[Jhohanna]

I seriously doubt if the author has ever slugged down a big jolt of Everclear (Alaskan antifreeze) straight from the bottle.

Doesn't sound like it does it? *smirk* I have though. They told me it was my beloved Peppermint Schnapps, and I didn't sniff it before downing. WOOOOOOOOO! Still, at least I wasn't the one barfing up chinese food in my shower!

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

In Alaska we use to mix Everclear 95% with juices from, cranberries, blueberries, raspberries, watermelon berries, fireweed honey. (no bees involved in this honey) And had the audacity to call those concoctions liquors, damn wonder we lived through all those winters and wild snow machining.

Fireweed honey recipe:

http://www.alaska-wintercabin.com/recipes.html