"Heath, come to think of it, why are you in Saffron City too? Ehehe~" Heath's mouth twitched as he looked at the utterly wasted Jessie in front of him. He really hadn't expected to run into her first thing in the morning, before any other customers arrived. It was quite a surprise, but the biggest surprise was the state she was in. By the time Heath saw her, Jessie was already drunk, and the smell of alcohol coming off her was enough to make his scalp tingle. Heath could even tell she had been drinking beer. After all, its smell was so obvious and distinctive.
Beer could be called an evergreen among alcoholic drinks. Most beers weren't particularly high in alcohol, which made it easy to drink too much. After all, one glass or three wouldn't taste too unpleasant, but as you kept drinking, the alcohol would affect you and dull your senses, and then you would unwittingly drink even more.
The more beer you drank, the easier it was to get drunk. Then, aside from feeling the need to use the bathroom, there was the feeling of drunkenness itself. It wasn't a particularly pleasant feeling and could even make your whole body uncomfortable. The symptoms seemed to grow worse after using the bathroom, too. Perhaps that was because you had expelled the water and left the alcohol behind.
Still, beer was extremely popular, and enormous quantities were consumed every year. That was true even in the Pokémon world, especially during the World Cup, when beer consumption really peaked.
The problem, however, was that beer smelled rather unpleasant, especially when someone had gotten drunk on it. Under the effects of stomach acid, it developed a smell that could make you gag just from catching a whiff. Anyone who had ever