into (that was the harder part, actually). And I didn't drink every day either, mostly Fri-Sun and maybe a night or two during the week if out with friends or something. But those DIPAs and calories/carbs add up quickly and 12 beers over a weekend were at least an extra 2400 calories so doing that week after week, yikes...you are adding extra meals every single week when you think about it. Would you sit down and eat a few king sized Snickers candy bars in a day? When you look at it that way it changes your perspective.

Now a six pack can last me a week+. I've dropped the stubborn pounds and look and feel way better.

 

I typically drink one to two Craft beers a day occasionally three about five days a week.
Occasionally at a party I will binge drink up to four or five Craft beers.
I have drank more and sometimes less in my 66 years on The Planet.
Craft Beer is a joy, and I wish I could drink even more but we have to think of our health don't we?
Cheers!

 

Man reading some of the responses in here is making me feel like a lightweight. I only drink 2 nights a week and only 2-3 beers max at that.