Strategy discussion for drinking 2 gallons of beer (1 Viewer)

[cstu]

I could do that. I'm no stranger to this, my brother has a list of records written on his garage wall - 12 oz can chug, 12 oz shotgun, 12 oz spit can chug, 16 oz can chug, 12 oz bottle chug, 12 oz funnel, etc. I hold a few myself (12 oz shotgun - 2.04 seconds, 12 oz bottle chug - 4.81 seconds, 12 oz funnel - 1.66 seconds) but I'm not sure that's the play when you have to go through 256 ounces. That might be a bit much for me to "blast through."

This post needed more love. Nothing like brothers posting drinking records on a garage wall

Decent chance he passes out before getting hydrated enough to avoid hangover.

I highly doubt this. My vision is that EG finishes his last pint, and enjoys one extra one while eating a large pizza at his same bar stool. The crowd is cheering his conquest and random coeds that he's never even seen are flashing their breasts in awe of his accomplishment. There will be no passing out. Just pure euphoric celebration.

I would love that. What I instead envision is cajoling the Ox to grow a pair and go out there with me because all my Orlando friends bailed out after they realized it was an hour drive home. After 3 hours of pleading, he finally gets shaken loose, but has to wait until his kids get to bed first because his wife won't allow him to leave before helping her get them settled. He arrives at my place at 8:30 and we get to the pub by 9:00, giving us 4 1/2 hours to complete the challenge by last call. I proceed to drink a pint every 15 minutes trying to get to the finish line. By pint 11 or 12, I'm so bloated I want to throw up. I sack up and get the last 4-5 pints down just before the bar closes. Drooling and farting, I'm handed a low-quality t-shirt and my $50 back as the few remaining coeds look at my distended belly and hear my wet belches and back slowly away, their faces contorted into a rictus of horror and disgust. My ghastly visage is of course captured on film for me to look at on the wall every time I walk into this place from here on out. The 53 year old cougar with the bolt-ons and the skin that looks like cheese sliding off a slice of pizza right out of the oven and held upright gives me her best come-hither glance, but I steamroll her in an effort to get to the door and hurl onto A1A. After doing so, I stagger the four blocks home, but accidentally go north rather than south, and get lost. I pass out on the beach and wake up the next morning to a cop on an ATV writing me a ticket for sleeping on the beach in a puddle of my own piss and barf.

Hopefully the reality is somewhere in between...

 

[Chairshot]

Great post, but to your two points :1) They give you your $50 back if you finish. They keep it if you don't. Finishing is of paramount importance if you want it to be a profitable evening.2) I'm going to be living 4 blocks away as of April. No cab needed. That's why I'm doing this then and not in the next week or so.

If you get the $50 back, then I have no worries. Obviously, you will be victorious and the $50 will be coming back your way in the end. In fact, I suggest you simply explain to the barkeep that your word is your bond and that you are a FBG - I doubt he will even ask you to give him the $50 since he will be know there is no point in you handing it to him, simply for him to hand it back to you 5-14 hours later, depending on which suggested strategy you use.I didn't realize you will only be 4 blocks away. That's great news because while you will still need the cab after defeating the challenge, at least the fare will be cheap.I'd also consider hiring 2 big dudes to stay with you for the duration, for 2 reasons:1) Protect you from fake groupies. These girls will act like they are part of your inevitable real groupie fan base but are really just there to steal your wallet in your drunken state. I've seen this happen to some great men over the years.2) To carry you to your cab. I can't overstate how important this cab is. You try to walk those 4 blocks after 2 gallons of beer we could have a legit Jimmy Hoffa situation on our hands. Those 4 blocks might as well be the Bermuda Triangle in that state of inebriation.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

He has a wife. No cab needed.

 

[-fish-]

He has a wife. No cab needed.

Good idea. Ride the wife home.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

He has a wife. No cab needed.

Good idea. Ride the wife home.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

I think you guys are seriously underestimating EG's skills.

A pint every 30 minutes? I could maintain that pace for 5 days. Now, I understand that EG has been behaving like an adult recently and not like...well, me. But this reminds me of that scene in The Abyss when they give Ed Harris the oxygenated water to breathe and the Navy guy says "You breathed liquid for 9 months...your body will remember." Well our boy EG was a champ for a long time. His body will remember.

 

[-fish-]

A pint every 30 minutes? Around here that's just crummy service. Other than just being full from that much beer, I just can't see this being a problem.

 

[pollardsvision]

A pint every 30 minutes? Around here that's just crummy service. Other than just being full from that much beer, I just can't see this being a problem.

That's why I think the most important factor in all of this is the quality of the pre-game dump.His diet for the week or so leading up to this could be the key.

 

[Courtjester]

So the calculator suggests possible death, but the average FBG thinks he would have no problem doing this?

Correct.

On Friday night, especially during Football season, I buy two 20 packs of Coors Light--bottles (yeah, because that makes it seem so much more sophisticated) and I am usually left with just a random 3-4 on Monday morning. Not once during that time period am I trashed or even feeling remotely buzzed. So I believe that EG can do this standing on his head as long as he goes for the quantity over quality idea and doesnt do something stupid like decide to be talked into some heavy draught around beer #9 or so.

 

[Nipsey]

2) I'm going to be living 4 blocks away as of April. No cab needed. That's why I'm doing this then and not in the next week or so.

That's gonna be a long 4 blocks

Don't wear any nice pants because chances of ending up with holes in the knees are about 60%.

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

I have had 24 beers in a day many times, but doing it without having any food sounds dumb and no fun.

 

[Da Guru]

2) I'm going to be living 4 blocks away as of April. No cab needed. That's why I'm doing this then and not in the next week or so.

That's gonna be a long 4 blocks

Don't wear any nice pants because chances of ending up with holes in the knees are about 60%.

When my buddy got his first job out of law school we met at a club in downtown Detroit to celebrate, the temp was around zero. The guy got there around 4 in the afternoon after work on a Friday and we ended up closing the place. After he had about 20 beers and numerous shots he was running to my car because it was so cold... tripped and took out one shoulder, one elbow and both knees of a 800.00 brand new Hugo Boss suit. Got into the car and started crying about the suit...I still laugh thinking about it.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

2) I'm going to be living 4 blocks away as of April. No cab needed. That's why I'm doing this then and not in the next week or so.

That's gonna be a long 4 blocks

Don't wear any nice pants because chances of ending up with holes in the knees are about 60%.

The only time this has ever happened to me was NYE 2000/2001 in Vegas. I drank an entire 750ml of Jagermeister, a pint of Capt. Morgan, and about 8-9 beers between 8 PM and midnight. About 12:30, this girl I was banging (but not dating) and I got separated from the rest of our group, among whom were the 2 Vegas residents with whom we were staying. I woke up the next morning in a $1,200/night suite at Bellagio with no recollection of how I'd gotten there. My khakis were torn at the knee - gaping holes - on both legs and I had pretty severe gashes on both knees, covered with dried blood. Evidently, I'd taken a fall into the botanical garden just off the lobby at Bellagio and landed on my knees on a wrought iron fence of some sort. That was not fun, but the suite had 2 hot tubs in it and a TV that rose like magic out of a marble countertop with the push of a button. The chick paid for it too, and I apparently managed to give her the business around 1 AM as well. To this day, I still have no idea how.

 

[Marvin]

Some of you guys can't hold your booze.

 

[UOFI_316]

My link

Lady was "almost 5 times the legal limit" and managed to hit 3 different cars. Assuming the reporter can do math she was in the .35 range. I don't see how EG would have any problems making it 4 blocks home after this minor evening out drinking.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

My link

Lady was "almost 5 times the legal limit" and managed to hit 3 different cars. Assuming the reporter can do math she was in the .35 range. I don't see how EG would have any problems making it 4 blocks home after this minor evening out drinking.

The 4 block walk is the least of my concerns.

 

[Chairshot]

My link

Lady was "almost 5 times the legal limit" and managed to hit 3 different cars. Assuming the reporter can do math she was in the .35 range. I don't see how EG would have any problems making it 4 blocks home after this minor evening out drinking.

The 4 block walk is the least of my concerns.

You have my interest. Please list your concerns, in priority order. And add a Concern Severity Rating, on a scale of 1-100.TIA

 

[MindCrime]

If nothing else, this thread has taught me that I really need to make the hour drive out to Cocoa Beach more often.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

My link

Lady was "almost 5 times the legal limit" and managed to hit 3 different cars. Assuming the reporter can do math she was in the .35 range. I don't see how EG would have any problems making it 4 blocks home after this minor evening out drinking.

The 4 block walk is the least of my concerns.

You have my interest. Please list your concerns, in priority order. And add a Concern Severity Rating, on a scale of 1-100.TIA

Not being able to get out there before 9:00 thanks to obligations of other participants, leaving too little time - 47Bloating/throwing up before pint #16 goes down - 25 (heavily dependent on the above)

Being too drunk to finish 16 pints - 15 (would have been a 1 before my semi-recent weight loss)

45-50 year old woman from North Carolina hitting on me, forcing me to leave before challenge is over - 3

Walking 4 blocks home - 2

Armed gunman begins shooting up the bar before challenge ends - 1

So I guess it isn't the least of my concerns.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

If nothing else, this thread has taught me that I really need to make the hour drive out to Cocoa Beach more often.

I came to that conclusion a little while ago and figured it would be easier if I just moved there and made the drive to work instead.I went out there two Saturdays ago to kick the tires and there had to be 200 people at Coconuts at 2:30 in the afternoon. In February. Most of the females were 21-25 and 75% were wearing bikinis, despite it being about 75 degrees out. I can't imagine what it's going to look like all summer... and I'll be living roughly 70 yards away.

 

[The Doctor]

ron jons surf shop

do dat

 

[Evilgrin 72]

ron jons surf shopdo dat

I buy most of my gear there, some at Cocoa Beach Surf Company right next door. You have to love a surf shop that's the size of a casino and is open 24 hours a day.

 

[Ned]

He has a wife. No cab needed.

Good idea. Ride the wife home.

 

[pigskinliquors]

Not being able to get out there before 9:00 thanks to obligations of other participants, leaving too little time - 47

Bloating/throwing up before pint #16 goes down - 25 (heavily dependent on the above)

Being too drunk to finish 16 pints - 15 (would have been a 1 before my semi-recent weight loss)

45-50 year old woman from North Carolina hitting on me, forcing me to leave before challenge is over - 3

Walking 4 blocks home - 2

Armed gunman begins shooting up the bar before challenge ends - 1

So I guess it isn't the least of my concerns.

Regarding #1. Why wait? Why not start earlier, even if by yourself, and have your posse join you when they can? Calling a FBG cornhole for the date chosen would be genius!

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Not being able to get out there before 9:00 thanks to obligations of other participants, leaving too little time - 47

Bloating/throwing up before pint #16 goes down - 25 (heavily dependent on the above)

Being too drunk to finish 16 pints - 15 (would have been a 1 before my semi-recent weight loss)

45-50 year old woman from North Carolina hitting on me, forcing me to leave before challenge is over - 3

Walking 4 blocks home - 2

Armed gunman begins shooting up the bar before challenge ends - 1

So I guess it isn't the least of my concerns.

Regarding #1. Why wait? Why not start earlier, even if by yourself, and have your posse join you when they can? Calling a FBG cornhole for the date chosen would be genius!

I probably will do that, my only concern is that something happens and I get a call/text saying they can't make it after I'm about 4 beers in. Then I'm stuck there by myself for the next 5 hours, which could get boring.

 

[Da Guru]

Update??

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Update??

I have to find a time when I can get my brother (the Ox) to do it with me. My other brother says he has no interest in sitting in one place for that long and all my buddies are up in Orlando and haven't been jumping out of their skin to drive an hour down to get completely annihilated. So, it's down to the Ox unless I want to sit there by myself. My wife would probably come keep me company for a while, but she's not going to sit there for 6 hours. I'm hoping he can convince his wife to let him do it next Saturday or the one after.

 

[Tom Servo]

Update??

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

If Cocoa Beach wasn't a 3 hour drive from me I would join you.

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

1 word of advice, have them fill the same glass each time (don't get a new one).

 

[Evilgrin 72]

1 word of advice, have them fill the same glass each time (don't get a new one).

I'm curious - why?

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

1 word of advice, have them fill the same glass each time (don't get a new one).

I'm curious - why?

When you get new glasses you are drinking the dish washing residue along with your beer each time. Think about how a lot of these bars wash their glasses, 1 sink with soapy liquid that the glass gets dunked into, then a "clean" sink with clean water to rinse it off - the question is how often is that clean water replaced.Some bars won't allow you to use the same glass for sanity reasons (its often the law that they can't) but if you are talking about a beach bar, I don't see a problem.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Some bars won't allow you to use the same glass for sanity reasons (its often the law that they can't)

EG is pretty nuts

 

[jwb]

3 - Pace myself from the start and spread the 16 pints over an 8 hour span, 1 every 30 minutes.

You get 8 hours? This isn't that hard then. Just eat a decent meal beforehand, chug some water, and start drinking. No prob.

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

Some bars won't allow you to use the same glass for sanity reasons (its often the law that they can't)

EG is pretty nuts

ha. sanitary I guess?

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

this is interesting take on pre-binge diet:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071018223400AAeaHiV

What to eat before heavy alcohol drinking?

playing 40 hands tomorrow (equivalent to like 9 1/2 beers). just wondering whats good to eat before lots of drinking (besides water). e.g. is bread good, vegetables, etc?

No! Drinking a lot of beer is like consuming lots of bread or other carbs. So is consuming any other carb or sugar based liquor, which means nearly all of them.

The only way to even PARTIALLY protect your stomach, liver, and brain from alcohol consumption is to consume lots of saturated fat and protein before imbibing. My favorite recipes for this both include liver, a dense, rich protein with excellent levels of cholesterol and fat.

Recipe #1 Bacon-wrapped Chicken Livers

Get one tub of chicken livers, about 8 ounces.

Cut the chicken livers apart at the membrane and rinse well.

Lightly moisten with soy sauce or worchestershire sauce, or sprinkle wth Lawry's Seasoned Salt.

Wrap each piece in a half slice of raw bacon, and skewer with a toothpick to hold it together.

Broil for 4 minutes and turn if necessary. Broil 4 minutes more or until bacon is crispy.

Don't serve with anything. Just eat 'em.

Recipe #2 Liver Salad

Lightly steam 4 oz. of beef liver for 8 minutes, coated with onion powder.

Grate the liver completely or pulse it through a food processor until it has a coarse crumb.

Add mayonnaise to a soft consisteny. Form into a loaf and garnish with chopped egg.

Eat with crackers or as a lettuce wrap.

Don't indulge too often, as drinking is hard on your liver and kidneys, no matter what you do.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Some bars won't allow you to use the same glass for sanity reasons (its often the law that they can't)

EG ihas pretty nuts

Fixed.Good info, Jojo - I'll eat a fat steak before I go rather than pasta or bread.

 

[pigskinliquors]

Anything new to report?

 

[Grahamburn]

Going to be in Cocoa for Cinco de Mayo at a condo right across the street from this place.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Anything new to report?

I was at this place Saturday night, but we got there around 10:00 and I had already had about 5-6 beers and a double Sazerac, so it wasn't the time to start the challenge. I need to get the Ox involved.

Going to be in Cocoa for Cinco de Mayo at a condo right across the street from this place.

Wow, I just realized Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo is the same day. I think I'm going to the simulcast joint for the races, but if we're not too drunk on juleps afterward, we may end up at Surfer's. it's one of about 5-6 local spots we tend to gravitate toward.

 

[Grahamburn]

Anything new to report?

I was at this place Saturday night, but we got there around 10:00 and I had already had about 5-6 beers and a double Sazerac, so it wasn't the time to start the challenge. I need to get the Ox involved.

Going to be in Cocoa for Cinco de Mayo at a condo right across the street from this place.

Wow, I just realized Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo is the same day. I think I'm going to the simulcast joint for the races, but if we're not too drunk on juleps afterward, we may end up at Surfer's. it's one of about 5-6 local spots we tend to gravitate toward.

It's a great dive. We love the Beach Shack right across from Coconuts. Live bands constantly with blues on Saturdays I believe. You can still see the scantily clad broads across the way, but the tool factor is turned way down. Much cheaper beverages as well.Is the jello shot challenge at the Cocoa Beach Sports Pub? The gf and I had a great night in there previously. The bartender was walking around giving a ton of them away.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Anything new to report?

I was at this place Saturday night, but we got there around 10:00 and I had already had about 5-6 beers and a double Sazerac, so it wasn't the time to start the challenge. I need to get the Ox involved.

Going to be in Cocoa for Cinco de Mayo at a condo right across the street from this place.

Wow, I just realized Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo is the same day. I think I'm going to the simulcast joint for the races, but if we're not too drunk on juleps afterward, we may end up at Surfer's. it's one of about 5-6 local spots we tend to gravitate toward.

It's a great dive. We love the Beach Shack right across from Coconuts. Live bands constantly with blues on Saturdays I believe. You can still see the scantily clad broads across the way, but the tool factor is turned way down. Much cheaper beverages as well.

Is the jello shot challenge at the Cocoa Beach Sports Pub? The gf and I had a great night in there previously. The bartender was walking around giving a ton of them away.

Very familiar with Beach Shack - in fact, if Coconuts doesn't have music going, I can usually open my bathroom window and hear the music coming from there (or the Hunkerdown if they have a band on) while I'm taking a dump.Not sure what you mean by Jell-O shot challenge (please enlighten me) but the Yellow House has all-you-can-eat Jell-O shots for $7.50 all day, every day. They're STRONG too.

 

[Grahamburn]

I thought I read something about a jello shot challenge upthread. Disregard. I've never stopped in to the Yellow House. I guess we'll have to check that out as well.

Good luck on the challenge at Surf's.

 

[Grahamburn]

I'm over here this weekend and talked to the owner last night. The challenge is 16 different beers, and there are only about 4 light options on tap.

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

I'm over here this weekend and talked to the owner last night. The challenge is 16 different beers, and there are only about 4 light options on tap.

Interesting, what kind of beers? Probably want to start strongest to lightest?

 

[Grahamburn]

I'm over here this weekend and talked to the owner last night. The challenge is 16 different beers, and there are only about 4 light options on tap.

Interesting, what kind of beers? Probably want to start strongest to lightest?

Anything and everything pretty much. There were at least 20 taps. IPAs. Lagers. Belgians. Pilsners. Wheats. Etc. Beers like that are going to get you absolutely hammered. This challenge would be pretty tough.

 

[Beerguzzler]

I'm over here this weekend and talked to the owner last night. The challenge is 16 different beers, and there are only about 4 light options on tap.

Now that sounds like a proper challenge. Would of been easy 10 years ago when I was in my drinking prime. Now I would probably be hard pressed to make it past 8.

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

I'm over here this weekend and talked to the owner last night. The challenge is 16 different beers, and there are only about 4 light options on tap.

Interesting, what kind of beers? Probably want to start strongest to lightest?

Anything and everything pretty much. There were at least 20 taps. IPAs. Lagers. Belgians. Pilsners. Wheats. Etc. Beers like that are going to get you absolutely hammered. This challenge would be pretty tough.

Nice...I'd choose all the lights last, then wheats, then pick and choose prior to that.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

**UPDATE** - Crushed it. A small surprise thrown into the works in that you were required to drink 16 DIFFERENT beers - that wasn't in the written rules and didn't become apparent to us until we got into beer #2. No big deal, though, they had a ton of easy-drinking beers available. The bartender actually said we inadvertently had chosen a really good time to compete as they were having issues getting some of their bigger beers in stock and ended up having to replace some of their usual taps with stuff like Bud and Rolling Rock. Thus, we rarely had to venture into the world of porters/stouts, etc.

Thumbs up - Much easier to do than I had expected. I remember drinking all 16 beers, the walk home is pretty hazy, though. Picture is on the Wall of Fame and got my $50 back. Received much adulation from the patrons of the bar, apparently the success rate is rather low. Began at 4:45 PM and completed at 10:20 PM. Plus, their jukebox is $0.25 plays and is packed with punk and metal. About $10 gave us a soundtrack for the entire thing.

Thumbs down - They had no t-shirts in XL so we had to get a voucher for the shirts. I get the feeling I'm going to be chasing this for a while and may never get it. Bartender also told us that some dude completed it in 1:07. I didn't need to hear that in my moment of triumph. Woke up at 6:30 yesterday morning nauseous as hell and has to basically force myself to puke to get the remaining stale beer out of my stomach. Felt pretty good after that, though.

 

[JaxBill]

What did you decide on your pre-game meal?