History Main / GargleBlaster

* The titular brew from the Creator/{{Worthikds}} short, "[[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6XEOl0hw0RY Wizard Beer]]" has an '''80% alcohol volume''' (while also inexplicably making the person who drinks it more powerful and muscular).

** There's also the time Whirl slipped Ultra Magnus some Weapons Grade Nucleon. Not only was Magnus instantly knocked out, he had to have his fuel tanks rebuilt. Doubles as both a ContinuityNod (Nucleon is a substance that in some continuities causes increased physical power at the cost of unpredictable side effects, such as total loss of transformation) and {{Foreshadowing}} (the idea that Magnus CantHoldHisLiquor despite being one of the largest people on board makes more sense when [[spoiler:you realize he's essentially the Transformer equivalent of a MobileSuitHuman]]).
** And there's {{Berserk Button}}s, which Whirl once did too many of and trashed Swerve's Bar when someone asked him what time it was.

* An omake for ''Fanfic/AChampionInEarthBet'' introduces a character to goblin homebrew, which starts out with several types of 200-proof alcohol -- some of them poisonous to humans -- adds a cocktail of ''actual'' poisons like alkaloids, and spices things up with potassium nitrate[[note]]Which can be used as a rocket propellant[[/note]]. The blood is probably the ''safest'' ingredient.

* In ''Fanfic/InheritanceWorm'', Talisker Super Reserve is a glowing Tinkertech whiskey brewed in Scotland, where it's only barely legal and exports face steep penalties. The alcohol content is so high that it would work better as a posion if not for the Tinker's ability preventing alcohol poisoning. The Butchers can drink most booze while getting only mildly tipsy; Talisker can get them wasted.

--> '''Barney''': There was this poppy schnapps that I ran into in Shanghai under similar circumstances. You either died or went stark raving mad...I survived...

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* In ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'', Satan wrings out an orc into a cup of his wine. The entrails dissolve.

* In ''Literature/ThroughTheMotions'', Lydia is a bartender who makes magic potions on the side. Using her knowledge of both, she serves Deanna and her family an alcoholic drink called a "wyvern". The drink is so potent and spicy that it causes the drinker to expel smoke from their mouth and nostrils like a dragon. Deanna, a less experienced drinker than her parents, takes a couple of sips and has to rush to her friend Marisol's bathroom to stop herself from vomiting smoke everywhere.

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* ''Website/BuzzFeed'' has an entire playlist on their Website/YouTube channel of their staff trying various [[https://youtu.be/qelJaQyFYGw strange]] drinks. They've sampled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKVmXcwk03Q chili vodka]], along side vodkas flavored with yogurt and bacon. The poor saps at their Australian office also sampled the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mx7jm2LiD8 chili pepper vodka]] with predictable results and [[https://youtu.be/q9T3Dx7NE-k American shot drinks]].
* ''Webvideo/TheCartoonPhysicist'' had one of these during her review of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005''. Due to her dislike for the movie, she definitely needed it.

* ''Roleplay/CelestialRefresh'' features Infected Mage. It was created by infamous (both in roleplay and his own universe) ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and some other guys. Key note that it's FATAL to most of the humans. This includes human-equal race representatives. For record, [[HealingFactor Deadpool]] hardly manages to down five of them. That's considering that he came through [[BroughtDownToNormal the Multiversal Drain]], but he [[GotTheCallOnSpeedDial got better]] ([[BetterThanNew and even stronger]], I suppose).

* Bob, of ''Roleplay/ThingsBobIsNotAllowedToDoOnTVTropes'' fame, got himself banned from homebrewing after making a batch of 150-proof (that's 50% alcohol) kombucha (which isn't supposed to have ''any'' alcohol).

* In ''Fanfic/AtTheEdgeOfLasglen'', Elven wine is explicitly called this by two human characters, since even a few drops are enough to get a human utterly wasted.

* Every cocktail made by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/c/TipsyBartender Tipsy Bartender]]'' features multiple bottles of liquors mixed together. Of note are the cocktails that use an entire bottle of Everclear (which is 95% ABV) ''as a base''.

A drink so potent the whole room hushes when someone orders it. The bartender pales and asks, "Are you sure?", and then, after putting on a welding mask and asbestos gloves, takes the bottle out of a locked safe and pours it with tongs. When the stirring spoon is removed, [[AteTheSpoon it's been melted away]], and the ice cubes jump out with a yelp when dropped into it. And that's just the beginning of the fun.

* In ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''' live Drury Lane album, the cut "Cocktail Bar" has three businessmen entering and ordering drinks of dubious potations: a special with a twist of lemming, a mallard fizz, a Harlem stinger and a dog turd and tonic. Needless to say, the gents room loo got quite a workout.

* Creator/MontyPython's comedy album sketch "Australian Table Wines" lampoons the perceived boorishness of Australia by having a sophisticated sommelier review various local Australian wines. In spite of his enthusiastic recommendations, his descriptions reveal that all the wines are foul concoctions not fit for human consumption. One is described as "really opening up the sluices at both ends," while another is "specially grown for those keen on regurgitation." One "fighting wine" is said to be "particularly heavy, and should be used only for [[GrievousBottleyHarm hand-to-hand combat]]."

* Jay Mohr talks about the "[[FunetikAksent gret]]" house brew he had at a pub in Scotland, which he describes as "black, with leaves in it, and piping hot. I took one sip, and instantly shit my pants." (And yes, he is describing a beer and not KlatchianCoffee.)

Contrast with IDrankWhat, when someone drinks something that's not supposed to be drunk ''at all.'' Compare/Contrast with UnsuspectinglySoused, when someone drinks a Gargle Blaster ''without realizing it's alcoholic'' (or knows that it is but has no idea how potent it is), CantHoldHisLiquor, when someone shows how much of a lightweight they are by promptly becoming drunk from just the slightest amount of alcohol, and ATankardOfMooseUrine, when beer is just bad without excessive (or necessarily any) alcohol content. Can sometimes be used as a weapon, in a case of BizarreBeverageUse.