Your Brain: Beer vs. Coffee

Joebewon

Thought this was pretty neat.
Have you guys ever used beer as way to spark up an idea?
Because I will openly admit I'm a pretty avid coffee drinker on top of plenty of H20.

Zocky

Hm, i like neither beer nor coffee.....i'm screwed. :P

skyline5gtr

See if i can get this past management

ZacD

IT's more like caffeine vs alcohol, you could replace either drink with one of your own choice.

Count Vertsalot

What if I'm drinking a coffee stout?

Joebewon

Zocky wrote: »

Hm, i like neither beer nor coffee.....i'm screwed. :P

You could try Tea! Chai tea is the bomb! And as ZacD said below, you could swap out either thing or anything.

Joebewon

skyline5gtr wrote: »

See if i can get this past management

right? some brews would make every brain storming meeting more creative!

Joebewon

ZacD wrote: »

IT's more like caffeine vs alcohol, you could replace either drink with one of your own choice.

I have definitely mixed and matched with these! I'll swap out for energy drinks and sometimes liquor. Though I haven't done much creative work using liquor.

Joebewon

Count Vertsalot wrote: »

What if I'm drinking a coffee stout?

Coffee Stout is straight delicious! But, I don't think it's got the same levels of caffeine as coffee and tea.

MikeF

Enjoy a beer, enjoy a coffee but dont count on it to help you come up with great ideas.

If anything, pair either of those up with some buddies then let the ideas flow!

Though i have had a couple encounters with the ballmer peak when doing some late night programming and the results did not disappoint.

Torch

MikeF wrote: »

Enjoy a beer, enjoy a coffee but dont count on it to help you come up with great ideas.

Exactly, everyone knows the way to get great ideas is through meditation and hard drugs!

Joebewon

MikeF wrote: »

Though i have had a couple encounters with the ballmer peak when doing some late night programming and the results did not disappoint.

back in college I have definitely used that method to get some of my games made. I had no idea that there was a name for that!

juniez

beer facilitates good ideas, huh

Steve Schulze

In my experience, any positive effects of beer on doing art are outweighed by the loss of focus and lethargy that come with it.

Swizzle

Jackablade wrote: »

In my experience, any positive effects of beer on doing art are outweighed by the loss of focus and lethargy that come with it.

I definitely find this to be the case as well, at least personally. I have a very hard time getting any work done or doing things like watching movies and playing games if I've had a drink or two.

That said, if you can write down a few ideas or something on a notepad after you've had a couple of drinks, you may find that they're at least good starting points for something good.

Chantel-sky

Jackablade wrote: »

In my experience, any positive effects of beer on doing art are outweighed by the loss of focus and lethargy that come with it.

I'm the same, even just one beer I lose all focus... but I'm a lightweight lol. If I need to come up with an idea I normally go for a walk or go somewhere quiet.

ikken

i find that morning coffee to focus/evening alcohol to relax is the best option for me

Francois_K

I like to drink beer at any point of the day in copious amounts.

#CreativeLyfe

rebb

I think this image may be slightly oversimplifying things, but at least it looks nice

Musetatron

V . O . D . K . A .

Justin Meisse

Two words: Coffee Stout

WarrenM

Doesn't that basically defeat the purpose? I think the idea is that you work with one or the other at any given time.

Steve Schulze

The main idea you're going to get from drinking coffee stout is "I should drink more coffee stout".

Deathstick

Vodka + Redbull = creative production?!

Currently I just down coffee to stay up working past midnight and then drink some apple ale to play counter-strike and help fall asleep for a few hours, wooo healthy life

Deathstick

Also

Torch wrote: »

Exactly, everyone knows the way to get great ideas is through meditation and hard drugs!

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Justin Meisse

Jackablade wrote: »

The main idea you're going to get from drinking coffee stout is "I should drink more coffee stout".

EXACTLY!

DrunkShaman

I live on coffee and ice tea.

valuemeal

Neither, water is the way to go.
Also coffee stains one's teeth.

Torch

Beer is a meat dude's drink, anyway.

kittylin

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WarrenM

Also coffee stains one's teeth.

They invented a brush type device that takes care of that...

Besides, water does nothing to keep you alert or wake you up. It's just a more natural option.

Joebewon

Justin Meisse wrote: »

Two words: Coffee Stout

As Jackablade said, usually I have coffee stout and instantly think:
"This is delicious. I need more coffee stout".

Joebewon

WarrenM wrote: »

They invented a brush type device that takes care of that...

Besides, water does nothing to keep you alert or wake you up. It's just a more natural option.

True that on the brushing device! And I do have to say I think water consumption is definitely important with all this! I think water helps balance out the caffeine and alcohol on both accounts. Either from getting wicked caffeine headaches or getting all sorts of intoxicated.