What will happen if some one having Gout drinks beer?

• Beers with the boys: any number of alcoholic beverages totalling under nine per person. "We had beers with the boys last night, it was only supposed to be a couple drinks, but after the snakebite showed up it was undoubtedly beers with the boys."
• A couple drinks: at least four drinks. "We had a couple drinks last night. We were only going to have one beer, but it became a couple drinks."

Hi Laraine:
Beer:
- If you're British, warm. Canadian, wet. Otherwise, who cares?
Wine:
- white - chilled, red - warm. If you're Canadian, wet.
-Pop - cold, but if you're Canadian, stick to beer and wine so....... Who cares?
Cheers

It seems to me that the jury is still out... if you ask gout sufferers, they swear that asparatame sweetners such as are in diet soda makes gout worse. However, if you read the latest studies published in the British Medical Journal say: "data suggest that consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men. Furthermore, fructose rich fruits and fruit juices may also increase the risk. Diet soft drinks were not associated with the risk of gout". So they are clearly blaming sugar and fructose which is in regular soda pop.

The good news is that the risk of gout was found to be lower in individuals with higher vitamin C intake.

From Wikipedia: "Dietary causes account for about 12% of gout, and include a strong association with the consumption of alcohol, fructose-sweetened drinks, meat, and seafood. Other triggers include physical trauma and surgery. Studies in the early 2000s have found that other dietary factors once believed associated are, in fact, not, including the intake of purine-rich vegetables (e.g., beans, peas, lentils, and spinach) and total protein. With respect to risks related to alcohol, beer and spirits appear to have a greater risk than wine. The consumption of coffee, vitamin C and dairy products, as well as physical fitness, appear to decrease the risk. This is believed partly due to their effect in reducing insulin resistance."

Pairing food with beer can add a dimension to your meal that can be very pleasing. I will attach a link that is worth reading. It provides some tips on how to properly pair certain dishes with particular beer styles successfully to bring out the best in each.

http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/drinking/beer/beerpairings

Each style of beer has a certain guideline for suggested drinking temperatures. Here are a few:

- Wheat beer and pale lager= 45-50F
- Pale ales and amber/dark lagers= 50-55F
- Dark ales, porters, stouts= 55-60F
- Fruit beers= 40-50F

Beer does not spoil in the same ways as other drinks. When a beer spoils, the taste characteristics change, not so much the texture. Most beers retain their quality for about 6 months. If stored properly, it should still taste good for an additional 4-6 months.

These are drinks made in a brewery but aren't like beer. They get flavor from added ingredients and not from being fermented. They are sold like beer and have similar alcohol content. They taste more like soft drinks.