Started a month ago with a flu vaccination. After a week, some reaction occurred that rendered all taste in my mouth to go full metallic. Everything tasted bad, even water. However in subsequent month, slowly taste is returning. Now the beer part. One style of beer I had never enjoyed is the IPA. Way to bitter. On a whim, I grabbed a Pernicious and was floored with how amazing it tasted. Zero bitterness just a great juicy flavor. Got me thinking, this must be what the rest of the normal beer drinking world "gets" that I never did (until now). I'm not sure how long it will take until taste fully returns, but I'm off to try more IPA's.
I’ve never had Pernicious. Is it a classic IPA or is it more of the juicy/hazy variety? I suspect that your newly acquired taste for IPA is a result of your palate changing. There might not be any correlation between your taste for IPA and your reaction to the flu vaccine; perhaps it is just a coincidence.
Yeah, I do't know what to make of that. I would like to know of professional confirmation between the immunization and this type of reaction. Sounds kinda like Jekyll and Hyde.....
My bro in law is a physician, board certified in 4 disciplines and has his Masters in public health. I talked to him at length. It probably has something to do with the mix of the vaccine with the current drugs that I'm on. No way for testing to occur on a vaccine with all possible mixes of meds. I don't know that my taste buds have changed as they're not "back" yet. Stuff still tastes funny, but not as bad as it did. As I've never been an IPA fan but I think Pernicious is more classic IPA than a New England style, but again I'm no expert. Blew me away though.
Pernicious appears to be a classic American IPA, but I've never had it. The metallic taste may be from the flu shot since it causes the antibodies to attack the source of infection which in this case is dead virus. A common cause of a metallic taste is a sinus or upper respiratory infection. Since it takes 2 weeks for the flu shot to become effective, it's possible that as the antibodies were building up in your system it caused you to experience the metallic taste which is only temporary until the infection ends. I'm no doctor ... At least it looks like you've achieved a new enjoyment for IPA's, hopefully it's not just another transient effect.
Apparently, other prescription drugs can cause it as you mentioned. Prescription drugs – These medicines include antibiotics such as tetracycline; the gout medicine allopurinol; lithium, which is used to treat certain psychiatric conditions; and some cardiac medications. Your body absorbs the medicine and it comes out in the saliva. Also, medicines that can cause a dry mouth, such as antidepressants, can be a culprit. These can affect your taste because they close your taste buds. A good IPA is the best medicine
In late 2017, I had a metallic taste in my mouth that I never figured out the cause of. It lasted a few weeks. During that time I acquired Founders CBS for the first time and reviewed it. Partly due not having aged it up a bit, and partly due to the metallic taste in my mouth, it wasn't good. I tried CBS six months later when the metallic taste was gone for months and the CBS had aged a bit, muting the coffee and bringing out the Maple. I adjusted my score and it became my highest rated beer. Probably a lot of possible causes for a metallic taste. In my case I figured it was some temporary dental issue, and it did clear up. On another occasion I got a strong metallic taste in my mouth from off-tasting beer, but that went away within 24 hours. I didn't note any "taste awakening" after the two incidents, but if it is limited to IPAs that could explain it, since I'm not into them. I am on high-dose Allopurinol, but have been for 20 years and have only had the one unexplained incident of metallic taste. That said, maybe it's always there but I've gotten used to it.
Sorry, I had to run catch my dog. That is a very strange story. Drug mixtures can be a bit spooky on occasion..
OP glad to hear your tastes for IPA are now dialed in, enjoy those beers Hope your new found enjoyments is perm!
I think there are cold viruses going around the last few years that mess with your taste buds. I got one about 2 years ago where I hyper-tasted everything. I was at a Cajun restaurant when it hit, and I got a relatively mild dish and couldn't even finish it because every bite felt like my mouth was on fire. I usually like stuff really spicy, so this was strange. I ended up just eating cornbread and drinking water. Then I got one about 4-5 months ago where I couldn't taste anything. This wasn't the kind of loss of taste you get when your nose is plugged up. My taste buds were gone. I was swishing straight espresso around in my mouth just to see if I could get some hint of taste, and it was literally like I was swishing hot water in my mouth.
