Subj : Re: Naughty Sourceress
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 18:38:39

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble wrote:

> Nick wrote:
> 
>> Trouble wrote:
>  
>>> You could for instance have problems with Tannin which comes from the
>>> skin of grapes used to color red wines, and blush wines, but Tannin
>>> also comes from Oak barrels and casks. So suffice it to say there is
>>> other chemistry involved that isn't just the alcohol.
> 
>> Well, I have had tannin problems for years, way before the new allergy 
>> reactions started.
>  
> This is why I say it might be something in the drink that isn't actually 
> alcohol...
> 
> Have you ever had the reaction with a non-alcoholic beer?
> 
> If not it lends a lot more credence to John's toxic breakdown notion.
> 

The fact that he has no celiac disease-like reaction to other cereal products 
rules out grains as the problem.

I get worse hangover like symptoms from Irish Whiskey than I do Scotch or 
Bourbon, and likewise with Mescal over Tequila.  The barrels these are aged 
in are very much a source of different kinds of toxins.  

What is it that is aged in cognac casks?  Don Julio Tequila?   My wife bought 
me a bottle of that for father's day or something and it was unbelievable.

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