History GargleBlaster / RealLife

* Then there is Rakı - the national drink of UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}. Popularly known as lion's milk rakı is made from twice-distilled grapes, is transparent in color unless mixed with water which causes it to turn cloudy, and is typically 80 to 100 proof. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the modern Turkish state, was very fond of the beverage and consumed a large amount of it on a nearly daily basis.

* The cocktail "[[FunWithAcronyms G.R.E.E.N.]]" consists of Gin, Rum, two shots of Everclear (one for each "E"), and apple [=schNapps=] (which may or may not itself be green depending on brand). The joke is that after you drink G.R.E.E.N, you won't care that "apple schnapps" doesn't start with "N" (or that "G.R.E.E.N" isn't actually green, depending).

** [[https://malort.com/ Jeppson's Malört]] is a popular bitter, flavored with wormwood, in the Chicago area. The taste has been described as "pencil shavings and heartbreak", "a burning condom filled with gasoline" and "pumpkin spice for sadists" and lingers on the tongue for minutes.
*** Wormwood-flavored liquers, known as ''bäsk'', have been popular in Sweden for centuries as digestive aids. The Swedish immigrant Carl Jeppson started to sell what would become Jeppson's Malört for medical purposes in Chicago during Prohibition, and the authorities allowed it, because they believed that no one would be desperate enough to get drunk on something so vile.

* UsefulNotes/UnitedStates: [[https://www.wonkette.com/how-to-make-a-zombie The Zombie]] is a classic American drink, a complicated mixture of fruit juices and alcohol which expertly masks that it contains three ounces of standard rum and an ounce of overproof to round things out. The name is coined from the state of the consumer afterwards.

** Since local willingnes to consume fire-waters ''with gusto'' tends to spwan inventions such as [[GratuitousSpanish "Awas]] [[XtremeKoolLetterz Lokaz"]] (That's "Krazy Fresh Waterz" for you, primos!). Created out of the necessity of hammer as much people as possible with few bucks, most of them employ fruit juice and a local concoction called "Tonayán" (A mid-phase between real fire-water and pure ethilic alcohol). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3N-7ejKRo8 Several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsPhYZeXgk recepies]] can be found over the web having funny names as (Translated) ''"Punch-drunk Smurf"'' , ''"Poor-man's Baileys"'', ''"Slum mod girl"'' or the most infamous ''"Princess' pee"'' and if you know a bit of spanish, you will find out why.
** An example even OlderThanFeudalism is ''"Pasita"'' (Raisin liquor). An ancestral recepy only known for otherwise harmless mexican old ladies that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The issue is you can enjoy a very sweet drink that it isn't half bad, the little glasses it's poured in can inconspicuously make you enjoy 3 - 5 of them, the real problem comes when you try to move after it's consumption... it may vary from one case to the next but most common symptom is complete loss of balance, and in the most severe ones a ''[[BrownNote huge case of diharrea]]''.

* UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} couldn't be the exeption.

* Wrestling/AndreTheGiant had his own version called "The American", a 1.25 litter pitcher with whatever he may find on the liquors cabinet.
* Creator/AnthonyBurgess describes his homemade cocktail, Hangman's Blood, which contains about ten shots' worth of alcohol:

One of the easiest ways to make a Gargle Blaster is to just put together obscene amounts of already potent alcoholic beverages and drink the result. Wrestling/AndreTheGiant had his own version called "The American", a 1.25 litter pitcher with whatever he may find on the liquors cabinet.

** An example even OlderThanFeudalism is ''"Pasita"'' (Raisin liquor). An ancestral recepy only known for otherwise harmless mexican old ladies that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The issue is you can enjoy a very sweet drink that it isn't half bad, the little glasses it's poured in inconspicully can make you enjoy 3 - 5 of them, the real problem comes when you try to move after it's consumption... it may vary from one case to the next but most common symptom is complete loss of balance, and in the most severe ones a ''[[BrownNote huge case of diharrea]]''.

** An example even OlderThanFeudalism is ''"Pasita"'' (Raisin liquor). An ancestral recepy only known for other-wise harmless mexican old ladies that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The issue is you can enjoy a very sweet drink that it isn't half bad, the real problem comes when you try to move after it's consumption... it may vary from one case to the next but most common symptoms are complete loss of balance, nausea and in most severe ones ''[[BrownNote diharrea]]''.

* UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} couldn't be the exeption, since local willingnes to consume fire-waters ''with gusto'' tends to spwan inventions such as [[GratuitousSpanish "Awas]] [[XtremeKoolLetterz Lokaz"]] (That's "Krazy Fresh Waterz" for you, primos!). Created out of the necessity of hammer as much people as possible with few bucks, most of them employ fruit juice and a local concoction called "Tonayán" (A mid-phase between real fire-water and pure ethilic alcohol). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3N-7ejKRo8 Several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsPhYZeXgk recepies]] can be found over the web having funny names as (Translated) ''"Punch-drunk Smurf"'' , ''"Poor-man's Baileys"'', ''"Slum mod girl"'' or the most infamous ''"Princess' pee"'' and if you know a bit of spanish, you will find out why.

* UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} couldn't be de exeption, since local willingnes to consume fire-waters ''with gusto'' tends to create inventions such as the [[GratuitousSpanish "Awas]] [[XtremeKoolLetterz Lokaz"]] (That's "Krazy Fresh Waterz" for you, primos!). Created out of necessity, most of them employ fruit juice and a local concoction called "Tonayán" (A mid-phase between real fire-water and pure ethilic alcohol). Several [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsPhYZeXgk recepies]] can be found over the web having funny names as (Translated) ''"Punch-drunk Smurf"'' , ''"Poor-man's Baileys"'', ''"Slum mod girl"'' or the most infamous ''"Princess' pee"'' and if you know a bit of spanish, you will find out why.

** UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} couldn't be de exeption, since local willingnes to consume fire-waters ''with gusto'' tends to create inventions such as the [[GratuitousSpanish "Awas]] [[XtremeKoolLetterz Lokaz"]] (That's "Krazy Fresh Waterz" for you, primos!). Created out of necessity, most of them employ fruit juice and a local concoction called "Tonayán" (A mid-phase between real fire-water and pure ethilic alcohol). Several [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsPhYZeXgk recepies]] can be found over the web having funny names as (Translated) ''"Punch-drunk Smurf"'' , ''"Poor-man's Baileys"'', ''"Slum mod girl"'' or the most infamous ''"Princess' pee"'' and if you know a bit of spanish, you will find out why.

One of the easiest ways to make a Gargle Blaster is to just put together obscene amounts of already potent alcoholic beverages and drink the result.

* UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}: The popular ginger-flavoured schnapps [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeputz Ratzeputz]] is fairly throat-ripping on it's own, but it is also a key ingredient in some true Gargle Blasters, such as the ''Donkey's Kick'': 2 cl Ratzeputz, 2 cl tequila, 2-3 drops of tabasco and salt and pepper on the rim of the glass (or, if you're truly brave or truly mad, on your lips).

* UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}: The popular ginger-flavoured schnapps [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeputz Ratzeputz]] is fairly throat-ripping on it's own, but it is also a key ingredient in some true GargleBlasters, such as the ''Donkey's Kick'': 2 cl Ratzeputz, 2 cl tequila, a squirt of tabasco and salt an pepper on the rim of the glass (or, if you're truly brave or truly mad, on your lips).

* Then there is Rakı - the national drink of UsefulNotes/Turkey. Popularly known as lion's milk rakı is made from twice-distilled grapes, is transparent in color unless mixed with water which causes it to turn cloudy, and is typically 80 to 100 proof. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the modern Turkish state, was very fond of the beverage and consumed a large amount of it on a nearly daily basis.