The reason why people get drunk due to liquor

The alcohol content of liquor is generally high, so many people who are not used to drinking liquor will feel that it is very spicy after drinking it. People who do not drink often will easily get drunk after drinking a sip of liquor. Some people can drink without changing their face and never get drunk; some people will not turn red when they are drunk, but some people will turn red as soon as they drink. This is because the body lacks transaminase. So what causes people to get drunk after drinking liquor?

1. Aldehydes in liquor

Aldehydes have fragrance, and low-level aldehydes also have a strong pungent smell. Acetaldehyde is the source of the spiciness in wine. The content should not be too high. Excessive amount will make the wine highly irritating and spicy, and drinking this kind of wine will cause dizziness.

Acrolein, commonly known as glyceraldehyde, is not only piercingly spicy, but also has a persistent bitter taste. It is the king of spicy taste. Acrolein is a tear gas and is extremely harmful to the human body. Alcohol containing acrolein must be used with wine.

2. Fusel oil in liquor

Fusel oil is a mixture of heterogeneous high-boiling points with a peculiar strong irritating odor. It has more disadvantages than advantages in terms of taste. Too little content will lose the style of traditional liquor. If the liquor base is processed very cleanly, that is, there is no or very little higher alcohol, the taste of the liquor will be very light, making the liquor lack mellowness; too much will cause spicy and bitter taste, which will have adverse effects on the wine and is harmful to the human body. Its poisoning and anesthetic effects are stronger than ethanol, and it can cause congestion of the nervous system and cause headaches. Its toxicity increases with the increase of molecular weight. The oxidation rate of fusel oil in the body is slower than that of ethanol and it stays in the body longer, which is another reason why drinking liquor can make you drunk and cause dry mouth.

3. Reasons related to alcohol consumption

The base alcohol used in most low-end liquors is ordinary edible alcohol. The national standard is isopentanol <80mg/L, while the standard isopentanol content in most countries in the world is 0, Russia is 2~5mg/L, and the isopentanol content in most liquors in my country is 50~60mg/L. The lower the isoamyl alcohol content in the alcohol, the more popular it is. Therefore, the low quality of alcohol in low-end liquor is also one of the reasons that cause dry mouth.

4. Acid ester balance

Acid-ester balance is a traditional feature of Chinese liquor. Most of the famous and high-quality Chinese liquors follow the rule that high esters have high acidity, so there are very few side effects on the body after people drink it. Luzhou-flavor liquor is the most typical representative of Chinese liquor with high esters and high acidity. Famous foreign distilled liquors have low esters and low acids. What's more, "Odeke" liquor has no acid esters or very little. From the acid ester analysis of these wines, we can see the mystery of the acid ester relationship.

The above is why liquor makes people intoxicated. These are the main reasons why liquor makes people intoxicated. Good liquor generally does not make people intoxicated, and liquor that makes people intoxicated is generally not good liquor.