Challenge: How to Avoid Being Hungover for the Holidays

Deck your uncle cuz you're hammered, fa la la la laaaa, la laaa laaa laaaa!
Spend the weekend in the slammer, fa la la la laaaa, la laaa laaa laaaa!
Don your prison suit on a Thursday, fa la laa, la la laa, la la laaaa!
The judge doesn't get back until Monday, fa la la la laaaa, la laaa laaa laaaa!

There's nothing like the holidays after an election to bring out our festive moods. At least try to avoid a hangover while waiting for the judge.

The Five Worst Types of Alcohol For Hangovers

The rule of thumb is: the darker the booze, the harder you're gonna lose. And of course moderation is key. Can't get hungover if you don't get absolutely hammered!

Das List

(in numerical order of which alcohol sucks more tomorrow)

1. Brandy
2. Red Wine
3. Bourbon
4. Dark Rum
5. Whiskey

Oof.

The science crap behind this involves little devils called congeners. They help give alcohol its taste and color. Great! But like the sear (carcinogens) on steaks helping with flavor, congeners are also toxins. The darker the booze, the more congeners are present to ruin your soon future.

OOF.

Another finding in the story...uh, found...that more expensive booze can have fewer congeners if it's been distilled and filtered more.

A booze-life hack that my friends and I used to utilize: running liquor through a coffee filter or three. Does it work? Kinda. You could always just try the "quality over quantity" method, which I learned about the hard way when I was sent by my drummer to pick up a pint of Smirnoff and came back with a gallon of Silver Wolf, instead.

Never again.

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H/T: Thrillist