The worst tasting liquor I've tasted!

[Nico Testosteros]

Cutty Sark. Absolutely foul.

 

[macski222]

Even the thought of captain morgan spiced rum makes me feel nauseous. But I do enjoy Mescal more than a little bit

 

[Zebulon]

I rather like the wormwood of Absinthe... I guess it's my inner Hemingway peeking out... now Screech on the other hand explains why people actually LIKE living in Newfoundland...

Radar Site....St. Anthony Newfoundland...1967. Few options...8 oz. glasses of Creme DeMenthe for a dime (the liquor ship hadn't ported for the base yet), or Screech, before the name and the product were commercialized. Many of us wore our dryed out green tongues pasted to our uniform shirts, or you were one of the guys who did dual shots of Screech and Kayopectate just to keep things in balance. I love Newfoundland even without the liquor......Zebulon

PS....the combination made for some great music from the band formed in the AC...

 

[Roundsworth]

Ouzo always brings back memories! I got myself tooled on that stuff only twice. Once in Athens and the other in Haifa. It is an apertif, to be sipped and enjoyed. I disregarded those instructions!

 

[ditrina]

Ouzo always brings back memories! I got myself tooled on that stuff only twice. Once in Athens and the other in Haifa. It is an apertif, to be sipped and enjoyed. I disregarded those instructions!

Must be a 6th Fleet Thang....

 

[ibewbull]

Mao Tia Chu , some kind of Chinese drink I had while on the Island of Maritius. It taste like Tiquella rot gut and fish.

 

[MO_mule]

Terrible. I'll you terrible. SOJU!! /QUOTE]

Oh, it's not so bad. The problem is the many toasts around the dinner table that require one to drain the glass. Not being much of a drinker, I am pretty snookered after the 6th toast.

I tried to bring a bottle of ouzo back from a business trip (in the 90's). The darn bottle leaked out all over one of my shirts and stained it beige. Wife was amused by the aroma of the dyed shirt.

I must admit that grappa is not one of my favorite tipples. My grandad was fond of the stuff and, allegedly, produced small quantities in his younger days. Not a smooth-tasting drink.

The worst stuff, in my opinion, is "bijo" - the Chinese version of screech. It really is terrible stuff and you should take every action to avoid it. Once the bottle opens and the aroma fills the room, your nose will tell you to stick with the beer. Bleh.

Chris

 

[MO_mule]

Mogen David Strawberry-Kiwi flavored wine. Thought I'd buy some-mix it with some 7 up and voila-cheap wine coolers for the missus at the tailgating party. Wrong!!!!!!!!!!! Stuff was so bad even my then 21 year old son wouldn't drink it!

Caj,

I bet he would have enjoyed it much more when he was 5 years younger. At that tender age of experimental imbibing, most anything with alcohol content is "pretty good". The grape version is better but moderation is the key.

Chris

 

[Grayfox]

I gave up alcohol over 30 years ago.
This thread makes me remember why.

BTW: I've eaten that worm in the Mezcal bottle.

 

[Ironhand]

"any of the absinthe drinkers try it the way it is meant to be used or just out of the bottle? major difference in taste that way. you can buy the real stuff in europe. made in switzerland and czechoslovakia is the real deal."


You aren't supposed to drink it straight out of the bottle!!! You put some in a glass, then there is this little spoon with a bunch of holes in it that you put over top the glass and place a few sugar cubes on...then slowly drip ice water {cold as you can get it without freezing} down thru the sugar cubes and into the glass of Absinthe. The green Absinthe will turn an opalescent white. Cut roughly in half with ice cold sugar water, then you drink it. The original stuff from Europe back in the day had a halucinogenic compound derived from an herb called wormwood. It dont look anything like wormwood, it is called that because it is so bitter. The sugar was supposed to take away some of the bitter taste. Eventually, they outlawed it because the real stuff really did make you halucinate. The wormwood has now been deleted and it is really nothing more than licorice liquor. It will get you pretty wasted pretty quick though...it's about 140 proof.

Anyone who does shots of absinthe is an idiot.... Pouring anything 120+ proof down their throat straight is not a good idea.

You can now get "real" absinthe here in the US again, complete with the wormwood. My brother gave our father a bottle of St. George absinthe(made in the Bay Area of CA)a few years ago, but Pop hated it, so he gave it to me. St. George isn't like some of their older absinthes in that it wasn't sickeningly bitter. All that is needed to enjoy it is ice water. I always wanted to try it out as Ernest Hemingway drank absinthe, topped off with iced champagne instead of water. He called it "Death in the Afternoon". I enjoyed a glass of St. George slowly, and more than one or two drinks was too much. You want to get hammered, there's many cheaper ways of doing it than a $75 bottle of absinthe.

And for the record, absinthe does not cause hallucinations. My father(a retired French professor and amateur historian of French theater) has a theory on how the legend got started. Absinthe found favor in France during 'La Belle Epoque'. This was before antibiotics were discovered or in wide usage, and as a result, much of the population was infected with syphilis. Syphilis WILL most definitely cause hallucinations and other erratic behavior( like, say, cutting off one's ear..), as it slowly causes the infected person to lose their mind before it kills them. Was it the drink or the infection that caused the behavior associated with absinthe's long-term usage? Who knows?

A video by the owner/distiller of St. George absinthe. He seems like a bit of a hippie, but would probably be a lot of fun to have drinks with.

How to Prepare a Glass of Absinthe - YouTube

Absinthe Myths - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOGv6jHRKE&feature=related

 

[Ironhand]

You guys should try some Yugoslav plum brandy! So bad its good!

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Ahh... "Rakija"....


I first heard of this drink from the late Robert MacKenzie during his time advising for the Croatian army during their civil war. As he described it, " Goes down fiery, but with remarkably little hangover.."

 

[Muley Gil]

Ahh... "Rakija"....


I first heard of this drink from the late Robert MacKenzie during his time advising for the Croatian army during their civil war. As he described it, " Goes down fiery, but with remarkably little hangover.."

Yes, I drank some rakija in Kosovo back in 2002-2004. Nasty, nasty stuff.

I'll stick to good old Blue Ridge 'shine.