Caffeine Buzz from Stouts

Not me--would be on the couch. Check your liver. A four pack of that 8.3% treat has alcohol that far overpowers any caffeine in it. You were almost certainly legally drunk.

 

I think the 4 pack part was hypothetical.

OP - never noticed it myself, but I also drink a lot of coffee, so possibly that makes a difference. Are you a regular coffee drinker? I'm no sort of expert, but I would have thought that for the (relatively small) amount of caffeine in an FBS to be noticeable over the alcohol, you must be pretty sensitive to it.

 

The amount of caffeine in a bottle of beer is far less than the amount in a cup of coffee.

https://twitter.com/foundersbrewing/status/256734600297054208

"Breakfast Stout has 5-10% the caffeine of a cup of coffee, depending on the strength of the coffee."

 

Wake and Bake was the only stout that I noticed a Caffeine high vs Alcohol high. It could be psychosomatic though.

 

This has been discussed in prior posts before but a 12 oz coffee stout probably has no more than 25-50 mg caffeine. Per oz, that's less than some "decaf" coffee or green tea. Some are sensitive to just a few mg of caffeine and the time of day it's consumed may affect some more than others

 

I wish I could get that buzz. Then I could replace my morning coffee with BEER.

 

Only if it has chocolate in it. I doubt roasted barley produces any caffeine.

 

Surly Coffee Bender is the only beer I've ever gotten a caffeine buzz from, great stuff.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13014/30764/

 

Placebo effect...I brew very coffee heavy stouts and still only put on average 3oz of coffee beans (cold pressed) into 5 gallons of stout. Maybe your synapses gave you that effect because of other factors you were experiencing while enjoying the stout? Could have been a sympathetic effect that was triggered by other exciting events while imbibing. Unless you are truly sensitive to trace amounts of caffeine.

 

I will 2nd this. I've had many stouts and coffee beers but Coffee Bender gave me a jolt late at night when I am usually ready for bed.

 

Nothing here. I only drink one cup of coffee a day. When I am not drinking beer I am drinking lots of water. I drink no soda at all and though I love tea, I only drink decaf or herbal tea. Since I have very little caffeine at all, I feel like I'd get some sort of caffeine buzz from stouts but I don't. Perhaps the alcohol cancels it out on me

 

I don't get more of a caffeine buzz than alcohol... as there's more alcohol in FBS than caffeine... but certain coffee beers do give me a caffeine buzz in addition to a booze-buzz.

Obviously, this is going to be different with each individual and their genetic makeup/tolerance to coffee. There are coffee beers that will keep me up at night if I have them late in the evening.

I've never had any problems with FBS, but I literally cannot sleep after a 12oz bottle of Victory of Sea... if consumed late at night.

 

Maybe a more of a placebo-like response to knowing there is coffee in the beer? To repeat what most everyone else has said there is a small amount of caffiene in FBS and most coffee stouts. The mind is a wonderful and strange thing.

 

Any alcoholic beverage consumed within 2 hours of sleeping will keep you awake.

 

A slippery slope, my friend.

 

And since I drink 12 cups a day it would a steep slope.

 

Not for me, although I am usually immune to caffeine from any source.