It Was Hot So I Drunk A Lot Today
It’s still 35 degrees as I write this and judging by the empties I’ve been drinking heavily all day.
I’ve actually had six bottles of Adnams 0.5% Alcohol Ghost Ship, as I started at 09:00 this morning and I’ve also drunk two cans of Diet Coke and three mugs of tea. So I must have drunk close to four litres today, none of which was alcoholic.
But when I was eighteen and serving in The Merryhills pub in Oakwood, I can remember drinking thirteen bottles of Guinness and walking home.
At the time, I didn’t know I was coeliac, so why did the beer not effect my gut?
As my father, who was undoubtedly an undiagnosed coeliac, also drank bottles of Guinness, were the bottles gluten-free, as I believe Guinness 0.0 is today.
It certainly looks like my grandfather, who was a professional alcoholic could have got started on beer to just keep himself hydrated. He then moved on to spirits and that contributed to his early death around forty.
The Anonymous Widower 
I am truly sorry for your grandfather. But let’s face it: Obviously nobody has stopped him from drinking that much.
Comment by Wolfgang Maresch | August 13, 2025 |
If you get hold of bottles of Nigerean Guinness it is naturally gluten free as it is made with sorghum wheat which is gf.
Comment by Maurice Reed | August 13, 2025 |
Guinness 0.0 is gluten-free according to my gut.
Comment by AnonW | August 13, 2025 |