Your Alcohol Achilles Heel

[1OldGI]

What's your alcohol Achilles Heel? Mine is Jack Daniels Black. And here's the story:
Long ago and far away when I was a young GI, being a Southerner, consumption of Jack Daniels was an absolute cultural imperative (not unlike a Scotsman drinking Glenfidich). I lived in the barracks back then (back in my single days) my neighbor had just returned from a deployment to Turkey and appeared at my door one Saturday morning with an enormous bag of pistachio nuts. We proceeded to lounge around and watch college football and consume about two pounds of pistachio nuts a piece.

Some time later, another buddy showed up with a large 1/2 gallon jug of Jack Daniels and said, "Let's get stupid." We proceeded to drink Black Label Jack Daniels for the balance of the evening straight up until we had put a BIG dent in his 1/2 gallon jug. The combination of half a belly full of pistachio nuts and half a belly of Jack Daniels was...well let's just say NOT GOOD. Both pistachio nuts and JD made an appearance in my bathroom, an absolutely vile smelling pink chunky bile which I had to clean up the next day with one of the worst hangovers of my entire life. Nearly 30 years later, the smell of Jack Daniels will make my skin crawl and the soapy water come running up my neck! It's not a bourbon thing either, I quite enjoy the occassional Jimmy Beam or George Dickel but the evening's fesitivities are indeed completed once I smell the vile Black Jack Daniels. Youth is indeed wasted on the young. Your turn now.

 

[Phog Allen]

Alright, here goes. I normally don't get tanked up. Only a few times in my life and most when I was a young 20 something. A friend of mine took me to a local watering hole we knew pretty well. Well sir, we normally drank Coors light(before I knew what real beer was) and all was fine. Then he gets the idea of buying us a few rounds of screwdrivers in between each beer. I did not know he was ordering doubles of the screwdrivers. Well sir, after about a half dozen of these abominations and a half dozen beers, we staggered home. It was only a few blocks and we weren't about to drive. Hangover was not the word for it. To this day I hate vodka. It is the single most useless spirit on earth. It simply made the orange juice taste tart. I love oj but keep that damnable vodka from me. The worse off I have ever been concerning alcohol.

Regards, Todd

 

[Wilpar76]

R U M

I was in a summer program before my senior year in college. The night before the closing ceremonies, we had a big party. Everyone was drinking rum. Nothing fancy, just rum and coca cola. Well, we ran out of coca cola, so we starting mixing rum with Dr. Pepper. (Actually, not that bad at first. Very smooth almost vanilla flavor. Notice I said, "At first.") After we ran out of Dr. Pepper, we starting mixing the rum with Sunkist Orange soda. We were so toasted, we didn't really care. After all that alcohol, I still got 8 hours of sleep before the next day.

Fast forward to the next morning, the closing ceremonies for the summer program. I woke up, took a shower, got dressed. However, whenever I turned my head, everything in my view slowly followed. I didn't have a hangover, I was still completely toasted. I put on my best face and went to the closing ceremonies, BAD IDEA. I didn't have time to eat breakfast. I am sitting in the ceremonies and I just start sweating profusely cause I feel so bad. All the rum and soda created a primordial stew in my stomach. I went to the can once to make myself puke and couldn't do it. The funny thing is that my roommate said I stumbled my *** in and out of the auditorium. After I got back, I sat for another 10 minutes and left to get back in bed. Well, that didn't happen either. I got back to the dorm room and that is when I started hugging the porcelain god. Once the first batch came up, it was non-stop. And it all smelt like orange soda.

I couldn't drink alcohol period for about two weeks after that. Even the word turned my stomach. To this day, I rarely ever drink rum because of that episode. As a side note, I used to love orange soda (Fanta Orange) was my favorite. I just started drinking orange soda again, and this event was almost 12 years ago.

 

[ClearDog]

Black Sambuca.

My brother-in-law used to drink the stuff like crazy when he was in the navy and later in college. He kind of started a holiday tradition at my in-laws where all of the men would sit around and do shots of the stuff. Needless to say, one time I ended up drinking too much and got sick.

I can't drink the stuff anymore. It gives me the chills anytime I smell it.

 

[Luc]

I would say Gentleman Jack would be the biggest. I also love the Gran Matusalem Rum (that one goes down like ice tea). I love the aged Herradura (Tequila). Courvoisier X.O. is another one I like... I have expensive taste...

I would love to drink Scotch/Whiskey/Whisky but I never liked the one I had. I am working on it as I follow the Scotch thread at the moment.

Going a bit off topic, what I can't digest, Vodka, cheap tequila, pre-mix drinks (already mixed cola/rum). I usualy don't mix my grog but some of them, you don't have a choice...

 

[Ru4scuba?]

Scotch...any Scotch. But I dont get tanked on them. Usually just one on Sundays...and Holidays...and then every other Tuesday LOL!

Single Malt...usually the peaty varieties (Lagavulin, Oban, Talisker, Laphroaig)

 

[Shane]

Stout. The darker, the better. I'm also quite fond of well-crafted rye whiskey.

 

[Walter Sobchak]

Ugh. A blast from the past! OK, here's my story of a booze that makes me wretch. A long time ago, I drank an overabundance of Pepe Lopez Silver. It made muchos vomitos. Twas the night that marked the end of my tequila drinking days.

A few years after that fateful eve, after a handful of tasty (non-tequila) cocktails, I happened to meet a lovely young lady on a cruise ship. After a few more drinks and some witty conversation, she asked if I wanted to do a shot with her. She asked what my drink of choice was. I told her it was ungentlemanly and quite unconscionable to pick the poison in the presence a lady. So she chose...yes, you guessed it. BOTTOM SHELF TEQUILA!

I thought time enough had passed since my prior tequila idiocy, and that all would be OK. Just a small dose of yuck that would be sufficiently diluted in the sizeable pool of bourbon and nachos already tucked safely and comfortably within.

Here's a quick transcript of the events.
ME: "Ooh cheap, silver Tequila. Exotic. Yummy. Love to do a shot of that with you!"
HER: "Great! Cheers!"
ME: "Cheers!"
SHOT GLASSES: *CLINK*
ME: Glug, slurp......wince, burp, INSTANT PROJECTILE VOMIT!
HER: "HOLY SH*T!"
ME: "Must have had some bad nachos."
BARKEEP: *lauging hysterically* "Here's some rags you dumb bastard! She liked you, I could tell!"
HER: *POOF* Gone.

It wasn't that I was so drunk as to be obliterated and throw up, it was definitely that one little dose of Tequila. My body just hates the stuff. In fact, the rest of that evening, after some mouthwash, I had a fine time.

Still, to this day, two decades later, I shudder at the thought of drinking cheap tequila. I'm not too high on the good stuff, either, to be honest.

The End.

 

[garyg]

Tequila as well, twice taught times in my life, both ended badly.

• Scene One - Awoke on a lawn, covered with sleet, wrapped around a tree circa 1971
  
• Scene Two - Awoke in the back of a gal's pickup, somewhere in the mountains outside Phoenix, my tux was pretty disheveled

Havna touched it again in 32 years

 

[Wilpar76]

After a few more drinks and some witty conversation, she asked if I wanted to do a shot with her. She asked what my drink of choice was. I told her it was ungentlemanly and quite unconscionable to pick the poison in the presence a lady. So she chose...yes, you guessed it. BOTTOM SHELF TEQUILA!

LMAO!!!

Made me think of a game show. "Don Pardo, tell him what he's just won."

 

[nikkuchan]

Warm sake always does me in. It’s soooo easy to drink, and it’s sooo easy to drink fast. I start downing those, and I feel great. About 5-10 minutes later, all that I drank comes rushing at me all at once. Imagine going from zero to smashed in 2 seconds…

Like a mallet to an egg.

 

[VR6ofpain]

Scotch...any Scotch. But I dont get tanked on them. Usually just one on Sundays...and Holidays...and then every other Tuesday LOL!

Single Malt...usually the peaty varieties (Lagavulin, Oban, Talisker, Laphroaig)

This is interesting, it shows the different interpretation of this title. You are saying you like these alcohols, but consider it your Achilles heel, that you must have one now and then, right?

I believe the idea behind the post is an alcohol you simply cannot tolerate.

I can't really think of any alcohol I hate. It would probably be a cheap vodka or Tennessee Whiskey. I can enjoy a cocktail with vodka or a cool shot of something above gut rot (say Skyy or Absolute), but in general I don't really like vodka. JD black label is $hit. I hate it. It is an insult to Whiskey. Give me a Bourbon Whiskey instead.

 

[Sluggo]

Evan Williams, I drank a fifth in 29 seconds in college and ever since then the smell of burbon makes me gag.

 

[Brodirt]

My Tequila story...although I will preface this with that I haven't been deterred from any alcohol by any incident:

Its the evening of high school graduation and there is a big shindig at someone's house. This is back in the day when 18 was the drinking age so most of us had no problem stocking up with whatever we wanted. This party was kind of like the party at the beginning of Say Anything, not quite as big, but close. Anyway somewhere in the middle of the evening a large group of "the boys" winds up around the kitchen table. There's about 15 of us, 7-8 bottles of Cuervo Gold and a camera. The game was last man standing takes the picture. Anyway, there is no picture.

 

[richmondesi]

I'm with Walter. I can't even smell tequila now without getting sick

 

[ZZTop]

Freshman year of college. I decided to spend a quiet night in with three friends the day before spring break officially began. The night started off quietly with 6 beers but then turned more interesting when I ran out of beer, as the 6-pack was all I had. I then joined my three friends in the bottle of Bacardi white rum. I drank out of a tall tea mug that musta held a good 12 oz. I had a double shot of rum with cranberry juice and felt great. Drunk but in a great spot. At some point my bladder needed emptying so I left about 1/4 of the rum & cranberry in my mug and went to the bathroom.
In my drunkenness I didn't notice that as I came back my mug was suddenly full and a very faint pink. I kept on drinking, not realizing that my friend had been nice enough to top off 3/4 of my mug with straight rum.

Then it hit me.

I felt a sudden build-up of saliva under my tongue and I knew exactly what was coming in about 10 seconds. I tried to make a run to the bathroom which unfortunately was a good distance down the hallway around a corner. I made it as far as the common room which was directly between me and the bathroom.

I hit the kitchen sink. It was the first receptacle-like object I could reach.

People walked by: "Hey buddy, having a good night?" RETCH!

Pause. I take a few steps to try to get to the bathroom. Nope. Garbage can across the room is as far as I got. SPLASH!

Pause. Ok, time to run! Made the bathroom, but only to the sink. SPLAT.

Pause. Ok finally got to the toilet. Thank goodness. I need another good onomatopoeia here.

Finally I felt good enough to make it back to my room, but I decided that after all that puking, I needed a shower. I went back to the bathroom and got in the shower, but as soon as the water hit me I was down on all fours in the shower dry heaving. It was unbearable. To have your body try to force out something that isn't there. The most disgusting bits of bile came up on occasion. I got out of the shower and went to bed. Tried to throw up once in the garbage can in my room and passed out for 7 hours.

But the fun didn't end there! The next day I had to take a 7 hour bus ride home. I don't know how I held it in but somehow I managed to survive that bus ride. I didn't eat anything until 9 pm that day when I finally managed a slice of bread.

I smell rum and I feel like puking these days.

 

[castlecraver]

Guys, let me remind you about the thread about drinking games that was locked a few weeks ago. I don't mind us discussing liquors we can't handle for whatever reason, but let's be careful what we say about about binge, underage, or otherwise irresponsible drinking. Let's keep things dignified and gentlemanly.

 

[Left Coast DJ]

Budweiser Chelada FTW!

 

[Dorko]

Any whiskey mixed with soda (not seltzer - I'm talking about Coke, Sprite, etc.).

One warm September night my senior year of college, I was slurping down 7&7s like they were going out of style. A nice young lady grabbed my hand and dragged me, running, up a very steep hill to her apartment. Where I then politely excused myself and vomited with a religious fervor.

Never sprint up a hill on a warm, humid night when you've had about 6 strong, sugary cocktails and are trying to look cool - it will blow up in your face. Or out of, as the case may be.

Anyway, I've had no desire whatsoever to use soda as a mixer since, and that was almost 15 years ago.

Oh, malt liqour did me in one night when I was young and stupid, too, and I never touched it again - but that was probably a blessing in disguise. If you're so inclined, there are far swankier ways to get blasted quickly than via Mickey's Big Mouth!

 

[chfair]

jack daniels for me as well. first time i ever drank was a lot of jack.... or so they tell me. it was my favorite drink for a long time just shots of jack as i do not like mixed drinks much. i slacked off of drinking for a while went to mexico drank non stop for a week (tequila of every sort), never got drunk. tequila has to be my highest tolerance. but i purchased a bottle of jack and ended up not opening it so i brought it back to the states and tried drinking it (did drink it but it made an appearance again soon). violently sick thought maybe i just over did it and some weeks later had one or two shots and got very sick again. can't even stand to smell it now.


drink twice a year now and it is only warm sake with sushi ^.^ sake treats me very well.