Here we go arjay,
Google is my friend..
Alcohol has often been identified as a significant risk factor in the development of excessive uric acid levels (or hyperuricemia) and gout. In many instances, episodes of gout are triggered in the middle of night after a particularly lively session of inebriation.
For centuries, there has been a strong association between the occurrence of gout and specific lifestyles characterised by diets rich in red meat, high intakes of salt and alcohol, and a pronounced preference to a sedentary life with very little or totally non-existent physical exercise. This is the sort of lifestyle that many people tend to adopt, unfortunately, as they advance towards middle age, the lifestyle once adopted by kings and noblemen. As a result, gout in the past was often called "the royal affliction."
The uric acid builds up in your blood, which the body then converts to crystals to get it out of the blood, and the crystals are deposited in your joints adding to the accumulated deposits already present there. Once that, too, exceeds tolerable levels, the joints become inflamed with gout.
On the other hand, not all kinds of alcohol contribute to the occurrence of gout. Among all the alcohols studied, beer poses the highest risk, while wine and spirits have the least risk. It makes you wonder what it is about beer that makes it so critical.-------
I've not had any problems with it myself but red Meat, Beer,
and alcohol are some of my favorite things in life.

Chuck