Rats! I need more practice....

[Thrasher]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/26/mf.drinking.storries/index.html

excerpt :

1. Admiral Edward Russell's 17th-Century throwdown

Think you can drink like a sailor? Maybe you should take a moment to reflect on what that truly means.

The record for history's largest cocktail belongs to British Lord Admiral Edward Russell. In 1694, he threw an officer's party that employed a garden's fountain as the punch bowl.

The concoction? A mixture that included 250 gallons of brandy, 125 gallons of Malaga wine, 1,400 pounds of sugar, 2,500 lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and 5 pounds of nutmeg.

A series of bartenders actually paddled around in a small wooden canoe, filling up guests' cups. Not only that, but they had to work in 15-minute shifts to avoid being overcome by the fumes and falling overboard.

The party continued nonstop for a full week, pausing only briefly during rainstorms to erect a silk canopy over the punch to keep it from getting watered down. In fact, the festivities didn't end until the fountain had been drunk completely dry.

[Bouncy]

Amateurs

[Welshbreed]

Amateurs

It's not cool, unless it's an Olimpic sized swimming pool

[barmiebrumie]

My Dad is now 74 yrs old & has had on average 8 pints of Guiness a day since he was 15  :shock:

roughly that's 168,000 pint's or 21,000 gallons



Yes he is Irish & his name is Patrick  , me I'm still a novice at 45 & can't keep up with him  :oops:

& people say Alcohol is no good for you  :roll:

[V8MoneyPit]

It's not cool, unless it's an Olimpic sized swimming pool

And you could run the heaters and have it mulled  :lol:

[ben_haynes]

This is the really funny bit

A wall of 1.3 million gallons of dark beer washed down the street, caving in two buildings and killing nine people by means of "drowning, injury, poisoning by the porter fumes, or drunkenness."

The story gets even more unbelievable, though. Rescue attempts were blocked and delayed by the thousands who flocked to the area to drink directly off the road. And when survivors were finally brought to the hospital, the other patients became convinced from the smell that the hospital was serving beer to every ward except theirs. A riot broke out, and even more people were left injured.