Hiccups at the bar are like little bodily contractions that show the world you ’re at least 4x as sloppily intoxicate as you really are – they are embarrassing , uncomfortable , and give off that not - so - attractive " wino " vibe . Unfortunately , I get Sudden Onset Hiccups ( sol ) whenever I , as the tike would say , get turnt . And the old loyalist like drink water through a towel or scare off the asshole out of yourself by watching a 2016 presidential debate do n’t really work on .
So I asked a slew of bartenders for their diaphragm - settling peak and tricks , because essentially I take bartenders to assist solve all my problems . Though these methods and the ways I approach them were purposely non - scientific , a few of them really work ( for me , at least ) .
See ! I told my mummy I would learn something hanging around all these BAR , and now I have .
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1. Soda water, bitters, and citrus
" I always give people with hiccups at the Browning automatic rifle a large sodium carbonate H2O with two to four hefty dashes of Angostura bitters and a gamboge wedge , thrust . I tell them to booze it down quickly and steadily until it ’s go . It should heal their hiccup almost immediately . " –Dillon Mafit , ex - bartender and currentSupercallsenior editor
Did it work?
It worked straightaway . Since I was drinking in the office , I went over and gave Dillon a hug . Ten out of 10 , would recommend again .
2. Bitters, soda, no citrus
" The closest affair that come up to mind is the old bitter and sodium carbonate to take off the shift , and then as demand . It ’s bully for settling the pot mostly , especially if the night before was helter-skelter , and with dark hours stomachs suffer a scrap . " –Ben Wiley , owner ofCardiff Giant , Mission Dolores , andThe Owl Farm , Brooklyn , NYC
My stomach was a little more colonised , sure , but the hiccups kept flying out like an off - winder Miles Davis solo . Maybe the citrus makes a conflict ?
3. Bitters and citrus, by themselves
" The only one I ’ve ever seen work is the previous standby , eating an entire lime wedge soaked in Angostura bitters . Works every time . " –Jeffrey Morgenthaler , Portland bartender and writer
This one – which is Mafit ’s cure , sans the soda urine – in reality shape . I manned up and took a shot ( well … half of a shot ) of Ango . peradventure it grossed me out so hard , I draw a blank to hiccup . Maybe it was a stone - cold placebo effect . Either way , that seems to be the Francis Scott Key , so far .
4. Deep (deeeeeeep) breathing and swallowing
" I actually learned this when I was a kid from my mom and have used it at the measure ever since we opened . It ’s uncanny , but you have to readjust your diaphragm muscles by taking in a HUGE recondite breath and swallowing three times . If you hiccup or breathe at all before you could swallow the third time , you have to initiate all over again . It works 50 % of the clock time on the first attempt , but 100 % on the 2d . IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE . I had a customer / friend who I taught this to get so excited that he bought a universal resource locator on the spot to put up it on . " –Zach Mack , Thrillist contributor and owner ofABC Beer Co. , East Village , NYC
It took two time – as predict – but my spastic singultus were dead as disco , or Zed . This proved to me that bar hiccup could be cured without fetch bitters in .
5. Seltzer, with a question
" My surefire way is to postulate them , ' Do you remember , when was the last clock time you had singultus ? ' That one works pretty well . Otherwise they get the big glass of seltzer that they are to take tiny sip of every second for a 20 - count . " –Hayley Karl , Mugs Alehouse , Brooklyn , NYC
Well , I could n’t ask myself when the last time I had the singultus was , and I could n’t really tell someone else to do it , because that kind of get the better of the intent . So , I asked some random girl who I see hiccuping . She say , " Please leave me alone , " but it seemed like her hiccough went away , so that ’s estimable .
The seltzer alone did not work , deplorably .
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6. The old quarter trick… or, drinking a daiquiri upside down
" When someone at the saloon has the hiccough , my best move ( brusk of make them booze a daiquiri upside down ) is to hand them a quarter , and tell them to give it back to me the next time they hiccup . No idea why it works ; but it ’s near foolproof . The only problem is that I ca n’t do it to myself . " –Dan Casto , saloon manager / bartender atDouble Dragon , Portland , OR
I essay the quarter matter on someone else who was hiccup , and it did not work ( I think the general vanity behind it is deflect the hiccuper in question ) .
But , as a sign of good faith , I did drink a rum cocktail upside down … and all I got was brain freeze and a very stained shirt .
Stick with the bitter , they really work .
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