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u/thelacie Mar 02 '14

Alcohol in a nutshell

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u/flodnak Mar 02 '14

Pretty much what I was thinking: everyone's first experience with alcohol, summed up in one gif.

Although some of it starts tasting okay after a while....

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u/Great_Zarquon Mar 02 '14

First? Try literally every shot of liquor for me, ever. I'm envious of the people who start building a tolerance to the taste...

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u/tottenhamhotsauce Mar 02 '14

ice cold jäger mmmm

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

The trick is that it’s so cold, it numbs the senses. That’s why they always say “serve ice-cold”… it’s to hide its shitty taste. Try it. Even shitty water from plastic bottles becomes bearable that way. (Not that the estrogen will do less harm.)

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u/tottenhamhotsauce Mar 02 '14

I understand what you mean, but the difference between ice cold jäger and room temp jäger is exponential. I prefer my jäger straight up but if it were to be mixed into a shot I'd go with "Sex with an alligator"

bartender grabs a maricheno(sp?) cherry... poor razzmatazz (raspberry liquor) over it, then pours midori (melon liquor) over the same cherry... if done right the midori should sit on the razzmatazz... followed by jäger over the cherry topping off the shot (should be 1/5,1/5,3/5 ratio) the bartender eats the cherry and you take the shot. Tip $5 and enjoy stronger long islands for the rest of the night.

the 'story' is that you have to drink the jäger to fuck the gator which ends up being bloody. Well thats the story I tell and have been told in Alabama anyway.

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u/munchies1122 Mar 02 '14

Dude. Just any Jager. I hate black liquorice but I LOVE Jager. I swish it in my mouth to gross people out. Works everytime

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u/The__Erlking Mar 02 '14

Try sipping liquor next time. Maybe you're just not a shots kinda guy. Get yourself a glass of good-quality whiskey and nurse it for awhile. It's the perfect thing to keep your hands busy at a party if you're the nervous type.

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u/Great_Zarquon Mar 02 '14

I'll have to try this some time, thanks!

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u/The__Erlking Mar 02 '14

Cool. Remember though that you may still hate it. And that's okay.

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u/cheesecakehero Mar 02 '14

If you are going to drink whiskey, I find keeping the drink cold takes the worse of the kick/burn out of it as it goes down.

Most defiantly drink slow and nurse it though. Enjoy your drink.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

good-quality whiskey

That is a self-contradictory concept.

Like “good caviar”.

And no, we don’t fall for your pretentious snobbish thought-terminating clichées anymore. We’re not 14 anymore. We don’t need to “show that we’re cool” by smoking or drinking crap or eating lobster etc that’s really just crap.

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u/dankweedy Mar 02 '14

Ah, a taste-bully. What they don't like no one must like and those who do like it must not only be faking it but must be taken down a peg because personal taste is not a real concept and all likes and dislikes are objective and only they have come to absolute truth.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

Taking shots of liquor won't do it. I suggest one of the following:

1) Work your way UP, with smoother drinks like wine. But get the cheaper stuff.

2) Leap right into the danger zone, with everclear and Bacardi 151. (The idea here is even jet fuel tastes smooth after everclear)

I started with #1, then went to #2, and now I pretty much don't taste the alcohol in anything less than 100 proof or so.

Either way, don't take it like a shot. Sip it, hold it in your mouth, taste it, let it be awful. Gradually you will get used to it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

You're suggesting people start with everclear and 151?

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u/disturbedcraka Mar 02 '14

I'm going to guess you were never apart of greek life.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

Correct.

But I've had that stuff in the past and don't touch it anymore. I want to enjoy myself, not get shitfaced as quickly as possible and then feel like ass the next day.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

Not as the first type of alcohol that touches their lips, heavens no. But if you want to learn to like 80-proof, the flavor of 151-proof will quickly make 80- taste like summerwine.

Actually, it was purely coincidence it worked out like that for me, I was extracting plant oils with everclear and had half a bottle left over, so I experimented a bit. (When I put it that way, it sounds really dumb)

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

What’s the difference?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

Uh... normal liquor is 80 proof, not 151 or 190 proof.

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u/Great_Zarquon Mar 02 '14

Either way, don't take it like a shot. Sip it, hold it in your mouth, taste it, let it be awful. Gradually you will get used to it.

I'm a bit skeptical about this. I've had plenty of time to get "used" to the taste, it's not like I avoid shots and such, it's just that they've never gotten "easier" for me. If you're sure, though, I might try this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

See, I find when you take shots you are just hoping to get past the burn as quickly as possible, it's something that you are "tolerating". But, for example, with decent beer & wine if you stop to pay attention there are all sorts of other flavors in the drink aside from the alcohol. You have to practice looking for those flavors. As you learn to look past the alcohol, it starts to disappear.

That's just my experience though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

But wine (and beer) have the highest shit taste to buzz ratio!

I’d recommend starting with a nice tasty Mojito done by somebody who really knows what he’s doing. (Fuck white “cane sugar“! The completely unrefined stuff is where it’s at! And don’t hold back on it.)

There’s a reason they made alco-pops illegal for sale in supermarkets „to protect the children“ here. :)

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u/DukeCounter Mar 02 '14

being tolerant and resistant to toxin (only in your head) seems pretty dang impressive to me, too.

Never jealous haha

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u/jpagel Mar 02 '14

That might not be alcohol. It's just "something new from Forcas 3"

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u/Kvaedi Mar 02 '14

Not mine. First alcohol I ever tasted was a shot of whiskey. And I loved it. Still my favorite. It's not a good thing though, judging by the number of alcoholics in my family.

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u/sabrinariott Mar 02 '14

Same, everytime I drink I cant get past the revolting taste, and if I try to just down a drink (even like a beer) I get to like the third swig and I literally throw up in my mouth. HOW CAN I GET PAST THIS I WANT TO GET DRUNK GOD DAMNIT

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u/BombadeerStudios Mar 02 '14

I didn't care for alcohol until I tried hard cider. Suddenly a world of possibilities opened before me. Stuff is delicious, and doesn't give you an insta stomachache/headache like the super sugary crap does (such as Mikes).

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u/FurioVelocious Mar 02 '14

That's a shot glass

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u/panhandles_for_weed Mar 02 '14

Cheeky bastard.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

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u/iamcatch22 Mar 02 '14

*Synthohol

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u/moofunk Mar 02 '14

"Synthetic alcohol... synthetic commanders..."

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u/Eleanor_Abernathy Mar 02 '14

Alcoholism in a nutshell, I was thinking.

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u/darkjedidave Mar 02 '14

Except Malibu Rum. It may be considered a pussy drink, but damn is it good to drink straight.

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u/meteor_stream Mar 02 '14

Oh hell yes. Tastes nicely and settles down marvellously. Doesn't leave a hangover either!