R.I.P. Scout26
How Long Can You Survive on Beer Alone?Long enough to develop scurvy.An Iowa man completed his Lent-long beer fast on Sunday, marking the occasion with a bacon smoothie. During the 46-day feat, J. Wilson consumed only beer and water, emulating a centuries-old tradition once practiced by the Paulaner monks of Munich, Germany. How long could a man survive on beer and water?Not more than a few months, probably. That's when the worst effects of scurvy and protein deficiency would kick in. (Liver disease is a serious risk of chronic alcohol use, but it takes longer to arrive.) If you kept to a strict beer diet—and swore off plain water altogether—you'd likely die of dehydration in a matter of days or weeks, depending on the strength and volume of beer consumed. There's plenty of water in beer, of course, but the alcohol's diuretic effect makes it a net negative in terms of hydration under most conditions.
You're saying it's a male dream to live w/o steak and bacon and nachos and double cheeseburgers and burritos and...
I read the thread title as How long can you survive on just one beer.Initial reaction was Not very damn long.Is there enough actual citrus in beers like Summer Shandys with the lemon in them to ward off scurvy?
Unfiltered, unpasteurized beer (e.g. homebrewed beer) contains significantly more vitamins and nutrients , including protein, than the mass-produced product. Thus, I suspect, the traditional beer fast was much healthier.
You are combining together several dreams into one fantasy.stay safe.
My thoughts exactly, brew up beer with citrus and protein added.
So, Mudder's Milk?
I was always pleasant, friendly and within arm's reach of a gun.
If government is the answer, it must have been a really, really, really stupid question.
I need to start observing Lent.http://beerrecipes.org/showrecipe.php?recipeid=1209#sthash.dsVdUcL0.dpbs
Makes a good breakfast beer.