Salt deficiency , poor sleep

[malhal]

Instead of salt you could acidify your sparge water to prevent harsh bitterness from grain/hop tannins then enjoy clean bitterness flavours.

IKEA firm pocket sprung mattresses are excellent

 

[MashBag]

Hi Mash
Tried one of those and it was about 20% warmer than a conventional sprung.
So ditched it and went with a traditional sprung.

Mine's going back. So hot.

 

[MashBag]

IKEA firm pocket sprung mattresses are excellent

Yes indeed. That what I had before this debacle...

 

[The Baron]

Instead of salt you could acidify your sparge water to prevent harsh bitterness from grain/hop tannins then enjoy clean bitterness flavours.

IKEA firm pocket sprung mattresses are excellent

Already do acidify with acidulated malt and do sparge water too.
The salt is to counter the AA's when using loads of hops even in a whirlpool you can get too many IBU's when loading up the hops

 

[MashBag]

Alcohol trashes your sleep pattern, end of. It’s got nothing to do with salt imbalances, it’s the implicit effect of booze on the brain and there’s no escaping it.

Not sure I agree. I make a lemon & ginger liqueur. One nip, guarantees a good night's sleep in this house, everytime.

 

[Donegal john]

Not sure I agree. I make a lemon & ginger liqueur. One nip, guarantees a good night's sleep in this house, everytime.

The op said his sleep is disrupted when drinking more than 2-3 pints a night
One small nip won’t have the same impact.

 

[Alastair70]

Not sure I agree. I make a lemon & ginger liqueur. One nip, guarantees a good night's sleep in this house, everytime.

The plural of anecdote isn’t data, and I’m afraid the science is very clear here. A small nip might get you off quicker, but you won’t get proper deep sleep while there’s alcohol in the system. As @Donegal john says, if the dose is low you’ll only trash 1/2 an hour of a 7-8 hour sleep and not feel the adverse effects.

 

[Clint]

Perhaps the sweet spot is 8 to 10 pints...and a lamb madras.

 

[Alastair70]

Episode 131 of The Science of Everything Podcast touches on alcohols effect on sleep somewhere in the middle.
Sleep science is genuinely fascinating and the episode gives a fairly decent overview if anyone is interested in hearing more about it.
https://www.thescienceofeverything.net/

 

[Tommo 2]

Perhaps the sweet spot is 8 to 10 pints...and a lamb madras.

You’ll never know if you don’t try, would be very interested the results if you give it a go, you could always get your head down in the Poly tunnel if things don’t work out well, hell hath no fury like a women ****** of with ya.

 

[Clint]

Well I have had 10 pints and a lamb madras and went out like a light..

 

[Agentgonzo]

Well I have had 10 pints and a lamb madras and went out like a light..

It's obviously the lamb madras then. Has plenty of salt in it

 

[Clint]

Any fool knows that!