# Hey alcoholics/piss heads/drink adventurers etc. what's the worst drink you've ever had? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054 "2012-10-08T03:38:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/101 "2012-10-10T13:57:20Z")
When I was but a young lass my cousin introduced me to alcohol. First with sneaked drinks from the family bar and then when we had a night out on our own she brought along my first purchased alcohol. Baby Duck (red wine and I’m stretching the definition of wine extremely thin) and Cherry Brandy. She then MIXED those before handing me the glass. Wanting to be all sophisticated with my 1 year and 11 very important days older cousin I drank my share. Many years later at an event with a very extensive bar I happened to notice both products available. Being the curious sort I wondered if my memory was accurate or not so I asked the bartender to mix me a very small glass. If you’ve ever had Buckley’s cough syrup the underlying taste is similar but it’s thinner and more horrifying. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/102 "2012-10-11T04:03:28Z")
Gin and Tang is not the same as gin and juice. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/103 "2012-10-11T05:46:32Z")
Anyone ever done the 4 horsemen and hell follows? 1 shot each of scotch, irish, Tennessee and bourbonI whiskey and a shot of ever clear? DONT ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/104 "2012-10-11T06:01:56Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Anyone ever done the 4 horsemen and hell follows? > > 1 shot each of scotch, irish, Tennessee and bourbonI whiskey and a shot of ever clear? > > DONT I tried out every whiskey in a well stocked bar one night so might as well have done this. Never, ever, again. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/105 "2012-10-11T13:50:38Z")
Oh, I just remembered: Sloe gin. That stuff tastes exactly like cherry Robitussin. One of my college roommates loved the stuff _because_ it tasted exactly like cherry Robitussin. I told him he was fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/106 "2012-10-11T14:20:30Z")
In the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico, the Zapotec and Chinantec farmers make a horrendous sugar cane-based swill called “chinguere” (the local aguardiente, basically). It’s like jet fuel mixed with green plant matter. Sure makes you happy, though – as much from the relief that it’s no longer burning your mouth and throat, as from the effect of the alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/107 "2012-10-11T14:24:00Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m puzzled how you can say it doesn’t have much flavor, unless we are talking about different things. We’re talking about the stuff made with quinine. It took me years to get used to the bitterness of quinine in tonic water. Granted, now I’m a lover of bitter, but from a kid up to my late teens, I couldn’t stand it. It’s a very strong flavor, and I would have called it “absolutely horrible” in those years. And I am NOT a supertaster, either. Tonic, as in [Schweppes Indian tonic water](http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/brands/schweppes-mixers.html)? Yes, it has some bitterness from the quinine, but it’s hardly a very bitter drink to me. It’s more like soda water with a little fruity kick to it. I can’t imagine anyone finding it unpleasantly bitter, but then taste is a funny thing… ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/108 "2012-10-11T14:47:51Z")
The worst thing I’ve ever had was a really cheap cachaça that I bought in a dive bar in an outer suburb of Rio. I’m not that fond of cachaça to begin with but sometimes it can be decent. This stuff wasn’t. I bought a 1.5 litter bottle for the equivalent of $1.50. It was absolutely vile. We opened it up after a night of drinking and nobody could finish a shot. Even my roommate who could stomach any drink no matter how vile, gave up. We kept the bottle as a reminder, but it got thrown out when we moved. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/109 "2012-10-11T14:53:06Z")
While playing a particularly rowdy night of Wacky Shots, I had to do a shot of tequila, tomato juice and Bailey’s, warmed up in the microwave. GROSS (curdles anyone??)!!! But everyone else was entertained, and that’s all that mattered. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/110 "2012-10-11T15:32:50Z")
> [@Caffeine.addict](#): > > It was absolutely vile. We opened it up after a night of drinking and nobody could finish a shot. Shots? Why didn’t you make [caipirinha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caipirinha)? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/111 "2012-10-11T15:40:29Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Tonic, as in [Schweppes Indian tonic water](http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/brands/schweppes-mixers.html)? Yes, it has some bitterness from the quinine, but it’s hardly a very bitter drink to me. It’s more like soda water with a little fruity kick to it. I can’t imagine anyone finding it unpleasantly bitter, but then taste is a funny thing… Schweppe’s is one of the more sugary, less bitter ones, but it’s still pretty bitter to me. Like I said, I like Unicum and malort (made with wormwood, one of the bitterest substances I’ve ever tasted), but I still find tonic water bitter, and can easily see how one would find it repulsive. I mean, I did, and I don’t have a particular sensitivity to bitter from being a supertaster. I mean, here’s a [dumb video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD9m3WFnu7o) of a teenager being challenged to drink it. I didn’t hate it _that_ badly when I didn’t like it, but it’s not exactly strange to find it repulsive. ---
**Author:** ![Seydell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Seydell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seydell)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054/112 "2012-10-11T16:04:51Z")
Vermouth straight up. ack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054.md?page=5)