Even booze hounds need to have goals in life so, I decided to come up with a list of the 10 things that every true drinker should accomplish before they die. Not every item on the list requires drinking massive quantities of alcohol. Once you have covered every item on this list you will be a well rounded drinker who should have a shit-ton of good stories to tell. Personally I can put a check mark next to six of these so it looks like I still have some work to do. Figure out where you stand and then plan your weekends accordingly.
Case In A Day - 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I prefer to think not. You need to sit down with a couple of friends and a couple of cases and power through the day and the case. People that have never done this think it’s easy and the people that have, know it’s not. Added Difficulty: Keep a hand written journal of what you are doing each time you crack a beer. Bonus Points: If anything is legible after beer 17.
Run The Taps At A Bar… Conditions: must have 12 or more taps. This is pretty self explanatory. Belly up to the bar and order a single pint of every beer they have on tap one after the other. You are going to get to try a lot of new beers and chances are you will be piss drunk before the sun goes down.
Century Club - Pretty simple, 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes without puking. Much like the case in a day challenge people always think this is easy until they actually try it. 60 seconds starts feeling like 5 seconds once you pass the 70 minute mark.
Brew Your Own Beer - Yeah it might not taste that great and you will be “that guy” that makes all your friends try their shitty brew but every true booze hound has to give it a shot at least once.
Pub Crawl Conditions: 12 or more pubs covering at least 1 mile. There is nothing better than getting a big group of friends together on a sunny day and catching a buzz while going on a walk. A beer at each stop with a short walk in between and you will be primed for a night of debauchery.
Go To An AA Meeting at least once you should see how the other half lives. Learn a lesson from Charlie Kelly, throw out your beer before you actually get into the meeting. If you don’t somebody will rat you out.
Learn Something About Wine And I don’t mean memorizing the flavors of Franzia, Carlo Rossi or Charles Shaw. Go on a wine tour and actually pay attention (without pounding Busch Lights between wineries) or go to a multi-course meal where they pair a wine with each course and explain why they go together. The knowledge will pay off each and every time you take a lady out for a nice dinner.
Black Out Before Noon - Just once get out of bed at 9 a.m. and crack a beer instead of having your morning Tropicana. There are a finite number of years in life where you can get drunk before noon and not feel like a total douche about it the next day. If you are a college football fan then this is easy to accomplish. If beer isn’t your bag first thing in the A.M. then I would recommend a Boones Farm Strawberry Hill. It’s slightly fruity, high in booze and fan-fucking-tastic.
Oktoberfest in Germany - As someone who’s been there twice, trust me in terms of a unique alcohol experience, it’s pretty unparalleled. Any place where you can puke on the floor under your table, and one waitress jokes with you while she cleans it up and another brings you another beer is unique in my book. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a girl throw up while making out with some dude so that it squirts out the side of their mouths. Gross but hilarious. –Mr. Wonka
Scotch - learn to drink scotch either on the rocks or neat. Much like golf, it is a pain in the ass to learn, but it will pay off in the business world. While you are at it, learn the difference between bourbon and whiskey so that you don’t look like a total fucking hayseed. If you really want to get a gold star on your chart learn the difference between a blend and single malt as well.
152 responses so far ↓
1 Paco // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:16 am
Waking up in a strange apt., automobile etc. in a puddle of your own urine?
2 Stu // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:33 am
Drink a pint of mixed shots.
Drink beer/cider alternating between pints, 10 pints of each is the target. 5 if your a woman or child.
3 website design // Jun 19, 2008 at 11:16 am
No. 1: Drink a full case in a day. …. Hey, I’m not cutting back just to check it off some stupid list.
4 Todd // Jun 19, 2008 at 1:28 pm
The Mat Shot: Right as the bar is closing, have them take the rubber mat under the taps/pouring area and pour the contents into a low ball glass for you. Then, give the bartender a wink and slam it.
5 Thunder // Jun 19, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Our rugby team has a yearly event called the Barcycle. It is a pub crawl on bicycles. We cover 8-10 bars over 8 or so miles and race between bars with jerseys awarded like the tour de france. Not at all safe, but truly awesome.
6 Earl // Jun 19, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Drinking before noon? For those in the UK the World Cup (football) hosted in Korea in 2002 was a god-send. One game kickd off at 6.30am and the pubs were open. By the time the second game finished at around 11am there were people dancing on the bar and many lying around unconcious. Well before lunch.
Like the 12 taps idea - that’s this weekend sorted!
7 mephjeff // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:00 pm
There is no difference between bourbon and whiskey. There is a difference between bourbon and scotch. There is also a difference between a forgiving reader and a pedantic asshole.
8 Lee // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I would KILL myself (and I mean that literally) if I tried to Run the Taps at the bar I favored in college. Great Irish Pub in Syracuse, NY, on the Hill, called Faegan’s. I swear to you, they have *at least* 40 beers on tap at all times. …What a way to go though…
9 whosyourchampion.com // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:17 pm
100 cup beer pong?
or…
full cup, flip cup, race to 7
10 Stephen // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:19 pm
mephjeff // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:00 pm
There is no difference between bourbon and whiskey. There is a difference between bourbon and scotch. There is also a difference between a forgiving reader and a pedantic asshole.
If mephjeff knew wasn’t a pedantic asshole, he would know that there is a big difference between bourbon and whiskey. Bourbon- Kentucky. Whiskey- Tennessee
11 Carpe Ruggum // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:40 pm
The difference between Bourbon and Whiskey is a lot more than just the state of manufacture. Bourbon by definition is made only in Kentucky, with fresh fired barrels made of white ash. Whiskey can be made anywhere….ask the Japanese and the Canadians…they make a shitload of it. BTW, Scotch is whiskey, just made differently.
12 Johnny Swank // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Try the reasl century mark. 100 beers in 72 hours.
13 Tron // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:10 pm
How about the Around the World at Disney’s Epcot center. 12 countries, 12 beers. And about 8 of those are either 16 or 20 oz. I’ve done it 4 times and I’ve blacked out every time.
14 Fredrick // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Actually there is a difference between bourbon and whiskey. Bourbon has more corn is the mash than regular whiskey. Its called fact checking son.
15 Fredrick // Jun 19, 2008 at 3:30 pm
As well as the Kentucky/ Tennessee difference
16 wheeler // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:35 pm
110 cup beer pong is one of my favorites. I definately want to join the century club as soon as possible though.
17 Bill // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:36 pm
@ Tron,
Drinking around the word is hardly a feat uness you do it during the food and wine festival and you make it a point to have every beer as well as wine. I’ve done the normal version(1 time we went around 1.5 times) and I have never blacked out. It’s easy, but expensive as hell….The bar tap challenge is the same thing just way more affordable.
18 Robbo // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:38 pm
The only reason I didn’t et a perfect 10 is cuz I’ve never been to Germany - but I married a gal who was half German and half Scottish and she drove me to drink so that has to count for something. Actually I didn’t need to be driven to drink but she provided a good parking spot for a while. I’m actually shocked - SHOCKED! - that the list is sooooo tame. Whatever happened to throwing up in the bathtub - whilst having a bath? What about passing out face first in the open casket of a dearly departed? What about combining a bottle of Jack Daniels, a bottle of Mateus, a bottle of Ouzo and a couple of fistfuls of smoked meat sandwiches and then then playing on the sings in a kids playground so you can give the youngsters a 3D tactile experience of a Jackson Pollack painting? What about waking up on the train and finding yourself in another province? How about stumbling back to the table in an expensive restaurant not with your fly open but with your pants around your knees?
The list goes on. And on.
I demand a score of not less than 20 out of 10.
Cheers.
19 kureno // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Hit Japan for Hanami, or Cherry Blossom Viewing. As long as there are blossoms on the trees, you’re sitting under them drinking. Imagine if St. Patrick’s day lasted a week.
20 Jose // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Sorry but all this is for newbies, and the wine thing is an aberration.
21 Albert // Jun 19, 2008 at 4:59 pm
One thing that’s not on the list is drinking from a beer boot. Or as the germans call it a Stiefel.
But don’t do like I did and try to drink 2 liters of some very yummy octoberfest beer in an hour.
Sit down and dedicate an afternoon to drinking that thing.
Das Boot will kick your ass if you’re not careful.
22 sean // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:06 pm
What about the Boot stein.
http://www.truebeer.com/Two-Liter-Beer-Boot_p_0-176.html
Two liters of frothy goodness, in under a minute… tell me you make it with out puking… you tell me that.
23 Chuckles // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I might be wrong, but I think you are missing the mark with the bourbon/whiskey stuff. As I know it, bourbon is one of the five types of whiskey. The others are scotch, irish, canadian, and rye.
24 Colin // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Actually, Bourbon doesn’t have to be made in Kentucky though most of it is. It does have to be made from a certain percentage of corn and be aged in charred white oak barrels for a certain number of years. To be called Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey it must be made in Kentucky. Any other whiskey can be made anywhere, not just Tennessee.
25 john whistman // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:10 pm
How hard is it to drink a scotch neat? You just have to be drunk before you start.
26 Cam // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Lee, I go to SU and am very familiar with Faegans which is such a coincidence, but they also have flip night on Wednesdays where you call a coin and get a free beer if guessed right, they do have an incredible selection of beer on tap though
27 Sanchez // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:17 pm
In the real world (i.e. anywhere not America), Whiskey is the generic term for a variety of brown liquors. Scotch is a type of whiskey. Bourbon is a type of whiskey. Irish whiskey is a type of whiskey.
28 fred mcpoopy // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:19 pm
One word: Everclear.
29 TheDoc // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Is it bad that I’m only 21 and I’ve done every one of those (multiple times) except brewing my own beer and Oktoberfest? Oh yea, i haven’t been to an AA meeting, but my for-sight allows me to count it as complete
30 lunchbox // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:32 pm
@mephjeff
not true. All bourbons are whiskey, but not all whiskeys are bourbon.
31 Chaz // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I’ve had many a homebrew that rivals anything made commercially. Sorry if your “friends” don’t know what they’re doing.
32 Ihor // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:41 pm
ok i have done pretty much all of these but i have added extra danger to the century club… no pissing thats when it becomes CENTURION. you have to be one bad mamma jamma to get that title
33 Mjs // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:41 pm
For an added twist to the century club, go the whole thing without having a piss. That’s make you a member of the buffalo club.
34 Bill // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Bourbon is even more specific than Kentucky, it must actually be distilled in Bourbon County, Kentucky to be considered true Bourbon. True Scotch is distilled in Scotland, as one might imagine. Both are styles of whiskey though, although you wouldn’t order them as such. And generic “whiskey” can be brewed just about anywhere as was stated by someone else above.
35 Wade // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Whiskey (or Whisky) is a general term covering all types.
North American Whiskey - are all-grain spirits that have been produced from a mash bill that usually mixes together corn, rye, wheat, barley and other grains in different proportions, and then generally aged for an extended period of time in wooden barrels. These barrels may be new or used, and charred or uncharred on the inside, depending on the type of whiskey being made.
Bourbon – The main grain used in making the bourbon must be at least 51% corn; other grains used may be rye, wheat and barley malt in any combination. Bourbon is distilled at no more than 160 proof, aged at no more than 125 proof for a minimum of two years in new, white oak barrels that have been charred. Nothing can be added at bottling to enhance flavor, add sweetness or alter color. Bourbon is a distinctive product of the United States as officially proclaimed by Congress in 1964, and no other country has the authority to call their whiskey products Bourbon.
Bourbon can be made anywhere in the United States, however all but a couple of brands are made in Kentucky. Kentucky is the only state allowed to put its name on the bottle. Also, most bourbons are aged a minimum of 4 years and some up to 23 years. If a label states an age, all bourbon in that bottle must be at least that old; it can be older.
What makes one bourbon different from another?
A partial list:
Grain selection
Water used
Yeast strain
Barrel selection
Char level of barrel
Distilling process
Proof at distillation
Proof as put in barrel
Where warehouse is located
Placement in warehouse
Years aged
Weather during aging
Bottle proof
Rye Whiskey – Very similar to bourbon but must contain a minimum of 51% rye grain (instead of corn), be distilled at less than 80% ABV (160 proof) and be aged for a minimum of two years in new charred barrels.
Tennessee Whiskey must contain a minimum of 51% corn, be produced in Tennessee, be distilled at less than 80% ABV (160 proof), filtered through a bed of sugar maple charcoal, and be aged for a minimum of two years in new charred barrels. Jack Daniels and George Dickell are 2 well known Tennessee whiskeys. These are not considered bourbon; for proof find the word bourbon printed any place on the label of JD and I will buy that bottle for you!
Blended American Whiskey is required to contain at least 20% straight whiskey; with the balance being unaged neutral spirit or, in a few cases, high-proof light whiskey. It has a general whiskey flavor profile (most closely resembling Bourbon), but lacks any defining taste characteristic. Early Times brand is an example.
Canadian Whisky is produced without minimums for grain mixtures. Canadian Whisky is made primarily from corn or wheat, with a supplement of rye, barley, or barley malt. Producers can and do also add GNS, grain neutral spirits, and use additives for flavoring or color. They are aged primarily in used oak bourbon barrels. The minimum age for Canadian Whisky is three years, with most brands being aged four to six years. Virtually all Canadian are blended from different grain whiskies of different ages when bottled.
Scotch Whisky – This differs from North American whiskey because it uses barley malt as one of the grains. The barley malt for Scotch whisky is first dried over fires that have been stoked with dried peat, a form of compacted grass and heather compost that is harvested from the moors. The peat smoke adds a distinctive smoky tang to the taste of the Scotch whisky. Scotch is aged for a minimum of 3 years in a variety of used oak barrels; such as used port, sherry, or bourbon. Used bourbon barrels make of the majority of barrels used and us Americans say this is where Scotch gets its flavor! To be called Scotch, it must be produced in Scotland.
Scotch grain whiskies are made in column stills. Scotch Grain Whisky is made primarily from wheat or corn with a small percentage of barley and barley malt (the latter not being dried over peat fires).
• Single Malt whisky is a 100% malted barley whisky from one distillery.
• Single Grain whisky is a grain whisky from one distillery (it does not have to be made from a single type of grain).
• Vatted, Pure or Blended malt whisky is a malt whisky created by mixing single malt whiskies from more than one distillery.
• Blended grain whisky is a whisky created by mixing grain whiskies from more than one distillery.
• Blended Scotch whisky, such as Johnnie Walker, is a mixture of single malt whisky and grain whisky, usually from multiple distilleries
Irish Whiskey is made in Ireland. It is similar to Scotch but peat is not used during the malting process. There are several types; Single Malt, Single Grain, Pure pot Still, and Blended.
36 Jakey // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Run the taps at a local place here at Purdue would kill you. It’s called Chumley’s and they have 50 beers on tap, along with 100+ more in bottles. It truly is an amazing place, but you would die if you tried to run the tap there.
37 Swill Monger // Jun 19, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Drink a bottle of Absinthe and I’m not talking about the watered-down legal stuff sold in the states.
38 Haiku Reviewer - Music Videos // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:09 pm
As well as going on a wine tour, it’s definitely worth considering going on a brewery tour…you normally get some free beers at the end - and if you’re lucky, it’s ‘as many as you can cram in’ within 20-30 minutes. All whilst trying to look like a serious connoisseur of course…
39 Haiku Reviewer - Music Reviews // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:12 pm
As well as going on a wine tour, you should definitely consider going on a brewery tour…normally you get some free beers at the end - which in some cases means ‘as many as you can cram in within 20-30 minutes’. All whilst looking like a serious connoisseur of course…
40 Wasted Daily // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:20 pm
This is a great list
41 Greg // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Actually…mephjeff is kind of right. He just phrased it poorly. Bourbon is whiskey. But not all whiskey is bourbon. It’s like a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t necessrily a square.
42 DrinkPlanner // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:21 pm
This bears quite the resemblance to Modern Drunkard’s “40 Things Every Drunkard Should Do”
43 Dash // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:22 pm
*Angry comment about pedantic assholes who think whiskey=scotch=bourbon=vodka=beer=wine*
44 Steve // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:24 pm
There’s a difference between Kentucky and Tennessee?!
45 Tennessee Williams // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Actually, learn to drink scotch the correct way… with a dash of water. Drinking it neat = you don’t appreciate the taste, drinking it with ice is the same thing. You’re dulling the taste, moran.
46 Ken // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Suicide Tequilla
and how about the beer mile
47 omgwtfbbq69 // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:26 pm
These are great. I think there’s something missing about car bombs and / or tequila. One cannot be a full drinker without a proper tequila experience. The brewing your own beer tip is a definite must. It will taste like swill, but you will force your friends to drink it.
48 zeph // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Err… Boone’s Farm isn’t high in alcohol. It’s a foul low-alcohol drink for impoverished soda drinkers.
49 Capn // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:36 pm
The 10 you have proposed are for women.
Shot - Vodka - Every 3 outs of a baseball game.
50 Andy // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Guys, come one now.
Whiskey is just a type of liquor made from grain mash and aged in wooden barrels. Bourbon is a type of Whiskey, so are Scotch, Irish and Canadian Whiskeys. All different, all Whiskey.
51 jim // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Don’t sell the “brew your own beer” short, I tried it a couple times and ended up with some pretty good stuff. It’s not moonshine..
52 Erastus // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Yeah, because when it isn’t from the USA it is Whisky(Scotch Whisky, Irish Whisky, Canadian Whisky… etc.. ), not Whiskey(Bourbon whiskey, Corn whiskey).
53 BS // Jun 19, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Other than Oktoberfest, I’m ready to die.
Strangely absent from the list is drinking a liter of liquor in one day. We called that “Tuesday” in high school.
54 Gary Thom // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Scotch is spelled whisky…
55 Wil // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Perfect Game:
9 ballpark beers / 9 ballpark hotdogs
1 each per inning.
Good Luck
56 Abob // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Hell yeah Lee, I think Faegans is at 46 on tap now. And you’re right, that would be some way to go…
57 Lew // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Actually, bourbon is a type of whiskey, of which there are many. Whiskey just means it’s made from grain. Bourbon is made from mostly corn.
Who’s the hayseed, now?
58 lippa // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:11 pm
drink an 18yr old scotch over 10,000 year old antarctic ice core sample. Pure heaven
59 Gary // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I’ve accomplished just one of those (the wine one) - guess I’ve got some work ahead of me.
60 Scott // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:27 pm
You must earn a plate from the Flying Saucer in Houston.
61 Joe // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Try running the taps at the Beer Cellar in Newport Kentucky. 60 taps.
62 volkerdi // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Folks, you almost have it right, but Bourbon is also a type of Whiskey. But yes, a lot of Jack Daniel’s drinkers do think they’re swiggin’ Bourbon.
Two spellings are used:
Whiskey: Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey, Irish Whiskey, Canadian blends, (etc.; almost any other whiskey)
Whisky: Scotch.
63 Laphroiger // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Bourbon is Whiskey. Scotch is Whiskey. Whiskey is the generic term for distilled alcohols born from a fermented grain mash.
64 terrace pete // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:33 pm
where I used to work we had 25 taps. We called it around the world. Few could do with the 16 oz, many said they did, but were so blacked out that they didn’t realize how short they fell. Most did the 10 oz.
65 Susan Nasus // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Any guy who wastes time arguing about alcohol is an owned bitch-boy.
66 Otter // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:39 pm
With the exception of Oktoberfest, I’ve done most of these in college. Maybe I should hit up Germany my senior year?
67 Ben // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:43 pm
100 Shots! In Shanghai there is a great bar dcalled The Blue Frog where after you complete 100 shots of booze from a list of creative names you get a free shot every visit for life, you get 800 rmb party thrown for you at the bar, you get a bunch Blue Frog bar clothes and you get your name scribed on the wall of which there are only about a dozen so far.
68 Ted // Jun 19, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Actually Scotch, Bourbon and (Irish) Whiskey are all forms of Whiskey. Scotch is shortened from Scotch Whisky, as opposed to Irish Whiskey. Bourbon is short for Bourbon Whiskey. Note that traditionally American and Irish ones are spelled whiskey, while Scotch is called whisky. The wikipedia entry for whisky breaks it down for all the regions, included the ones I didn’t mention, like Canadian, Japanese, etc.
69 SHAWN // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Bourbon is what you call it when you’re over fifty. Whisky is what you call it when you want to forget about your day,,,,,
70 Keith // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Drink a twelve pack of Ice Beer in less than an hour and a half.
Most extreme thing I have ever done. Also a good way to ensure that you won’t drink anymore keystone ice in your life.
71 Smith // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:18 pm
None of you have quite got the whisky thing down. Saying there is no difference between bourbon and whiskey is like saying there is no difference between a volvo and a car. Bourbon is a type of whisky, just like Tennessee whiskey. Tenn whiskey is nearly identically made to bourbon (the mash is made from at least 51% usually 70%) except that Ten whiskey is filtered through maple charcoal before its put in casks. Scotch uses barley, Canadian rye, etc etc. Also the types of barrels, methods and %alc are different. Also bourbon isn’t just made in Kentucky either, just named after bourbon county.
Theres really no such thing as regular whisky just like theres no such thing as a regular car. Fredrick you may want to do some fact checking too.
72 Frank // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Additionally, whisky is produced only in Scotland. All others are whiskey. Bourbon is both methodologically defined in addition to being geographically defined, in much the same way that Vidalia onions, Champagne and parmigiano reggiano are defined by both the proximity to a fixed place of origin and a method of production. I’m also guilty of the case in a day, the running of the taps, the blacking out before noon and the Scotch feats, which means I’m probably a tad overdue for my first AA meeting. I’d add to this list the stop drinking on Sunday and sober up on Tuesday drunk. I once split 3 cases of beer with a man, that and the white russians and I don’t have any recollection of Monday at all.
73 flatswitch // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:28 pm
lame ass article. Boones Farm? Busch Lite? What kind of lame college student are you?
74 Matthew Brown // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Now that you can get Absinthe again, try it. Find out if it really does cause hallucinations or insanity.
75 bobdman // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:36 pm
“Go To An AA Meeting” Of course, if you think doing all this stuff is fun, you will probably have an uncomfortable feeling that you really belong in the meeting. But at least you will know where the meeting is. Someday you will need to be there. PS. Normal people don’t do any of the above stuff.
76 Greg // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Home Brew is the best. I might be “that guy” who brews his own beer but everyone who has tried mine can’t wait until my next batch.
77 Aaron // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Great list! Right on the money.
http://www.theviceblog.com
78 Scooter // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Pa. pub crawl; cross county, every bar, on a morotcycle.
Make it last on your list, it often is anywho!
79 aszure // Jun 19, 2008 at 8:59 pm
One that I am suprised is a trip around the world. This can be done a few different ways. I did it at Epcot. I hate the f’n place, but if I could have some brews, it would at least make it palatable. So I hit every country. Also, you can do this at a bar very nicely. Most bars will have at least 4 or 5 imports and a good 1/2 dozen domestics. This can lead to a nice adventure. Suggested to do with friends.
80 Anthony // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:08 pm
mephjeff obviously needs to learn a few things about bourbon and whiskey. They are most certainly different. If you were from Kentucky as I am you’d know. Look it up and learn something!
81 Paul Lanken // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Okay, as a big time AA guy I have to look at this list and check off most of it as “been there .. done that”. You are correct about a case in a day but only because you are doing it in 24 hours. No big deal if you pound the first six beers and then work the rest of them during the day. Yep. Been there .. done that. Next one is “Run The Taps At A Bar” and I don’t know what the fuk you are talking about. I have drank a pint from every tap at the bar and that was an eleven pint night. Made for a lot of puke later .. but I did the eleven pints. Century club. The volume of 100 shots of beer is no big deal but the time is the issue here. I have drank two 26 ox bottles of vodka before 3 in the afternoon .. does that count? Pub Crawl. This I have done over and over but the issue is I have ended up in a jail cell in a puddle of piss, blood and puke at the end of one of them. Naked. Pub crawl with me at your own risk. AA meetings? Fuck you are boring. Here is what you do .. you get pissed drunk .. piss your pants and smell like a bottle of scotch and then you go to the AA meeting. I have puked at AA meetings. I have started fights at AA meetings. Shit dude .. color it up. Those hard core drunks live for that shit because it keeps them sobre to see you fuked up and they don’t ever want to be like that again. Five years clean and sober now .. and those meetings still have songs about me. Wine? Been there .. done that. Chateau Rothchilds and Chateau Montlambert were my favs for a while. Dig into the wine list at a five star restaurant and bring a few thousand dollars and you will get an education. Black out before noon ? No .. er .. well does it count if you wake up in jail and then blank out again ? Before noon? The judge doesn’t get in until late in the day sometimes and release is even later after that. Germany? To hell with Germany! Go to Ireland for Saint Paddy’s weekend dude! That is a nation where they shut down the whole country to party and quite frankly the Irish know how to sing, party, dance, fuck and fight all at the same time. The germans just make nice cars. Scotch? dude .. after enough years of hard drinking and abuse you will not get a kick from beer anymore anyways and you need something better. I suggest glenmorangie as well as, at least once in life, you need to try usquebaugh, which is water of life in Gaelic. If you drink too much too early in the day you will be feeling like death however. Always add ice and always have good high quality soda water like perrier to add after the first bottle. Few things are funnier than arriving at a wedding in a white limosine pissed blind drunk. All the relatives run for the limo thinking the bride is arriving and they whip out cameras. Then you fall out the door with a bottle of scotch in your hand screaming “I get the bridesmaids first! woo hoo !!” Classy.
82 thesilencer21 // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Wow way to inspire the future drunks of the world, and since I’m closing in on that milestone being only 20yrs old(four years strong). This couldn’t of been a better time for me to read this as well as all of my friends who I’ve just sent it to, keep up the good work!
83 bmilo // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I have a friend on the track team who pulled off 100 beers in a week …. and ran 100 miles in that same week
84 Steve // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Thunder: don’t know where you are, but bicycling drunk is illegal everywhere I’ve ever lived, and will cost you your driver’s license.
85 Jax // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Ah, Century Club is KILLER. Not nearly as easy as it sounds. *whew*
Also, homebrewers can produce some good stuff. Most of the stuff my friends and I brew would cost you $7-9 a six pack at the store.
Bad ingredients, bad cleanliness, or bad recipes can give you crappy homebrew.
86 Farktard // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Idiots.
Bourbon is a type of whiskey. As is Kentucky and Rye and Scotch….
They are ALL whiskey. Just like brown ale, IPA, stout and lager are ALL beer.
Failed logic 101?
Bourbon is whiskey, but whiskey is not necessarily bourbon.
If you don’t understand that I can’t help you.
Only mephjeff got it right.
87 Singlemalt // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I thought these would be hard to do.
I was wrong.
88 Coops // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:42 pm
So far as I can tell, the main difference between bourbon and whiskey (Scotch, Irish, Canadian or other) is that bourbon tastes like dead ants and arse-holes, where whiskey tastes quite nice.
89 Mr. Smartypants // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Saying “Learn the difference between bourbon and whiskey” is no different than saying “Learn the difference between cats and mammals”. Bourbon is a type of whiskey, as are Scotch and Rye. Cats are a type of mammal, as are dogs and wombats. And author Mitch Martin is a type of dumbass, just like those of you arguing over whether there is a difference between bourbon and whiskey.
90 John // Jun 19, 2008 at 10:04 pm
While Bourbon is different from Tennessee or Kentucky whiskey, IT’S STILL A TYPE OF WHISKEY.
Retards.
91 Brendan // Jun 19, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Scotch is the name for a whisky made Scotland. Telling a Scotsman there is no difference between bourbon and Scotch Whisky might get you killed.
92 Joe // Jun 19, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Why not just skip the checklist and become a full blown homeless drunk?
93 Deroy // Jun 19, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I plaied centure club…but started after finishing 4 beers before hand…which isn’t alot but at hte 35-40 it started to hit hard, i could have kept going but the chick i was doing it with stopped abruptly to convulsivly puke
94 Mike // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:08 am
@Tron #13
Ive done this too… i start in canada and end up forgetting what im doing right about japan….
95 David Lloyd-Jones // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:08 am
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Six down, three to go, and one (100 shots in 100 minutes) that I’m not interested in.
-dlj.
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96 Peter Parker // Jun 20, 2008 at 2:32 am
You’re all idiots : )
97 Mei // Jun 20, 2008 at 3:03 am
Pub Golf
You need 18 pubs and a scorecard, with a par for each pub (2, 3, 4 etc).
1/2 pint in each pub, gulped in one counts as 1, 2 gulps 2 etc.
First five are easy, then the carnage starts…
98 Dodo // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:03 am
What about…
Snort Tequila. Upturn a wine glass and put several drops of tequila on the base. Roll up a note and snort. Instant drunk on 5 mls of alchohol. Only lasts about 5 mins
Drink a whole bottle of Bacardi straight (no mixer) in 20 minutes and walk away (rest of the night was a bit of a blur). Works better with vodka.
Drink 24 Carlsberg Elephant beer (7.7%) in 4 hours (had a hurl then went on to a night club).
Break into a construction site, climb up a crane, and then out to the end (of the crane) and drink a carton (1.5 litres) of cheap white wine (between 2 people) then climb back (ah the joys of being a punk!) drunk.
99 Booker // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:17 am
I used to do Marketing for George Dickel and they spell it “Whisky” as well. If you’re not familiar, Dickel is the OTHER Tennessee distillery.
Oh, and to keep the Bourbon / Whiskey debate rolling, there is a huge difference between them. Don’t believe me? Sit down to a bottle of Jack Daniels and a bottle of Maker’s Mark.
Tell me you can’t tell the difference. Use these because they are often regarded as the finest of their kind though, really, for a more accurate test you should use Jim Beam.
However - shold you d this you’ll notice that on both Maker’s and Jim’s bottles it says they are BOURBON WHISKEY.
100 Adam // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:13 am
Sorry to everyone naming bars that would kill them having 60 beers on tap etc…
But i drank in a bar in Seattle a few years back, that had 160 beers on tap…
http://www.taphousegrill.com/
Enjoy!
101 Manchal // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:22 am
1/2 pint? Mei, are you kidding? Here in the UK it’s either a pint or a 50ml measure of spirits, and the aim is to down your drink in one - any more attempts count as ‘bogies’ which end up as your final score. Having done a full round in 18, and with the scored T-shirt to prove it, I can say it’s a fecking good night (but you might wake up in a bathtub with facebook to haunt you afterwards).
102 yank in london // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:03 am
Drinking proper Scotch “on the rocks” is an affront to proper Scotch and all Scots everywhere!
103 Linux and Drinking // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:38 am
Drink a beer and type a command in Linux. Repeat the preceding task till you pass out.
104 Spirk // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:39 am
Here’s one to add to the list. You have to hit Savannah Georgia for St Patty’s day. It runs for 4 days and if you can get past the smell of urine running in the streets your good to go. It’s highly recommended for professional use only!!
You’ve been warned
105 Ryan // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:40 am
Chumleys is a gay bar Jakey. And you’ve been wondering why all these guys have been buying you drinks
106 Name Your Poison... Bintang Beer. // Jun 20, 2008 at 7:00 am
Personally, I recommend getting rat arsed in Soi 11, Bangkok on Meekong Whiskey ( very cheap and nasty stuff) with the good old boys and women of easy virtue…. only to wake up 2 days later in an unknown Bangkok slum area, naked, minus passport, wallet and butt virginity. Priceless.
107 Remy // Jun 20, 2008 at 7:30 am
Horseshoe Pub in Hudson, MA. That’s the place to go for “Running the Taps”. They literally have 80 beers on tap. The best part is that out of those 80 there isn’t any of that shit they call beer like Bud light and Coors crap. You can get that stuff in bottles, but the bottled list is just as big.
Thank god I live less than a mile away from that Pub. I have the option to stumble home =)
108 Eric the Red // Jun 20, 2008 at 7:43 am
Not that it changes the original point, but whiskey, ending in “ey”, refers specifically the Irish, and American varieties. Whisky, without the e, is all other varities. Bourbon is still a whiskey, but not a whisky.
109 blackout // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:06 am
3 person quarters, with a handle of Beam.
110 dipschitz // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:17 am
What about the “super stop light”? Three shots in rocks glasses, the first is straight apple puckers (green), the second is everclear and OJ (orange) and the third is tequila with tabasco sauce (red)….that’s a good way to get someone to puke.
111 drinking pro // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:42 am
JD is sour mash. do you guys ever read the labels of what you drink?
112 Lance Manley // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:01 am
Live in Hoboken, NJ for one year.
113 Brooke // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:06 am
This is the most retarded article I have ever read. Congratulations for peddling more frat boy idiocy - no one would ever give a shit about your “accomplishments” after the age of 21.
114 Pumpkin Head // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:18 am
Edward Forty-hands:
Duct tape bottles of your favorite 40oz. malt liquor to each hand.
Finish both before you’re able to piss (your zipper is kinda difficult to work when both hands are strapped).
115 Erik // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:48 am
Great list, but you should add “The Alphabet Game”. Start with an Amber Bock or something made with Absolut and drink your way through to Z. I suggest writing them down on a bar napkin as you go because a round the lmnop stage, things start to get foggy. Plus, you may want to frame it to prove your accomplishment.
116 Erik // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:50 am
Brooke, I don’t like you and I bet you smell bad.
117 Marker's Man // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:38 am
All good events, try double fisting a fifth of brown tequila and a fifth of clear tequila. Chase the brown with the clear until both are gone. Here about the stories late the next day.
118 Marcelo // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:39 am
This is only cool if you are under the age of 30.
119 Andrew // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:58 am
Try to drink all of the taps at the Falling Rock Taphouse in Denver. Best selection on the planet, 72 beers. Undisputed champ. There’s a reason that the Great American Beer Festival is in Denver. Also, power hour rocks… 60 shots of beer in an hour. 100 seems impossible without cheating.
120 lenny-t // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Wake up on the floor of a moving subway car during morning rush hour.
121 KingRing // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Drink a “papsmeir.” I had the honor of choking down this drink at a little bar outside of Pheonix. It was of the bartender’s own creation of course and involved a can of pabst mixed with as much wild turkey as would fill up the remainder of the glass. Which, when given a full sized pint glass, turns out to be way too much. You sit down sober, and then can’t get back up.
122 keninsac // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I agree with Todd. Everyone has to try a bar mat. My roomate was a bartender in old sacramento,ca. We would close the place. At the end of the evening he would pour about 4 shot glasses full of the overspill out of the mat. Talk about toasted. Every alcohol under the sun in one shot. HEAVEN.
123 gm0n3y // Jun 20, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I have to second the Centurion comments: 100 beer / 100 minutes, no pissing / puking. Its a fun night, not too hard and not too long.
The last time I did it though, we didn’t have shot glasses, we had some small sherry glasses that we thought were the same size. Turns out they were 2 ounces. I made it through 87 or something and couldn’t hold my piss. One of my buddies did 102 though, I couldn’t believe it.
124 bonn // Jun 20, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Down a pint of beer mixed with tequila, vodka, chocolate liquer and canterbury cream.
Handle the curdling.
125 business // Jun 20, 2008 at 3:19 pm
And I’ve done none of this. I’m starting today!
126 brewhahahaha // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Well, I cover 9 of them weekly, guess I need to get to Germany to close out the list.
127 Lies // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:28 pm
How much they have drunk and how big their dick is: 2 things men (particularly frat boys) have and always will exaggerate…
128 GAR // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Someone beat me to Edward 40 hands….good call. I like keg races of any variety. 3 man weekend races, 8 person speed challenges. Either work well.
129 jack // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:21 pm
beer pong armageddon:
cover the entire table with cups and don’t stop until they’re gone
130 Rick // Jun 21, 2008 at 7:26 am
There’s no e in Whisky - “win yur talkin aboot Scotch, Laddie!” And there should be no ice - deadens the taste buds, same as cigars. Take your Scotch neat, with no more than 1/4 teaspoon of water dribbled in to break the surface tension and release the bouquet of the Whisky (or whiskey if you are drinking Irish malt).
Whisk(e)y is from the Gaelic for Water of Life. The Irish invented it, the Scots ran with it.
The barley malts are air-dried in Ireland, and dried over a peat fire in Scotland, giving Scotch that peaty taste Irish doesn’t have.
131 john // Jun 21, 2008 at 9:19 am
I did the case in a day one in 2 hours, god i love college.
132 Tim // Jun 21, 2008 at 5:36 pm
@ Cam and Lee
I also go to Syracuse and love Faegans, I hate Chucks though, fucking sucks, Beer Tour at Faegans is the best!
133 Rock the 40 oz // Jun 21, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Edward 40 hands tape 2 40 oz beers to your hands and you cant remove them until they are gone, have fun trying to take a piss.
134 Boozhound // Jun 23, 2008 at 12:01 pm
For a whiskey to qualify as bourbon, the law–by international agreement–stipulates that it must be made in the USA. It must be made from at least 51% and no more than 79% Indian corn, and aged for at least two years. (Most bourbon is aged for four years or more.) The barrels for aging can be made of any kind of new oak, charred on the inside. Nowadays all distillers use American White Oak, because it is porous enough to help the bourbon age well, but not so porous that it will allow barrels to leak. It must be distilled at no more than 160 proof (80% alcohol by volume). Nothing can be added at bottling to enhance flavor or sweetness or alter color. The other grains used to make bourbon, though not stipulated by law, are malted barley and either rye or wheat. Some Kentucky bourbon makers claim that the same limestone spring water that makes thoroughbred horses’ bones strong gives bourbon whiskey its distinctive flavor.
135 Captain Awesome // Jun 23, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I think one should be trying to drink through your eye…tried that on friday with vodka mixed with absenth…seperates the boys from the teens…
136 coyotevomit // Jun 24, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Bourbon county in Kentucky is a dry county, no alcohol allowed. Another funny note: Christian county is wet, allowing alcohol sales. Ironic.
137 Carpet Stain // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:45 am
Did a few of these bad boys over the years. I have a permanent carpet stain from one evening of stupidity.
1 case of 12 Horse Ale, 1 fifth of Jim Beam, peanut butter and M&M sandwich washed down with 1 fifth of “green” Creme de Menthe”.
138 peter // Jun 25, 2008 at 10:14 pm
try a yardie, a new zealand tradition. it’s a yard long glass, with a bulb at the end, with 3 litres of beer in it. in new zealand it’s done at guys 21st birthdays. anything longer than 2 min is deemed slow. for extra points, a shot of whiskey is dropped in it.
139 crackysacker // Jun 26, 2008 at 5:52 pm
You’re missing the Cracky Sack!
It’s when you pour a beer down your back, through your crack, off your sack and into your shoe. Then you stand up and drink it.
Real men cracky!
If you get a dingleberry in process it’s then called a cracky snack.
140 whiskey/whisky // Jul 1, 2008 at 2:33 pm
http://www.thewhiskyguide.com
141 No Forkin // Jul 3, 2008 at 5:50 am
I have to agree with Robbo, throwing up in the bath should be on there, especially if you can do it half an hour before a friends wedding.
The feeling of being hungover in a hot bath with a scum of your own vomit floating like a stinky meniscus of filth, has to be experienced to be believed. Standing up through the scum, cleaning the bath covered in vomit before filling the thing again defines the word miserable. Wife nagging didn’t help either.
Do the round the taps without peeing AND drink the coke,lemonade and soda- mind numbingly, excruciating painful.
142 Lauren // Jul 4, 2008 at 7:42 am
Before you start powering down, here are some effects of increased blood alcohol concentration on a typical person:
.08 - Definite impairment of muscle coordination; driving ability suspect; illegal in CA to drive with this or greater BAC
.10 - Clumsy; speech may be fuzzy; clear deterioration of reaction time and muscle control
.15 - Definite impairment of balance and movement; equivalent of half-pint of whiskey is in the bloodstream
.20 - Motor and emotional control centers measurably affected; slurred speech, staggering, loss of balance, and double vision can be present
.30 - Lack of understanding of what is seen or heard; individual is confused or stuporous; consciousness can be lost; individual passes out.
.40 - Usually unconscious; skin clammy
.45 - Respiration slows and can stop altogether
.50 - Death can result
Drinking games are irresponsible.
143 beerpongsniper // Jul 7, 2008 at 12:18 am
i’ve blown a .40 and i was just really trashed..
but i remember it
leave the forum
144 tarnishedhero // Jul 7, 2008 at 2:44 pm
WTG LAUREN !!! way to ruin a good time all that math killing the buzz..
its all liquor who cares!!! I drank this I drank that… I did 8 jager bombs at home in an hour WTF was I thinking…..??!!!! umm yeah I don’t recommend eating handfuls of licorice and laying on the kitchen floor…..
NOT GOOD!!! makes the toilet look pretty
145 Mat // Jul 7, 2008 at 6:43 pm
There is no difference between bourbon and whiskey.
although bourbon must be at least 51 percent corn mash and aged in new barrels, among other rules, it is STILL WHISKEY!
Just as Scotch is whiskey made in scotland, and irish whiskey is whiskey made in ireland, bourbon is whiskey made in tennessee, but it is still whiskey
146 tom // Jul 14, 2008 at 7:28 am
Mat shot…..also known as the Jersey Turnpike
147 Steve the Snake // Jul 23, 2008 at 4:51 am
You should try a variation on a pub crawl called a “Sub crawl”
This is where you go the length (or one circle depending on the configuration) of a subway line, getting off at every stop to have a drink at the nearest bar.
Change the city and/or line to ramp up the difficulty if you’re hardcore.
148 withouta3 // Jul 23, 2008 at 1:16 pm
the only one of these I haven’t done is the Octoberfest. One of these days . . . .
On my list is to buy a round for the house in a busy bar.
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151 ALEX // Sep 20, 2008 at 5:49 pm
pull down you pants to fart except accidenlty shit all over the floor like a true drunk
152 Danny // Oct 2, 2008 at 1:12 am
Okay I’m an Irish 19 year old cocktail barman. I’ve worked the industry for 4 years now. I know an awful lot about booze but the one rule I always keep to is never state anything unless you know for sure you are perfectly correct…. Anyways I don’t know why ye’re all arguing….. If you’re on this site then ye all love booze too so get the fuck over yourselves and go and have a drink……
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