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The Night Nate Ate The Worm

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

We have this “liquor cabinet” that use to store some old ass spirits dating back to 2000. That was until the other night. We had some people over and we got the grand idea to finish off all that old ass alcohol. There was stuff in that cabinet that was crazy gross. For instance there was some sort of Finish mint spirit that had been opened in the mid 90s sitting in there. There was also some Filipino cane alcohol that looked pretty tribal. But the grossest of the gross was the opened Cusano Rojo Mescal that was from 2003. This is the stuff that is lower than tequila and has the worm in it. Someone at our pad bought this bottle-o-mescal during a trip down to T.J. six years ago. They must of had a swig and stopped right there.

Drinking All Of This Will Make You The World's Most Interesting Person

Drinking All Of This Will Make You The World's Most Interesting Person

We polished off all the rare disgusting international liquor oddities, but our buddy Nate was going to take the Mescal challenge, including the worm. The one thing about Mescal is, it’s like gasoline, roadside trash and some cactus leaves that have been fermented in an unmarked plastic jug, steaming in the hot sun. That’s exactly what it tastes like. And the one thing about Nate is, he will consume ANYTHING. Just call him up, and he will be right over to down anything that you are about to toss out (to his credit he lived in South Western Africa for a few years, where he had to eat rotten food and dirt every day).

Fermented Roadside Trash With A Hint Of Cactus

Fermented Roadside Trash With A Hint Of Cactus

I told him not to drink the Mescal, because it had been opened and who knows what kind of reactions had taken place over the past six years. We had a perfectly unopened bottle of Mescal that he could imbibe. Instead he drank the rest of the opened Mescal, and ate the worm. I asked him what it tasted it like, and he simply responded: “terrible”.

The Worm Ready To Go Down The Hatch

The Worm Ready To Go Down The Hatch

The next day we all had different variations of hangovers. Mine was the kind that felt like you had a sharp pin pushing on your right temple in conjunction with shreak ringing in the ear.

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