So, Beer is good for you.

Andrew Pearse
Dec 4, 2025
3 min read

I read something recently that mentioned a study in the United States has confirmed that drinking beer after exercise is as good or better for you than drinking water or a sports or electrolyte drink.

I didn't actually read the report , someone else did and relayed that conclusion.

I like research that tells me what I want to hear. Like red wine and dark chocolate is good for me.

I'm sure if I had read the actual report myself, it may not have been such a generalization. There may have been some limitations and parameters to this conclusion. Maybe some if's and buts' or some Abv recommendations, quantities and so forth.

But I didn't want to see all that.

A little bit of knowledge is enough for me to run with.

There was a time a few years ago that for a short moment I considered giving up beer drinking. A short moment. I was encouraged by a mentor who had given up for a challenge and never went back. He was one who thought that all dark beers were Guinness and all other beers were Boags and Cascade lagers. Yes a Tasweigen.

I suppose if the only meat I ever knew was tinned Spam, I could become a vegetarian.

Anyone who has read my previous drivel will know I'm into Belgian ales, I'm also a lover of Ipa's, west and east coast, Porters, Stouts. Imperials, Barrel aged are a treat and ..... and I love a good pilsner anytime.

I heard recently a comment that we should boycott Russian Imperial Stouts due to those naughty Russians invading Ukraine.

But Ris never came from Russia, just like India pale ales are not from India. Unlike a Czech Pilsner or an Irish Stout. But all these names are now just styles that beer judges use to categorize one beer from another. Any of them can be produced anywhere today with a good supply of ingredients, which we have here in Oz and a few style guidelines.

A true Pilsner doesn't need to be made in Pilsen, or with water from the Radbuza river. The same profile can be created in any small brewery, or a garage in Winmalee or a laundry in Katoomba.

Here's another generalization. Beer contains, Protein, Vitamin B3 or Niacin, Riboflavin or B2, Folate B9, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Vitamin B12 and zero fat. Not to mention the polyphenols from the hops. Sounds like a great glass of vitamins to me.

Dinosaurs didn't have beer, look what happened to them..