That pounding headache will make us swear up and down we’ll by no means drink once more if we survive the day, solely to neglect all about that promise the second we’re feeling nice, and our associates invite us out for an additional night time of enjoyable!
Worldwide Hangover Day is widely known on the primary Saturday in August, and this yr it falls on August sixth. Poetically, Nationwide Beer Day is all the time the day earlier than!
This yr, we requested some Chilled 100 members to present us their ideas for beating that nasty hangover. Here’s what they needed to say.
Bartender Shaun Williams at Jewel of the South in New Orleans tells us that sea moss helps massively. “Sea Moss Gel helps a LOT!” he says. “Whether or not you place it in one thing to cover the style or shoot it straight up, it’s going to make a world of distinction. Sea Moss gel is wholesome and doesn’t contain including extra alcohol to the state of affairs. Bonus: It’s an prompt higher!” This wholesome remedy might be discovered on-line, in well being meals shops, or vitamin retailers.
Ulf Ekholm, bartender at The Pub & Folks in Washington, D.C. believes that ginger pictures are the remedy. “Pictures of recent ginger juice will do the trick! It appears to all the time work and there are quite a few well being advantages,” says Ekholm. Yow will discover recent ginger juice at well being meals shops or most smoothie and juice bars.
One other Washington based mostly bar supervisor, Katie Stewart of Foo Canine shares that “A pleasant greasy cheeseburger does the trick! I’m satisfied that the grease soaks up my sins from the night time earlier than!”
Proprietor and mixologist of Three Lumps of Sugar in Houston, LaShan Arceneaux, makes use of a house treatment to remedy her hangovers. “Iced ginger tea with lemon and honey! Boil a giant knob of ginger in water with a few lemons lower in half. Pressure and add honey whereas scorching. Drink the concoction over ice to hydrate and settle the system,” shares Arceneaux.
Jenna Athey of Seaguini in Clearwater, Florida, tells us that her go-to is “activated charcoal, an offensive quantity of water, and a Dawa tea (a tea made with recent ginger, lemon juice, honey, and a sprinkle of cayenne). You should buy activated charcoal drugs, liquid, or powder out of your native pharmacy or on-line. Bear in mind to make use of activated charcoal solely as directed by the producer!
Bartender April Tavernaro of Nomad in Park, MGM in Las Vegas shares with us that “Coconut water helps to rehydrate and ease the ache.”
Beverage Director Julian Flores Torres from Mayfield SJC situated in San Juan Capistrano says to “Get forward of it! Greatest hangover remedy I’ve discovered is to drink some Gatorade and take a Tylenol earlier than falling asleep. Works like a allure and I’ve by no means missed work after doing this. After all, you will need to keep in mind to do it for it to work!”
Bar Supervisor of the twenty first in Germantown, Louisville, Amos Gammons goes straight to meals to repair every part. “Pepperoni pizza with anchovies is my go-to. The grease and salt make every part higher and replenish my life.”
Additionally from Louisville, Karla Inexperienced, Artistic Director of Watch Hill Correct shares with us that “unsweetened coconut water, chilled watermelon, a superb sub sandwich and slightly time in nature (ideally a stroll on the seaside) = all higher! Hydrating and replenishing electrolyte imbalance naturally is vital. When supernatural powers are wanted, summon the Publix sub as they’ve important and magical therapeutic properties. Don’t ask me concerning the science, they only do. Reconnecting with nature and giving your self the time for introspection permits for processing the occasions of the night time earlier than… brings readability and jogs my memory that I most likely must get my life collectively!”
Impartial Marketing consultant, Paula Lukas from New York Metropolis says that “Alka Seltzer and coconut water are key. Alka Seltzer helps to do away with your headache and it settles your abdomen. Coconut water is excessive in electrolytes, particularly potassium which helps with rehydration.”
Joan Villanueva, Bar Supervisor at Cover in San Antonio goes for a extra of a “hair of the canine” method to preventing his hangovers. He tells us that he’s “been on a stable Fernet, Unlawful Mezcal, and Mr. Black Negronis kick for hangovers and it’s been constant. The little little bit of espresso helps, the sugar will get me going, and mezcal all the time helps.”
Chris Morris, Houston-based Beverage Director of Kau Ba Saigon Kitchen & Aya Sushi, has a mix method to curing a hangover. “Naproxen Sodium (Aleve) and as a lot coconut water as you may stand. Then Pho! Naproxen is chemically one of the best ache reliever for a hangover. Coconut water and Pho assist with rehydration,” shares Morris.
