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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mash malinga" data-source="post: 17225794" data-attributes="member: 209988">World's Strongest Liquors    Spirytus     Proof: 192 (96% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/poland" target="_blank">Poland</a>. Approved this year to be sold in New York State, the Polish-made Spirytus vodka is the strongest liquor for sale in the U.S. “It’s like getting punched in the solar plexus,” one sampler told the New York Post. Or as one liquor retailer recited in a frightening endorsement, “Pilots in Siberia used to drink it.” <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9083/201010-w-liquor-spirytus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Everclear     Proof: 190 (95% alcohol). Made in: United States. The first 190-proof alcohol ever to be bottled for consumers, Everclear spawned a ‘90s rock band and many a bad idea—it’s a favorite among young drinkers because it’s nearly tasteless. For context, drugstore-brand rubbing alcohol averages 91 percent alcohol. <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9047/201010-w-liquor-everclear.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Golden Grain     Proof: 190 (95% alcohol). Made in: United States. From the same makers as Everclear, and nearly identical in constitution, Golden Grain is the key ingredient in drinks with names like The Screaming Purple Jesus and Instant Death. Here’s a shocker: it’s illegal in many states. <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9056/201010-w-liquor-golden_grain.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Bruichladdich X4 Quadrupled Whiskey     Proof: 184 (92% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/scotland" target="_blank">Scotland</a>. Based on the 17th-century method of quadruple distilling, Bruichladdich’s X4 is billed as the most alcoholic single malt ever made. Aged in new oak casks to enhance flavor, the X4 can also, as proven by a pair of BBC journalists, power a sports car at speeds over 100 mph. <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9020/201010-w-liquor-bruichladdich.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    River Antoine Royale Grenadian Rum     Proof: 180 (90% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/grenada" target="_blank">Grenada</a>. Drawing from the centuries-old tradition of “pot stilling”—a method of slow-distilling used for maximum flavor—this strong, clear rum is distilled from fermented sugarcane juice using a waterwheel. Drink it neat (with a water chaser) if you want to blend in and/or get drunk with the locals. <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9074/201010-w-liquor-river_antoine_royale.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Hapsburg Gold Label Premium Reserve Absinthe     Proof: 179 (89.9% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/czech-republic" target="_blank">Czech Republic</a>. Marketed with the slogan “There are no rules,” Hapsburg’s absinthe blend might not be the same version drunk by Van Gogh, the most famous of absinthe drinkers, but rest assured it’s inspired some “artistic” behavior. “We always beg people not to drink it straight,” says U.K.-based distributor Dale Sklar. “But then, who are we to tell people what to drink?” <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9956/201010-w-liquor-absinthe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Pincer Shanghai Strength     Proof: 177 (88.8% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/scotland" target="_blank">Scotland</a>. The Glasgow-based, eco-minded makers of the botanical (that’s right—it’s healthy) vodka say their 177-proof formula is intended to be used as a concentrate: a single bottle supplies 65 shots as compared to the usual 26. What’s more, it’s got wild elderflower and milk thistle, which is used in Chinese medicine as a liver support. You’ll need it. <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9821/201010-w-liquor-pincer.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Balkan Vodka     Proof: 176 (88% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/bulgaria" target="_blank">Bulgaria</a>. Imported from Bulgaria, Balkan 176 is sold in more than 20 countries and, according to importer Sklar, is especially popular in South America (though not yet available in the U.S.). “By nature, vodka is a colorless, flavorless alcohol,” says Noah Rothbaum, editor in chief of liquor.com. “Higher proof won’t add anything, taste-wise. But this certainly gets your attention, doesn’t it?” <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9011/201010-w-liquor-balkan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    John Crow Batty Rum     Proof: 160 (80% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/jamaica" target="_blank">Jamaica</a>. Jamaican white rum is the country’s version of moonshine. The legendarily potent John Crow Batty was so named, the story goes, because it’s stronger than the stomach acids of the wild “John Crow” vultures, which snack on decaying meat. If you’ll drink to that, you’ll drink to anything. <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9065/201010-w-liquor-john_crow.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Bacardi 151     Proof: 151 (75.5% alcohol). Made in: Puerto Rico. Listed as a must-have in subarctic survival, the light brown 151 is used often in more moderate climes as a piña colada floater or on fiery drinks like the Tucker Max–endorsed Flaming Dr. Pepper (tastes just like regular Dr. Pepper, only made entirely of alcohol). <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9812/201010-w-liquor-bacardi-151.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    King of Spirits Absinthe     Proof: 140 (70% alcohol) Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/czech-republic" target="_blank">Czech Republic</a> King of Spirits is powered by thujone—a chemical produced by the  grand wormwood plant that’s banned in the U.S. Thujone is also the  primary culprit of the “absinthism,” a 19th-century affliction; symptoms  could include sleeplessness, hallucinations, and convulsions. Yet this  absinthe draws in fans with claims that drinking it will make “colors  seem brighter, your breath better, and your mind particularly  receptive.” <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9002/201010-w-liquor-absinth.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Clarke’s Court Spicy Rum     Proof: 138 (69% alcohol). Made in: <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/grenada" target="_blank">Grenada</a>. From one of Grenada’s largest rum producers, the honey-colored rum is celebrated for its nuances more than its high alcohol content: clove, nutmeg, white pepper, and cinnamon combine for a spirit that’s as complex as it is potent. Quite civilized, actually. <img src="http://www.travelandleisure.com/images/amexpub/0017/9038/201010-w-liquor-clarkes.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </blockquote>

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