Man Drinks Himself To Death Over A $6.09 Bet

Double punch - Tanzanian drinks to death

THE TELEGRAPH - A TANZANIAN man has died after drinking 25 sachets of a potent moonshine known as "double punch", losing a six-dollar bet with his friends that he could gulp 30 down in one sitting. Moses Kanyange, 37, had been promised $6.09 by his partners during a drinking session if he could down 30 sachets of the brew, a pungent spirit imported from neighbouring Zambia. "We are still investigating the issue because more than 10 people took part, but only Moses died," Isuto Mantage, a police commander from the southwestern region of Tanzania said today. Other police sources said Kanyange was "an experienced drinker", known to be able to drink 25 half-litre bottles of beer in less than two hours, but he had already consumed too much alcohol before taking the double punch bet.

I would've given the guy at least $7.00.  Trust me, we will serve no such rotgut here at the Speakeasy.  Only the highest quality beer, wine and spirits.  Hey, that homemade stuff can kill ya!

Guess We're Gonna Have To Stock Up At The Speakeasy!

OCWeekly
Alcoholic Chocolate Milk Now On Sale at Costco

If this was the year of anything, it's the year of creative and not-so-creative alcohol-based products. You may have heard of Four Loko, the caffeinated alcoholic energy drink that became the subject of bans and dire FDA warnings. Then there was CREAM, the booze-infused whipped topping that our own Dave Lieberman said tasted "like a cross between a can of Reddi-Wip and a can of Aquanet." But have you tried Adult Chocolate Milk? I've heard of the product only in passing. I'm sure I saw it from the corner of my eye for $15.99 once at our most dependable liquor purveyor, Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa. But yesterday, I encountered an entire pallet of Adult Chocolate Milk for sale at Costco at the District in Tustin...

I've Seen Body Shots, But Face Shots?

And might I add, a completely disgusting waste of perfectly good booze.

Dumb As A Bag Of Hammers

The Morning Journal
Intoxicated mother lets kids drink alcohol, too

A highly intoxicated mother of two was arrested for allowing her 12-year-old twins and 13-year-old younger brother to drink alcohol, according to a Lorain police report. Stacy Galvan, 32, was at her 2552 Elyria Ave., Lorain, apartment around 8:58 p.m. Christmas Eve when police heard a loud argument coming from one of the apartments. Galvan was arguing with her 12-year-old twin son and daughter. When police arrived, Galvan’s voice was slurred, and she was moving unsteadily. She then told officers she was intoxicated and had let her children drink and they, too, were intoxicated, the report stated. She added she could no longer handle them and said they are the reason she is an alcoholic. Officers heard a voice crying in the next room and found Galvan’s 13-year-old brother laying in a puddle of vomit. He was fading in and out of consciousness, the report stated. Galvan’s children told police Galvan has temporary custody of them and was watching them and her brother while drinking all evening. She then started giving them alcohol. The twins said they each only had one drink, but said Galvan’s brother kept drinking. The brother was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for alcohol poisoning. The twins’ grandmother was called and took custody of them. After being arrested, Galvan vomited in the rear of a police cruiser and later urinated on herself at the police station. She was charged with three counts of endangering children and was taken to Lorain County Jail.