How long do you wait to drink again after a cold?

[Andy Velebil]

Since I came down with the summer cold this past weekend it curtailed my wine drinking plans. While I am now feeling better, I've still got a lingering cough and last night was thinking about when I should start partaking in my favorite beverage again. I figure maybe this Friday or Saturday would be good if the cough starts going away, so about a week.

How long do you normally wait after being sick to partake again?

[Eric Menchen]

You're supposed to wait?

[Michael T]

Are you waiting for health reasons or just so you can taste what you're drinking.

[Andy Velebil]

Are you waiting for health reasons or just so you can taste what you're drinking.

Was kinda thinking both. But probably leaning more to the heath reasons.

[John M.]

I was just really sick for the first time in years....I had no taste or smell, but also no desire to drink. When finally on the mend I really waited until I could smell....that's the benchmark.

[Eric Menchen]

Cough syrup contains alcohol, but of course certain medications should not be taken with alcohol. That aside, if I can't smell I won't be opening anything special.

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[Paul Fountain]

Wine, and red wine in particular is usually the last thing I get back onto. If I've got a sore throat, I'll often have whisky, either neat, on ice or in a hot toddy as it comes on. As I'm getting past it, I might test drive with a beer to see how things are going but I find that I'm not too keen in red wine until things have just about totally cleared up.
I tend to find that coffee doesn't work to well for me when I have a cold too, so I tend to drink more tea.

[Andy Velebil]

Wine, and red wine in particular is usually the last thing I get back onto. If I've got a sore throat, I'll often have whisky, either neat, on ice or in a hot toddy as it comes on. As I'm getting past it, I might test drive with a beer to see how things are going but I find that I'm not too keen in red wine until things have just about totally cleared up.
I tend to find that coffee doesn't work to well for me when I have a cold too, so I tend to drink more tea.

In the past I'm usually in a similar camp. Wine usually is the last thing I go back to. No idea why that is....maybe afraid of it not tasting right due to my taste being off and then stuck with an open bottle. Not sure. Regardless, I usually end up waiting at least a week or two before going back to alcohol. Though I think I'll give wine a shot later tonight to be different and to see what happens.

[Moses Botbol]

You're supposed to wait?

Don't let a little cold knock you off your game. Just finish the evening with Night Nurse instead of Madeira...

[Glenn E.]

Lucky for me, but I really don't get sick all that often. And when I do it's pretty mild, so I don't usually have to change anything and can just go about my daily business.

That said, I tend to wait until it's all gone before I drink anything nice. I'll drink a 20-yr old or LBV the entire time, but will wait a week to make sure my palate is back to normal before I crack open a 40-yr old or 1970 VP.

[Andy Velebil]

Lucky for me, but I really don't get sick all that often. And when I do it's pretty mild, so I don't usually have to change anything and can just go about my daily business.

That said, I tend to wait until it's all gone before I drink anything nice. I'll drink a 20-yr old or LBV the entire time, but will wait a week to make sure my palate is back to normal before I crack open a 40-yr old or 1970 VP.

I don't get sick very often either (knock on wood). I've got a 2008 Vargellas standing up to be opened after this post....emergency decant procedure is in full swing.

[james mills]

As a Physician I usually use an alcoholic drink as a cure for a viral 'cold' . It would appear to have worked well over the last
70 years.!