BEER AFTER DINNER

A couple of beers probably won't trouble the BGs too much, three or more might. Monitor a little more frequently after drinking as the liver tends to prioritise processing the alcohol which can lead to hypos later in the night.

everyone is different so just test your blood after it and see what happens, you might find you need some help......

if you can it would be wise to get the insulin in with the pre meal dose......

Depends on the beer and the quantity. I don't worry about the odd half, but will include it in carbs total if I have beer with a meal, and certainly inject for one or more pints of Guinness.

Stew

Yes, strong lagers are usually low in sugar and the higher alcohol content in them (as Warwick says) can lower your BG - so possibly a 'double whammy'. Beers like bitter or Guiness certainly contain more CPs, which should be counted.

I find i have to take insulin for beers. Trial and error.

I made a mistake last week. I was out for a six mile run and my BG was fine after. I reduced my qa by two with my meal and then had three beers. I had 2 cps of bread before bed and took the qa but also added on another two for the beers so 4qa in total. I woke up the next morning and was 12.6 so corrected +2 with my 3cps. Big mistake was 1.8 four hours later. I probably should have just taken the cps for the bread before bed and then not corrected regardless of my BG the next morning.

I find my BG goes up with a beer, but then drops a two or three hours later. So my routine is:

QA, then beer, followed by a kebab at the end of the drinking session.