Drinking Old Lager

[jd_1984]

I was at a family do last night.
I drank 6 cans of lager throughout the evening (4hr period) but upon drinking the final can, somebody pointed out to me that the expiry date for the cans was 30 Aug 2010!!!
I dont know if it is psychosomatic or real symptoms but my stomach feels very delicate, I have pains in abdomen and side and a headache. It is not normal hangover feelings, 6 cans wouldnt give me a hangover anyway??

Is it a. solely the off lager b. partly the off lager and my mind making it worse c. unrelated??

I think possibly b.

[Old_Geezer]

I think possibly c.

[Tilly2]

I'm sure it wouldn't be off. It's in a tin. I agree with O.G. I go for 'c' as well.

[Ratty2E]

I don't drink lager but wouldn't it taste 'off' if it was off.

[tonyav]

No such thing has bad lager, well unless it happens to be Australian that is !.

[coccinelle]

If it had been off then bacteria would have been able to get to it, and so exposed to air. if the lager wasn't flat then it would be fine. I think it's your brain telling your stomach you've just given it 6 cans of off lager and it's kicking up a fuss....

[jd_1984]

Tasted a bit flat but not "off".
I probably have a bit of a bad tummy coming on and have jumped straight to the conclusion that its the lager. It might not have helped though!

[Tilly2]

What did you eat at this do?

[jd_1984]

A buffet of sandwiches and the ususal finger food you get at these family gatherings

[Tilly2]

Was there any seafood? You might have eaten some seahorse.

[jd_1984]

No Tilly........ a bit of salmon no seahorses that we knew of but you never know!!

[Tilly2]

Sorry, the horse thing has been done to death on here. I hope you feel better soon. Take some Alka Seltzer.

[jd_1984]

Its not as bad now that I have got up and moving about, hot shower etc..
Got some andrew's salts in the cupboard if needs be!

[gollob]

Check that the Andrews salts are still in code

[diddlydo]

Much more likely to be the buffet - or the mind.

[Anngel]

jd, don't want to worry you. My husband recently had similar symptoms to you, for three days. I finally nagged him into going to the docs. He had a blood test which showed white count of near 300 (it is supposed to be 10). So my advice is, if you have a temperature, to go to the doctors. His turned out to be gall bladder infection which could have been very serious if left.

[jd_1984]

Annegel, thanks for your concerns. I am better today. Could have just been something I eat/drank, perhaps nothing to do with the 30 month expired lager. Felt a bit crampy and had a bad head until around tea time then it seemed to get better.

[Smowball]

Glad you're feeling better : )