CoobyS

what are the best shots to drink to get mashed up faster?

ajm

You can only really get it in Cornwall, but Walter Hicks Navel rum.... its a killer! Its a really thick oily, rough tasting, dark rum @71.4%. I have known people to puke after just one shot. My 17 stone cousin went from being tipsy, after a few beers, to literally legless after downing a pint of bass with 3 shots of hicks in!

TelBoy

Absynthe, if you can find it.

andym172

Polish vodka from Vodka Revolution.

I downed three on the bounce I can hardly remember the rest of the night :O

Only thing that's ever had me so wrecked is a dirty pint - everything off the top row mixed with either lager or cider along with a double Baileys. It's then a race to drink it before the Baileys congeals
£15 a pop

CoobyS

whats the abv of this? 40%

doesn't it make you hallucinate?

ajm

"Proper" absynthe contains hallucogenic extracts from cacti I think. Off the shelf stuff you can buy in this country is pretty lame tbh.

deanimus

You can get absinthe up to 70/80% I believe, best stuff with haloucegenic properties is in Prague

Freak

absinthe
Its like toilet duck.

Even the Uk stuff has a kick, despite it being pretty tame- the european stuff is positively evil....
Smirnoff blue is 50%

andym172

http://www.seborabsinth.com/index.asp

http://www.absinthesupply.net/czech.html

http://eabsinthe.com/

http://www.spiritscorner.com/scripts...o&idSeccion=55

and

http://www.feeverte.net/

what would scooby do

cactus my **** - no that's not a request..

Worm wood is the baby

mgg

When i was in Cyprus i got a few bottles of Vodka...........60%. Tastes lovely, but is total loopy juice, a few glasses and your well set up for the night.

The only country closest to UK that sells it is Germany. I had a box of 10 bottles imported a few months back, total cost worked out to be about £120, that included shipping and tax. Havent been on the website since, so dont know what prices are like now.

www.gorbatschow.com

ajm

ah well... can't know everything!

p.s. there's still fun to be had with cacti, look up the peyote cactus and mescaline

Dan J

I had absinth in Prague - great stuff! Stings your nose and makes your eyes water just from smelling it!!

Another one that gets people wrecked seems to be Baby Guiness shots!

Dr Nick

mmmmm absinth. Tastes like cough medicine. European strengths generally around 60% Never seen it in a pub though. And not so easy to get hold of though there is a shop in Soho....

Original Absinth is banned because it is quite literally poisonous. I thought the "magic" ingredient was some sort of wood extract but it may well be something else.

Strongest spirit that you can make by distillation is 79.9% - dont ask for an explanaiton unless you know what the word "eutectic" means.

And it just so happens that you used to be able to buy some filthy stuff called "Polish pure spirit" in Morrisons of all places that was 79.9%. Don't take this as a recommendation mind, it tastes **** even if you drink it straight from the deep freeze

Chip

Dr Nick

You mean this:

http://www.bibacity.co.uk/shop/custo...cat=249&page=1

Chip

Dr Nick

Indeed it is, and the label is exactly as I remember it.

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I find sambuca does quite a bit of damage

chopper

Brendan Hughes

My son came in from a night at the bar recently, said he and his friends (all 16) tried absinthe as they'd all heard about it. Can anyone explain to me the difference btwn the "UK" version and the "European" version (let alone the "original/proper" version)?

(Awaits crap jokes about wrong side of road, surrender monkeys, unelected Eurocrats, etc...)

RJMS

iTrader: (2)

Mescal is cactus I think - or has someone already said this

the moose

I've some Talisker which is, from memory, 63% ABV

alcazar

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UK: will be 40 degree proof, (not to be confused with 40% alcohol) as most UK stuff is limited to that strength.

European: stronger, though what proof level, I would only be guessing, but look at European beers: 6% in France, 5% over here!

Original: VERY strong stuff, contained wormwood extract, which is definitely hallucinogenic. The French commanders gave it to their troops to encourage them to go "over the top" during WW1, but it was later banned due to dependency and high rates of alcoholism in returning troops..............those that DID return, anyway

Alcazar

ajm

That's the wrong way round surely? UK spirits are 40% by volume. 57% by volume is approx 100 proof.

alcazar

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To go back to the original question, the following are all pretty potent:

Slivovic
Grappa, and
Marc

although the last two taste like drain cleaner, neat, and are the same drink, made in Italy and France respectively.

ANY drink is only as potent as you are used to though: I can put away a whole bottle of red wine at a sitting, or 6 LARGE pernod and lemonades, and feel little effect, but give me about 3 pints of strong cider, and I'm anyone's (females anyway )

Alcazar

alcazar

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I just struggled to find a bottle of spirit in my house not bought in France, but there was one bottle of Vodka.
I stand corrected.

Surprising numbers of folk think degrees proof and % spirit are the same thing though, I've lost count of the number of times I've been told that this, that, or the other drink was 100% alcohol, when it was actally 100 degree proof.

Alcazar

BTW: as a young man I once drank some pure ethanol, the 98% stuff, mixed with orange juice, and had a hangover for 3 days!!! Luckily we did mix it about 50-50, but it tasted like rubbing alcohol smells

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just remembered that slippery nipples can also do alot of harm

alcazar

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So can making them slippery..............























If the wife catches you at it

Alcazar

MJW

Grappa is great, tastes really good neat, but its an acquired taste It goes straight to your head. Believe me you know about it when you've had 3 or 4 shots. Decent grappa is served straight from the freezer. It's excellent if you have a cold or cough as it clears the snot almost instantaneously.

You can get Absinthe shots in your local Witherspoons - last time I got leathered there was on Absinthe and Red Bull. Apparantly Van Gogh hacked off his ear while mashed on Absinthe, so remember to stay away from sharp things if you're on a green fairy binge !

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I thought it was is **** he lopped off

De Warrenne

if we can move onto shooters rather than just shorts..

The Circle Bar in Stockwell make a drink called 'the Circle Bar Satan' which is a B-52 with a dollop of Absinth on top. Both tasty and very dangerous.

ajm

That's transexual "Bab's" from Bab's Cabs in the League of Gentlemen



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