Allergic reaction to beer

[Wifezilla]

I had a very tasty New Belgian Abbey beer last night. About 20 minutes later my face turned bright red (across my nose and cheeks) and felt really hot. I tried to look up the ingredients to see if it had wheat, but I guess it is some kind of secret recipe

So does this sound like a yeast reaction? A gluten reaction? I do react to wheat sometimes, but never off of a small beer or never just a glowing red face. Weird. Any ideas?

 

[hikerchick]

Hmmm- I get that without the beer.

I have been told it's called a hot flash.

But then, I am ancient.

 

[Wifezilla]

I am not quite at hot flash age. I am getting there though

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

some one i know has a weird reaction to the holiday beers - from the spices apparently.

but

sometimes certain wines make me flush too (and not just after drinking the whole bottle!).

i'm going with maybe the yeast??

 

[sufficientforme]

Yes! fruits, spices, and esoteric yeast strains, malt etc. No expert here but it sure sounds like it.

 

[freemotion]

I have that reaction to sulfites in wine, along with an uncomfortably racing heart. No more wine for me. I do whine, though.

 

[sufficientforme]

Have you tried this? It was developed with Celiacs in mind from the makers of Budweiser I think
http://www.redbridgebeer.com/homePage.aspx

 

[sylvie]

I can't drink any beer nor most wines. I have reactions very similar to yours. Definitely a sensitivity.
I pretty much decided that it was the metabisulphites used in wines having made some without and had no effects.
Beer- never able to drink it and when I did I got a headache after only a few sips and an immediate hangover sensation, in addition to your symptoms.
Didn't improve the quality of my life, so why bother.

 

[FarmerChick]

wow hope it cleared up fast for you

send that beer my way OK?


yea sound like a reaction to something.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

I think sometimes you just have to say "okay, no more of that brand".

Hubby can't drink Red Stripe. He had a bottle and was fine, but the next day when he had a bottle he woke up and started having blind spots, which is the prelude to a migraine. And boy was it a migraine, meds all day, called into work, threw up, hid in the bed all day long. So, no more Red Stripe for him. He can drink other beers just fine, and a couple weeks after that event we went to dollar beer night and he tried several different bottles of other types with no ill effect. Just something about Red Stripe.