Beer night ruined by sinuses

Wheat beers plug my nose up like a dirty drain. But if I'm already plugged up, I'm usually not in the mood for beer.

 

80% is the number that tends to get tossed about, though in reality, I can't find any study that specifically supports that number. Most researchers agree that a large part of what we taste is based on our olfactory senses, Since we're all different, I would say that the 80% has a large +/- tolerance to it. As far as spicy foods go, I don't find that they interfere with my enjoyment of beer at all, in some cases I think they actually enhance it. I love a good, hoppy IPA with some spicy food.

 

Stone IPA is always preferred when I'm sick, it has a very distinct mouthful and bitterness I can always recognize. Second to that is pineapple sculpin, again it has a very particular distinct mouthful I can pick up. I avoid most others until I'm clear

 

If I am truly blocked I will not drink beer. I don't taste it. At all. I'll smoke a joint and do some Afrin blasts