Anyone hard enough to drink it?? we have some, it's black. A little dab on my tounge makes me want to die. just wondered how hardcore people were!!!
:D

I've had it before but I wouldn't drink it on a regular basis.

Nasty stuff!

Originally posted by neeeeeeeeeek
Anyone hard enough to drink it?? we have some, it's black. A little dab on my tounge makes me want to die. just wondered how hardcore people were!!!
:D

the one ive got is 160 proof and 80% volume and yes it is very strong indeed not to be drank very quickly at all

well i aint bloody drinking it. its evil!

I drank some recently with two other forummers! It's really nasty; I didn't have much, but they were poorly for days....

In terms of what it does to your body, alcohol is actually a poison. It just happens to be one that we have an internal system for breaking down and getting rid of.

The most efficient concentration for the enzymes that digest alcohol to work is actually very low (2-3 pints of standard strength beer is about it I'm afraid) and any higher concentration of alcohol begins to inhibit the removal process, which means that each unit of alcohol takes longer and longer to digest.

During that time you aren't digesting any food fully (this is what leads to cirrhosis) and you're depleting your system of glucose which will give you a humungous headache too.

Added to this dehydration is caused by drinking alcohol so concentrated that osmotically your body removes liquid from your body tissues to dulite the alcohol and make it less dangerous. Dehydration leads to headache and all other kinds of ropey feelings too, and long term can cause cramp, vascular problems and uncontrollable muscle spasms.

Does trying 80% alcohol sound any more appealing now? The only way to make it safe is to dilute it down and drink it sparingly and slowly, so you may as well just have a g&t and enjoy it more!

any1 tough enough to drink out of there toilet?

:loopy: makes as much sense.

Originally posted by panda79
the one ive got is 160 proof and 80% volume and yes it is very strong indeed not to be drank very quickly at all

Reminds me of a line from Pratchett book, I forget which one, though.

It's something along the lines of:

'"It says here 200% proof."
"200% proof?!"
"Well, more circumstantial evidence I'd say..."'