# If 2025 was a drink, it would be...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [December 22, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959 "2025-12-22T19:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/41 "2025-12-25T04:36:29Z")
Hemlock [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RVc8jwYexjE/hqdefault.jpg "Steve Martin-Death Of Socrates") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVc8jwYexjE) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/42 "2025-12-25T05:33:04Z")
A Malort-and-limburger-cheese smoothie. ---
**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/43 "2025-12-25T14:30:05Z")
Syrup of ipecac. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/44 "2025-12-25T16:03:55Z")
Arsenic and old lace with a Mickey Finn chaser ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/45 "2025-12-25T16:32:57Z")
The Stable Genius. Straight bullshit on the rocks. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/46 "2025-12-25T16:49:31Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Surströmming and Coke Surströmming _in_ Coke ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/47 "2025-12-25T17:03:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > Surströmming and Coke > > Surströmming _in_ Coke That’s what I think I meant but I was apparently prepositionally challenged at the time of writing. Either way, what a gag fest of a drink, eh? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/48 "2025-12-25T17:16:09Z")
It just ruins some perfectly good fish. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/49 "2025-12-25T17:23:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It just ruins some perfectly good fish.. Depends on the brand of Coke/s. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/50 "2025-12-25T17:34:17Z")
Hákarl Coke ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/51 "2025-12-25T17:37:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Hákarl Coke. That would be too _ichthy_ for me. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/52 "2025-12-25T17:42:52Z")
The only possible response: \< slaps @Ellecram with a wet trout \> ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/53 "2025-12-25T17:45:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The only possible response: > \< slaps @Ellecram with a wet trout. \> I couldn’t resist and will accept the slapping 😎 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/54 "2025-12-25T17:49:08Z")
A good horrific pun should never be resisted. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/55 "2025-12-26T06:52:02Z")
-metaphorically steps over the slapped-silly-by trout @Ellecram- Is anyone here considering making any of these concoctions to toast 2025 goodbye? Because most of them are far too horrible to consider, but I have thought briefly of making a “[bitter herbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maror)” of a drink in unhappy remembrance of 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/56 "2025-12-26T08:43:27Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Is anyone here considering making any of these concoctions to toast 2025 goodbye? I’d rather buy some French champagne, for the day I have something to celebrate. Why make myself more miserable by drinking something so horrible? And I like anise-flavored beverages and herbal liqueurs. Just not mixed together. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/57 "2025-12-26T15:16:46Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > -metaphorically steps over the slapped-silly-by trout @Ellecram- > > Is anyone here considering making any of these concoctions to toast 2025 goodbye? Because most of them are far too horrible to consider, but I have thought briefly of making a “[bitter herbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maror)” of a drink in unhappy remembrance of 2025. Appreciate the metaphorical avoidance. Trout wounds are still raw and attracting winter flies. Re: Plans to choose from the 2025 Drink Menu as listed above? Although it would be symbolically powerful, I don’t think my innards could withstand the deluge. Perhaps I can figure out a way to do it symbolically. I have a long history of “Playing Pretend” successfully. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/58 "2025-12-26T15:21:10Z")
These are drinks that best represent 2025, not drinks that you personally would partake of. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/59 "2025-12-26T15:36:02Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Trout wounds are still raw and attracting winter flies. Wear the scars with pride, that was absolutely off the scale. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959/60 "2025-12-26T17:24:53Z")
I think the best way to forget all the horrors of 2025 would be to have two Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, at least. > **[Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster)** > > The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is an alcoholic beverage invented by ex-President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox, considered by the Guide to be the "Best Drink in Existence."\[1\] Its effects are similar to "having your brains smashed out by a slice... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959.md?page=4)