The Clear Choice: All About Everclear

Ahh… Freshman year.

We used to pregame everything. We’d pregame the pregame, with no game in sight. Some might call this “problem drinking.” Yes, I think that’s accurate. But as long as we’re still in college, it’s not pathetic, it’s epic.

As you can imagine we were getting to know the liquor store pretty well, and spending a lot of money on alcohol. One day we did a little math and realized: Everclear would get us more drunk per dollar. So, for many amazing months I don’t remember very well, Everclear was our drink of choice.

 

 

What is Everclear?

If you don’t know about what Everclear is: 190 proof (151 in some states) grain alcohol. Compare that to your standard vodka, which is generally 80-100 proof.

Everclear is very strong. So strong, you really can’t even take shots of it. I know that sounds like a challenge, but for real I don’t advise it. If you want to prove your manhood do a 4-beer beer bong, take 5 normal shots in a row, or do a strikeout. But drinking Everclear straight isn’t awesome, it’s just awful.

Being more than double the strength of regular alcohol, Everclear hits your system hard. Because of a compounding effect from the extremely ABV, one shot of Everclear is equivalent to drinking about 2.7 shots. Excellent, we’re getting drunk really quick now, aren’t we?

But seriously, this means that 2 shots of Everclear will put you 5 deep; this is a good thing. But, 4 Shots of Everclear will basically put you 10 deep; this is usually not a good thing if it’s extremely fast. Be very careful.

So How DO I Drink it?

What I found works amazingly well are 20oz bottles of soda. Wild Cherry Pepsi was personal favorite - leading to the most mild aftertaste and least burning - but any soda will work. Drink the soda down to just above the skinny part, and approx. 2 shots everclear will fit on top. Shake well, open slowly, and bam you’ve got a Wild Cherry Pepsi with 5 shots in it.

Magically, even though Everclear is so potent, two shots of Everclear in a 20oz drink doesn’t burn too much worse than using regular vodka. So when you need to take a drink on the road, Everclear is going to do you right.

 

 

 

 

JUNGLE JUICE

One of the uses of Everclear is when it is an ingredient in the beautiful concoction known as Jungle Juice. Many different recipes exist, but in it’s most basic form it’s fruit punch Kool Aid and Everclear. I always put some Sprite in too. Get a big cooler, make the whole thing of Kool Aid, dump in the whole 2L of Sprite, and a healthy amount of everclear. Bam Jungle Juice. Cue the huge party, the drunken debauchery, and all the events you wont remember until your friends tell you them in the morning.

Final Warning

There is some research that suggests that drinking grain alcohol like Everclear may eat away at your internal organs. Damn.

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