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[ronito]

http://www.thelocal.es/20130719/beer-competition-death

Shortly after winning the beer drinking prize at a festival in Spain's Murcia region, Joaquín Alcaraz Gracia began to vomit.

Before that "he was fine", explained Antonio Alcaraz told Spanish newspaper Hoy.

"He had drunk six litres of beer, and when he won he lifted the trophy.

"Then he just started to vomit without stopping and he never spoke again," Alcaraz said.

It was a tragic end to the beer drinking competition in Murcia's Gea y Truyols district.

Rules of the competitive booze-up are straightforward. Contestants have to down as many litre-glasses of beer as they can in 20 minutes.

"But it seems Joaquín's body said enough was enough," said witness Santiago García of the man emergency officials later described as "obese".

"He started to vomit in his chair. I was one of the people who held him upright," said the man.

"He vomited a lot but I sat with him for ten minutes, and he was sleeping and snoring away," municipality vice president Pedro Rodríguez told Hoy newspaper.

Sadly, Gracia wasn't sleeping. By the time emergency officials turned up at the scene, he was in cardiac arrest.

"When he arrived in the emergency unit, his vitals signs were very weak," said workers at the local hospital he was taken to.

He died shortly afterwards.

Local mayor José Manuel Gracia told Hoy newspaper the cause of the beer drinking king's death was not yet clear.

The official defended the town's beer festival saying it had a long tradition.

But he did say that further festivities have been suspended. Local authorities have also called for a three-day official period of mourning

6 liters. I can barley believe it.

 

[Count Dookkake]

6 liters. I can barley believe it.

I raise my glass.

 

[SaskBoy]

Local mayor José Manuel Gracia told Hoy newspaper the cause of the beer drinking king's death was not yet clear.

Hmm. Seems like drinking 6 litres of beer in 20 minutes might have killed him.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

I just poured out a bit of my Red Stripe for this fallen hero

 

[Dennis]

http://www.thelocal.es/20130719/beer-competition-death


6 liters. I can barley believe it.

You joke about something like this?

That is toastless.

 

[GungHo]

Hmm. Seems like drinking 6 litres of beer in 20 minutes might have killed him.

You think?

 

[Calmine]

Cheers.

I love the fact that one guy mistook "Sleeping and Snoring" to a Cardiac arrest

 

[bonesmccoy]

Ugh, such a bad way to go. RIP.

You joke about something like this?

That is toastless.

You shouldn't hop to conclusions. That pun was the yeast he could do given the circumstances.

This reminds me of that story of the woman (mother of 2 I think) who died after winning a water-drinking contest. Her prize was a Wii.

 

[ronito]

You joke about something like this?

That is toastless.

IPA so sorry.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

You joke about something like this?

That is toastless.

Trouble's a brewin'.

 

[SUPREME1]

That's 202oz for America GAF.

Shit, I drank a total of about 160oz at the county fair a couple years back. But it was over the course of a couple hours. And half of them were shit lite beer as well.


This dude did 202 in 20 minutes. Damn son.


RIP Champ.

 

[Deified Data]

Why can't these contests just be "first to x amount of beer wins"?

 

[SaskBoy]

You think?

I'm no doctor, but yes. Yes I do.

 

[BomberMouse]

Shit, 6 litters is a lot but not really that much for a good night, about 12 pints. Still, this dude drank it in 20 minutes.

 

[GodParticle]

Beer today, gone tomorrow

 

[Ferrio]

Zicke, Zacke, Zicke, Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi!

 

[SolarPowered]

Vomiting to death. That is such a horrible way to go.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

In twenty minutes.

Also this story is sort of eerily reminiscent of the blueberry pie story from Stand By Me.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I'm actually sorta shocked that 6 liters of beer in 20 minutes would kill you. It wouldn't surprise me if the vomiting stressed out his heart too much, it's a strenuous act.

 

[Choke on the Magic]

RIP Landfill.

 

[Ferrio]

I'm actually sorta shocked that 6 liters of beer in 20 minutes would kill you. It wouldn't surprise me if the vomiting stressed out his heart too much, it's a strenuous act.

6 liters of anything in 20 minutes would fuck you up, even water.

 

[keltickennedy]

I think I did 3 or 4 liters once. Those big glasses at Hofbrauhaus are 1 liter right?

 

[mernst23]

17 beers in 20 minutes is fucking amazing.

Best i've ever seen is like 10 in 30-35 minutes.

 

[BomberMouse]

Second place died too, but no one cares about losers.

Spoiler

Have no idea what happened to second place or how much he drank.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Shoulda gone with Miller Lite. Never fills you up, never lets you down.

Honestly, I'm surprised someone would die on 12 pints of beer. I would have guessed you'd pass out, but that's like what, .037?

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Ah man maybe I dodged a bullet when I tried and failed to drink a 3L can of Asahi through a beer bong. I remember puking up the 2L I got down was a surprisingly pleasant experience. It was still cold and foamy.

 

[Nevasleep]

Local authorities have also called for a three-day official period of mourning

The king is dead.

 

[Mudkips]

Zicke, zacke, zicke, zacke, beaten beaten beaten!

Of course 6 liters will fuck your shit. I think some people in this thread are confusing liters and pints.

 

[TunaMarshmallow]

This is like 17-18 beers. It's not a good idea, but it shouldn't *kill* a guy.

In high school, didn't we all have a friend who funnelled a 750-mL bottle of vodka and had to get carted away to the hospital?

 

[Blearth]

That's 202oz for America GAF.

We know what liters are god dammit!

 

[octagon69]

I just poured out a bit of my Red Stripe for this fallen hero

You should pour the whole thing out man. Red Stripe is disgusting.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Who would have though?

 

[ronito]

We know what liters are god dammit!

To be fair, that's only because our coke comes in 2 liter bottles.

 

[Clydefrog]

RIP sir.

 

[nomster]

Ah man maybe I dodged a bullet when I tried and failed to drink a 3L can of Asahi through a beer bong. I remember puking up the 2L I got down was a surprisingly pleasant experience. It was still cold and foamy.

That must be one huge ass can.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Ah man maybe I dodged a bullet when I tried and failed to drink a 3L can of Asahi through a beer bong. I remember puking up the 2L I got down was a surprisingly pleasant experience. It was still cold and foamy.

That's about 6 pints of beer, I don't think it would come close to killing you. What this guy had was around 12 pints, which is potentially lethal, although I'm surprised he would die that quickly on that dose. Lots and lots of people live through that, although they get a lot of stomach pumpings, etc.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

That ain't bad...

In twenty minutes.

Never mind. :\
Dayum!

 

[riskVSreward]

This is like 17-18 beers. It's not a good idea, but it shouldn't *kill* a guy.

In high school, didn't we all have a friend who funnelled a 750-mL bottle of vodka and had to get carted away to the hospital?

That was middle school actually.

 

[Thorakai]

I had 80 ounces of beer in about 12 minutes when I was a stupid freshman. I was fine for the first 30 minutes but then ended up vomiting it all up and more non-stop. That day definitely taught me how to respect the power of alcohol.

 

[NH Apache]

Did anyone else read Murcia as Murica?

Man, it's been a long day at work.

 

[Why would you do that?]

Sad. But I can understand not immediately knowing the cause of death. Six liters of anything in a short time is a very bad idea, as mentioned.

We know what liters are god dammit!

Yeah, I can't easily envision 202 ounces, but I can easily envision 6 liters. It's like three two-liter soda bottles. When it comes to metric, I personally am mostly just unfamiliar with large distances (M/KM) and weight.

 

[sangreal]

I can easily drink 6 litres of beer in a night. The issue is probably that he did it in 20 minutes

 

[blame space]

he died doing what he loved.

 

[Rafterman]

This is like 17-18 beers. It's not a good idea, but it shouldn't *kill* a guy.

In high school, didn't we all have a friend who funnelled a 750-mL bottle of vodka and had to get carted away to the hospital?

It's not the alcohol, it's the quantity of liquid. Straight up water can kill you in that amount.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

That must be one huge ass can.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Too much too fast. There should be some limits to these contests.

he died doing what he loved.

Throwing up?

Spoiler

Sorry

 

[Slayven]

I thought Smokeydave was the champ?

 

[Angry Grimace]

I see you and raise 2 liters.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Ooh Bell's is good stuff I would much rather drink that than Asahi

 

[Kinyou]

He died like he lived, I guess?