Hangover - Free Alcohol?!

[Scarlett]

I know this is a contradiction in terms but I wondered if there was a type of alcohol which results in less hangovers? Eg- I have a memory of someone saying that organic wine contained fewer chemicals and therefore resulted in less severe hangovers. Or is this a myth?!

[penelope2]

Vodka, Gin.

[boxtops]

Everyone reacts differently. My friend can drink gin and have no hangover, but wine puts her in a terrible condition.

[EdmundD]

For me vodka.

[2sp_]

I can drink Morgan's spiced rum with no hangover the next day. Anything else and I think I'm dying.

I'm also not a bumhole on Morgan's either. Anything else and I even irritate myself.

[penelope2]

Vodka and Gin have less Congeners than say Brandy or Red Wine.

[penelope2]

2sp ^^^ I had a brief affair with Morgans Rum once and it slaughtered me.

[Buenchico]

It's the congeners in booze, as much as the alcohol, that make hangovers particularly nasty. Those congeners are present in large quantities mainly in darker-coloured drinks. So, if you're going to drink heavily, it's best to avoid things like brandy, whisky and red wine, and stick to drinks like vodka and gin. (White wine has fewer congeners than red but it's not free from them). However the 'colourless drinks are best' rule isn't a rigid one; tequila is packed full of congeners!

[grasscarp]

I read about this in the past week - and I have yet to try it out
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-secret-tip-thatll-let-you-drink-alcohol-without-get-1567906564

[berniecuddles]

martell brandy no hangover at all

[DTCwordfan]

Good wine.....and within that, Riojas are more tannin free and therefore less risk of the aching side and forehead syndrome.

[EcclesCake]

I laughed my bottom off when I attended an Organic Food conference where the food and booze where all organic.

There was the usual number of dark glasses at breakfast the next day ;-)

[anneasquith]

I always thought , the darker the alcohol, the bigger the hangover >

[theprof]

Buenchico has explained it well. It is a myth.

Chemicals such as various sulphites (sulfites, for our friends over the pond), which are routinely added to non-organic based wines, have never been shown to contribute to hangovers.

Sulphites are not to be considered congeners as sulphites are added to prolong the shelf-life of the wine. Congeners are other chemicals such as Amyl alcohol, various esters etc

[ummmm]

It's vodka for me but I put that down to the lemonade I have with it.

[Cloverjo]

German white wine always seemed to give me worse hangovers than any other.

[EDDIE51]

There are 2 reasons for a hangover , one is the cogeners as you have been told the other is that alcohol make you pee out more water than you take in. So if you drink a lot of alcohol you get dehydrated which causes a headache.
The answer to your question is ' Yes' drinks such as Vodka with few cogeners will cause a 'lesser' hangover than drinks with a lot of cogeners as you only get the dehydration part not the cogeners part as well.

[atalanta]

Try taking N- acetyl cysteine before you drink. Available from health-food stores and probably the Internet.

[robofluff]

I drink a few glasses of water before bed