How much beer do you drink a day?

Some other people have outright stated or hinted at the answer you're probably looking for so I'm just going to be throwing my shitty thesis on the top of the pile in the hope I get a passing grade.

I didn't used to drink nearly as much. From early 2019 until very recently, I've been drinking way more than I should. There were points in mid-to-late 2019, I'd just go to the store for a 12 pack of some kind of IPA and kill half of it that night because I felt like it. I was able to avoid that spiral but I still drank more than I should. It's forced me to be more measured because of the health problems I'm opening myself up to by continuing down this path.

My own curiosity about beer (you have to drink to learn about beer and pick it apart), coupled with personal shit I've had to deal with over the past three years and a global pandemic that has increased my personal and work stress to the upper limits, pushed me to a less than ideal level. I've managed to curb that over the last few months but I still have problems controlling myself from time to time.

If you're already questioning it, it means you've seen that too and you need to start cutting back, plain and simple. You're a young guy so do it now before you're in your 30s+ and you're killing yourself every other day drinking more beers than you should and feeling like shit the next day. Cut it down to weekends only or every other day or something; just make some kind of change because it's better than nothing. Worst case scenario, it will only continue to escalate from here until you're killing a six pack a day and barely feeling it; it's not a good road to go down.

 

OP: While you will get a variety of replies (as you probably expected), one of the reasons (I suspect) that some people are less than interested in responding isn’t just because this comes up a few times a year. There are always trolls, and there have even been supposed “researchers” that have asked (or even dropped a poll), and these people often never respond after their first post.

Stick around. Enjoy yourself. Learn what the world of beer is all about. Oh, and yes, just to pile on, you’re absolutely drinking too much. Objectively, it is too much. One thing you’ll note if you stick around is that people often talk about how much more they enjoy beer when they take breaks, drink it less frequently, or overall consume less. Also, it saves you money or allows you to buy more costly beer that you might otherwise want to buy, but you may not because you say, “well, I can’t afford that with as much as I drink!” Years ago I gave a friend of mine a pour of a 12yr single malt. He remarked how good it was, but again, he’d go broke if he bought that all the time! So, he stuck to his bud heavy and Yuengling.

 

I haven’t seen the question yet; are you drinking enough beer? Some of you seem to be on the lower end of a healthy beer intake. Might want to get that checked out.

 

I have a soft rule of 20. The ABV of the beers I drink should total around 20. 3 beers at 6.5% ABV, 2 at 10% ABV or 4 beers at 5%. But if I'm drink non alcoholic beers it's 3 or 4 per day because of the calories. This isn't a hard and fast rule, on party days I don't worry about how much I drink, and on most days I don't drink more than a couple of 6% beers

 

Think I'm averaging one NA beer per day. The alcohol part I left about four years ago, guess I have had my share.

 

It may have helped I jumped straight from mainly whisky to NA beer, so I didn't have to compare. You discover the qualities.

 

Generally speaking, one beer per day, occasionally two, and rarely three, 5-6 times a week. Mostly 12-16 ounce cans of lagers/IPAs/Milds etc.

My problem is that I buy beer for a man who drinks 4-5 a day including a couple of big bottle/big ABV stouts and barleywines….. I am not that man anymore.

 

This is exactly how I calculate too. I try to keep that total abv number to ~10 Mon-Thu which means one big beer or two smaller beers-I don't pay attention to serving size be it 11.2, 12, 16oz. Fri -Sun I definitely indulge more but I know if that number goes much north of 30, I'm usually in for a rough next day.

 

I think King alcohol dominates to the extreme. Just no "effect" from NA beer

 

I also did calculations when I drank, to keep it suitably down. In the end it was easier to quit.

 

I’m not a big drinker to begin with so it’s usually 10 or so beers a week.

 

HU. Holistic Union, I would not drink beers if I were you, they got that facial rec down pat. Watch your back … that’s a 420!

 

Well, at least your drinking 4.8%.

Never had that myself. Cheers!

 

You guys need to ship out to the new world! Have a good one.