Top Five Most Alcoholic Drinks
82Drink - which gives you the biggest kick?
Alcoholic drinks are again in the news: the so-called Alco-pops are about to be increasingly taxed in Australia because of the concern that their alcohol content and sweet taste is encouraging youth binge drinking . Beer typically has 4-5% alcohol, wine usually is about around 14% The alco-pops that the authorities are so concerned about, such as pre-mixed Vodka Cruisers, only have 7-9% alcohol.
So for the grown ups lets review some seriously alcoholic drinks:
Long Island Iced Tea
Cocktails tend to have a high alcohol content anyway but the Long Island Iced Tea is a standout. A highball made primarily from vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular variation mixes equal parts vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix with a splash of cola. Note that the cola is only used for colour giving the drink its approximately 28% alcohol content.
|
URUGUAY ALCOHOLIC DRINKS 2 Revenues VF
Current Bid: $5.00
|
|
Personalized ALCOHOLIC DRINKS A to Z Bachelorette Game
Current Bid: $3.00
|
|
Steele's Science 1889 Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
Current Bid: $2.99
|
|
STAINLESS STEEL FLASK DESIGNED FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS NEW
Current Bid: $4.00
|
Dry Martini
A Martini must be a contender: its the favorite screen tipple of both James Bond and Hawkeye from MASH after all!. A Maritini is made made with gin and dry white vermouth, in a ratio of of a five to one ratio of distilled spirits to vermouth. Winston Churchill is said to have enjoyed his Martinis a little dryer: he would get as close to the vermouth as to "look at it across the room". Now a good gin, say Bombay Sapphire Gin is 47%, so if the vermouth is only in the room not the glass the alcohol content would be 47%
Absinthe
The so-called "Green Fairy" has an alcohol content of between 60% and up to 70% for premium brands, is created from wormwood., the oils of which is supposed to interact with the alcohol to unlock hidden creative powers. Hence absinthe's popularity among nineteenth-century avant-garde artistic community such as Van Gogh
Rum
Rum is distilled from from sugarcane. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak and other barrels. Rum is made across ½ the world from the Caribbean to Australia and local rums vary significantly. Australian over-proof Bunderberg run has 75-80% alcohol.
Pan-Galatic Gargle Blaster : The Original
|
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Price: $3.00
List Price: $7.99 |
|
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 25th Anniversary Edition
Price: $6.70
List Price: $14.95 |
The most Alcoholic Beverage in the Galaxy
Well fortunately Douglas Adams has conclusively documented the most alchoholic beverage in the Galaxy. He descibes in detail the requirements for the off-planet version including ingrediants such as one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit,, three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin and four litres of Falilan marsh gas. The exact level of alcohol content is not precisely given but is almost certainly fatal to the human anatomy, as we can't withstand 100% ethanol. .
Many local bars attempt to reproduce the original: the author can confirm that a little one on the corner of Sulphide Street in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia does a fair imitation.
Or try this version for consumption at home: and as with the admonishment with the original recipe: Drink... but... very carefully...
- 1 oz. EverClear
- 4 oz. Bombay Sapphire or Jeremiah Weed
- 4 oz. Cold Wild Turkey
- 2 oz. Herredura Tequila
- 5 oz. Rum
- 1 worm from bottle of Mezcla
- 2 oz. Gatorade
Share it! — Rate it: up down [flag this hub]
Comments
Welll that would have to be a gin and tonic - its good to control the malaria you know!
Well now I know why so many people I know love Long Islands! I'm not a big mixed drink fan (love my micro brews and wine), but on hot summer days I also love an icy gin and tonic.
I discovered Long Island Iced Teas before I knew that there was any coke in them - I hate coke, love LIIT ! Guess there's not much coke :D I must admit this last summer I have never drunk so much beer - when it gets well over the 100F mark beer is the answer, very cold beer. But then even the red wine is kept in the fridge in outback Australia pubs !
Back when i was more of a drinker, I did enjoy a good gin and tonic, especially with Tanquerray. But if you want a heavy duty drink, I would suggest a zombie. It won't disappoint!
ROTFL rmr I had forgotten about zombies - probably for the best I suspect! At least with a G&T the tonic stops u dehydrating too much!
It probably is for the best, at that. In my experience, the zombie is an aptly named drink! Regards.
None gives me any sort of kick.lol
I love Long Island Iced Tea, but always wonder why it's called "iced tea."
G&T rocks! We drink it for starter drink before official start of any event...it's so neutral
Lissie, you are a 'smart foxy'. 'A cure against malaria' is simply too perfect excuse, but it works.Thanks for loads of morning laugh!
Yeah - it the malaria thing worked about 150 years ago - but history should be respected right!
Long Island Iced Teas used to be my main drink in college. That's some serious alcohol :)
One of the things I really miss about Australia is Bundaberg rum. There doesn't seem to be anyone importing it in the US, which is a shame because I think it is much better than Captain Morgans, Bacardi, etc.
Great information, Lissie, but you've made me thirsty!
Just finished reading your hub, Lissie, and on my way to the bar - my favorite drink is dirty martini (vodka and olive juice). I noticed you are a gin fan, I also like dry gin martini sometimes - but never knew it could control malaria!
embitica Ididnt realise you were an expat- maybe a real world marketing opportunity there?
Caspar: Cheers!
Wonderlust: you have to be so careful with mis-information on the internet: unfortunately a dry martini won' tprotect you from malaria: is the quininie in the tonic that is the anti-malarial (though no longer effective) so in theory the tonic water straight would work- but quinine is very bitter so they added gin to make in palatable!
Actually, I'm an American who was an expat for awhile :) I lived in Melbourne for four years during the early 90s and before that I was in the UK for a bit.
Apologies embitca - you obviously went native getting a taste for bundy though! Melbourne is a lovely town shame about the winter: is 28C in Perth today :-)
Yes, shame about the winter LOL Man, I really hated the rain and overcast. So much like London. Of course, now I'm in Boston where it is even worse in winter. I miss being in Los Angeles, now there was some fine weather.
I spend a few months in LA - some nice clear winter days when the smog wasn't too bad! Can't handle having to drive everywhere though. Boston at least you get the 4 seasons yes - something that downunder doesnt do well!
Thanks Lissie, now I know why I'm over the edge when I find myself there. Nothing like an educated drunk on being drunk for some gawd awful cocktail discussion. Hopefully I'll find the wisdom to be quiet - or not!
Fun stuff.
I'll share a big secret Jason: never decide when in the bar that buying the ingrediants of cocktails, the recipe book and a shaker and shot measure and take them all home. The first round is fine, the second round is ok but the shot measure gets too fiddly, by the 3rd no one can read the recipe and is all creative. Suffice to say Itruely saw the star circle that night- I got dizzy when I went inside so I just laid on the grass and watched the stars circling! The next morning was OK- it was the afternoon when the pain started ....
A thumbs up hub, 4 sure. And also related to my latest "the hangover"
: )
Lissie, great hub. I always heard that the best way to make a dry martini was to pour the gin, add the ice, and then bring the closed vermouth bottle over the top of the gin, just close enough for the two to get a good look at each other.
Mom - u must have recovered a bit to write a poem :-) "good luck at each other" I like that safteyfirst
I know that gin is reportedly a panty remover, but I was unaware that it staved off malaria....interesting, and another good reason to drink it.
This is a very educational hub, Lissie. I shall share it with others, thanks. Think my weekend will be more interesting now.
You have a great weekend Shriley!
it's the original tonic water that is the malaria preventative because it has quinine in it. The English added Gin because tonic by iteself tastes so bloody awful. Smart people those British. Lol.
Great Hub....I've made a lot of LIIT's in my time (I use to be a bartender) and it definitely will cause people to fall of their chairs! Lol.
working
solarshingles says:
3 months ago
Dear Lissie, you've got me. That's something for my taste! And I also love Douglas Adams, even though I was reading his first books in an amazingly good foreign translation.
May I ask, which is your favorite strong alcoholic drink, please?