This is probably similar to what a friend subjected me to in Chicago once (The Mutiny). I don’t remember the name but it was basically 100 proof distilled ass.
When I was in college, I got my dad a cheap(ish) - bottle of sake for Christmas (and a little set of cups for drinking it). Then I made the mistake of drinking some with him…
-blorp- total gag experience - that particular kind of sake was better fit for being some sort of solvent, and the bouquet was definitely paint thinner. I suppose Mom and Dad got a big laugh out of yet another cheap Christmas gift from pro student ggurl. Needless to say, I never bought another bottle again. I can still remember the slightly flammable, “danger, this is some type of toxic substance” flavor of that stuff.
BTW, is sake ever good, like a more expensive version perhaps?? I know people drink it, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why…
Two parts Soy Sauce, one part Vodka. Tastes as bad as it sounds.
A friend and I went halves in a litre of Sake at a Japanese restaurant. It was served warm. It certainly doesn’t taste like it was meant to be ingested.
Sake is a beautiful thing. I had some once that tasted vaguely like honeydew. Yum. It was silent and deadly. I didn’t know I was drunk until I tried to stand up.
I am, as revealed in the Tom Waits thread in CS, a whiskey drinker. Neat. No water, no ice. I am also a fan of the Irish Car Bomb. What else would one expect from me? I can put away more Guinness at writing society than some of the natives.
Perhaps the worst thing I’ve ever had was a “Diesel”- which seems to be Aberdonian for Snakebite and Black. I’m not a big fan of tequila, either. There was also that lemon stuff at the end of our meal at an Italian restaurant that smelled and tasted like floor cleaner.
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I once was at a party where we mixed gin and lemonade (or was it tequila…one of the two) and it tasted like Pine Sol. Horrible stuff, but we drank it, since we were all about 15 and the alcohol was too expensive for us to waste!
“Rakia” (sp?) sounds like the aforementionned slivovitz for taste. It was a home-made Yugoslavian rum,apparently. Made with fruit. Something like 70% alcohol, and tasted awful. Yet we drank it. I think we were 16 at the time! The problem was, the second you opened the bottle, the smell would permeate everything in the room. The house was nearly unliveable for the next couple of days, and at least a week later we could STILL smell the stuff. Nasty. And now I wonder, why on EARTH did Marko choose to expose us to that shit??
For first time drinkers, may I recommend the all-canadian “Lotto 649”??
In a shot glass, mix:
Sixth bottle from the right.
Fourth bottle from the left.
Ninth bottle from the right. (or alternate left/right, top/bottom, whatever)
Get a different drink every time. The one time I tried it, it contained Chartreuse, Bailey’s and tequila. NO FUN!
You’re thinking of Arrack (pronounced raaqi)… to me it always tasted like Jaegermeister on crack.
Sake has always tasted like a combination of rubbing alcohol and brine to me. Tried it in numerous brands at numerous prices; still always tastes like saltwater. Can’t stand the stuff.
On the other hand, adore Whisky Sours, and can’t understand anyone who doesn’t. My drink of choice is a Sapphire and Tonic (pref. Schweppes, but I’m learning to live with Canada Dry) but I do understand people who don’t like those.
My soon to be wife once got horrifically derailed by some disgusting stuff called Wild Spirit. I believe it was 100+ proof chocolate liqueur. She drank almost a whole fifth of it, but I didn’t help matters; I made her laugh until she bazooka barfed.
I had my worst experience at a party in which I consumed, in this order: Budweiser, Jack Daniels, Wild Irish Rose, Absolut, Jose Cuervo, Mickey’s, Southern Comfort, Cutty Sark, and some kind of grain alcohol. It was the Cuervo that did it, I’m quite sure.
The worst mixed drink I’ve ever tasted was something called Motor Oil: Jaegermeister, vodka, sambuka and Coke. Or as I referred to it, insta-puke.
Korean Soju (sp?) whiskey. Stuff tastes just like gasoline smells.
I bought some MD 20/20 once. Took a sip. The rest went down the sink.
The same shop on base sells Thunderbird. SOMEONE keeps buying it. I don’t know who.
A Bloody Brain is peach schnapps, Bailey’s and grenadine. The Bailey’s congeals into a ball - the “brain”.
I had some digestives in Italy that were reminiscent of drinking Scope. But not as tasty.
Anything Aniseed based: Ouzo, Pernod, Sambuca, Anis etc. foul, foul stuff.
I got a bottle of Slivovitz brought back from Hungary a few years ago. one sip, the rest was used to clean the toilet. and beleive me, it brings that bowl up a shine.
Carling lager is crap. I cant deal with Southern Comfort anymore either, after overdoing it a few years back.
I’ve seen people drink Red Wine & Coke as well. cant imagine that being any good.
Now I want a proper drink!
Czech Strong Absinth. I drink the stuff because I enjoy the effects, but it isn’t something for which I have learned to savor the flavor. Have tried it with sugar. Have tried after dousing the sugar cubes with more absinth and setting them afire. The stuff is just going to be an acquired taste, I guess.
I can confirm, from a visit there, that the Romanian booze was rachia.
It is plum brandy, distilled to about 150 proof. It is a beloved national treasure there, and will absolutely knock you on your ass.
I had some just for the experience, but generally stuck to the excellent Mamia brand beer. Top quality, and only 35 cents for a nice big bottle, right on the beach of the Black Sea.
Romania is a drinker’s paradise.
Ha, I have an empty bottle of the same stuff next to me at this very moment…
Yes, it is incredibly foul. It actually can become less so once you’ve gotten used to it. It’s basically a really strong, really crappy wine cooler.
However, one of the roommates discovered that you can get drunk twice off one bottle (retail $2.99)…
Our Canuck friend has it right. A prairie fire is tequila and Tabasco. A buffalo sweat is bourbon and Tabasco.
One of the nastiest drinks ever is a bikini: rum, vodka, milk, sugar and lemon juice. Blegh. Truly disgusting.
Also, a straight shot of gin at the end of an evening of drinking jaeger and assorted other drinks is guaranteed to empty your stomach within five minutes.
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You’re thinking of Arrack (pronounced raaqi)… to me it always tasted like Jaegermeister on crack.
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No, the drink is Rakija (pronounced Rak-ee-ya). Perhaps Arrack (a middle-eastern/lebanese spirit), the Turkish Raki, and Rakija are all related since the names are similar. (Raki reminds me of Ouzo).
The (homemade) Rakija my father used to bring back from visits to Istria (a part of Croatia) always reminded me of grappa mixed with herbs (it had a vaguely greeninsh tinge). From my recollections, rakija was more of a brandy than it was a rum. (And it is indeed vile stuff! As is homemade grappa! My father used to use the stuff as antiseptic on my cuts when I was a kid. I found even the smell to be repulsive.
I have now learned that good grappa served nice and good isn’t nearly as unpleasant.
Ooops … I mean Grappa served nice and COLD
Just once.
I was meeting the parents of the woman who’s now my wife. They were accomodating – maybe too much so. So when my future father-in-law asked if I wanted a drink, I mentioned a whiskey sour. He goes off to make it.
Well, little do I know that he has no whiskey sour mix. Instead of telling me so, he goes to make do. The whiskey is easy, but instead of sour, he digs around the bar and finds a ten-year old bottle of flat Schweppes Bitter Lemon (not a bad mixer, but it does go bad).
So he puts too much whiskey in the glass and tops it off with the ancient soda. :eek:
I take one sip and gag (there’s a reason why whiskey and tonic never caught on).
Luckily, my future wife knew what was going on and took the glass from me and returned with a gin and tonic.
In my local pub they call this the “bloody Brain” and also “An Abortion”… which, you can imagine, makes the drink even more disgusting as it goes down. So foul.
Also, we call a shot of Jaegermeister dumped into half a glass of red bull (and you pound the whole thing at once) a “Bull Blaster” or some times a “Jaeger Blaster”. It is actually quite good- a great party drink. However, if you mix it together as a normal drink you sip ( which they love to do in Las Vegas ive noticed)- it is so NASTY!