Years ago, both my husband and I had recently read East of Eden, and a character in the story was drinking Ng Ka Py, a kind of Chinese liquor. We were intrigued and bought a bottle of it.
It tasted like fermented cockroaches. Googling up images of the bottle now, I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t the main ingredient.
A Bushwacker. It’s a local drink down here in the FL Panhandle. It has rum and chocolate in it, and milk, which I found out later after struggling to swallow the bit I had in my mouth. Vile. Makes me want to spit the taste out even now.
Strongest shot I think I’ve ever had is a liquid cocaine. That’s be Jaegermeister, Rumpleminz and Bacardi 151 in a triple layered shot. If it’s done right, you have a layer of amber, clear and black. Muuuuuuuuuahahahaha!!!
Regards,
-Bouncer-
PS: Seriously? Mixing everclear and Canadian Mist? I realize now, my amateur alcoholic status!
Mad Dog 20/20! fist pump Yeah!!!
We drank it, dude, and we liked it, coz we were poor and wanted to cop a buzz. And I’m pretty sure you meant “sweat.”
Ahem. This certainly takes me back to my college days.
Some arty/indie band festival party thing, someone had mixed up a truly vomitous watermelon punch. It was sweet and salty, which might have been interesting if the watermelon they used hadn’t been damned near rotten. Couldn’t take more than two sips before I dumped my glass out. Vile.
My first and only experience with Everclear (yes, it’s actually a brand name) was when I was in high school. I thought it was vodka, and seriously wondered if I would be able to breathe again after taking a hit. Vile stuff, and it really doesn’t mix with anything. Floats on top, like gasoline.
md20/
I was sick for days
ouzo
How can a culture that makes good food create that?
peppermint schnapps
A former bf ordered in a bar and they gave him the cheap stuff. Instead of listening to him bitch about wanting his money back or a new shot I said I’d drink it. Almost came up faster than it went down.
Our local grocery store has a nice selection of different beers by the bottle. They will let you build your own six-pack for a set price, which I sometimes take advantage of in order to try some beer variety.
Earlier this year one of my choices was a “smoke” beer. It even had a ribbon, for winning best smoke beer at some contest! Sounded intriguing!
Never was advertising more spot on than with this beer. It tasted like liquid smoke. One taste, and I was done. I like smoked foods, and smoky flavor in general - but it doesn’t work as a beer. I was shocked that such a contest category even existed. Nasty stuff.
Bacon vodka. Maybe it would be okay in a Bloody Mary, but I just had a straight shot of it. I had to choke it back as tears sprang to my eyes, the smoky flavor was so overwhelming. Nasty.
HMmmmm…tough call. The three top contenders would probably be Carling Black Label beer, Tequiza which was (in theory) a tequila flavored beer and some kind of Mogen David wine that was even worse than MD 20/20.
Junior year of H.S. a friend’s wealthy, well travelled parents were away, erm, travelling for a week. Being wealthy and well travelled, they had a very well stocked bar that was filled with all sorts of exotic alcohol. After drinking up all of the “good stuff” we started playing Can You Drink This? to use up all of the leftover crap. A bottle of thick, brown vileness called Cynar was the rock we all perished on. Artichoke cordial. The inventor must have had some kind of grudge against humanity.
A bloody Mary.
Maybe it was the context. Many moons ago I was walking around a music festival in 100 degree heat. I had been up all night, I was so dehydrated and I just wanted something refreshing. A drink involving celery salt was not it.
As someone who was excited about purchasing this, I can certainly agree with you. It has to be used sparingly. I’ve been mixing it with Clamato. I think I’m giong to start cooking with it, too.
I’m no alcoholic (though the friends who tried to stage an intervention for me a few months ago would disagree) and am not sure what a pisshead is, but I’m a drink adventurer. I just prefer beer to liquor, and specifically hate whiskys. What little I can taste other than the alcohol is smoky and muddy, and those aren’t flavors I generally enjoy.
Satan’s whiskers. Home - cocktaildb.com. Nasty. Also losing a bet and having to drink a shot of vermouth is pretty bad. As for Everclear, I use that to clean stuff.
I was a teenager when I fist encountered the Rusty Nail, I ended the night tasting it again coming out my nose with the Ramen noodles I had just eaten.
Body memory is a powerful thing, and while near blackout it won’t let me forget that part.