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* Another Disney flick, ''[[Snow Dogs]]'', features "soup", which is stored in a hip flask. When questioned about the quotation marks, the maker replies, "Well, there's soup ''in'' it."
* ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]''. Another Alpha Beta brother asks Stan Gable to try a drink called simply "Fireball". He has one sip straight from the bottle and promptly [[Spit Take|spits it out all over]]. As it turns out, it has a ridiculously high proof, and Haystack later spits it through a lighter's flame and burns down the AB house.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'': Romulan ale.{{context}}<!-- I believe canon only says it's blue, not that it's potent - or even alcohol -->▼
* In ''[[The Great Escape]]'', Americans Hilts, Hendley and Goff celebrate the Fourth of July by [[Military Moonshiner|distilling some homemade booze]] and sharing it with the others. It appears to be powerful stuff.
{{quote|'''Bartlett''': In the three years, seven months, and two weeks that I've been in the bag, that's the most extraordinary stuff I've ever tasted. It's shattering!
'''MacDonald''': (''mildly'') Well, I think it's rather good. }}
* It's not alcohol (probably) but Wednesday and Pugsley make some rather fiery lemonade when they try to make money selling it in ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]''. When they give a free sample to Lurch, he feels some discomfort for a moment or two after drinking it, then breathes fire, scorching a wooden statue of an Indian. [[Nigh Invincible| Then he just shrugs and continues on his way.]] Sadly, we never see a scene where they sell any to an actual customer.
* Bor-brew ale from the ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' series doesn't look that threatening and even has a pleasant taste ("malted apples"). It has a fearsome reputation because it's the favored beer of ''dwarves''. The first time Lone Wolf can drink it, he runs the risk of falling unconscious and waking up with a hangover that robs him of [[Hit Points|Endurance]]. Later it seems the brew became even more potent; the second time he can drink it, he runs the risk of ''suffering horrifying hallucinations'', falling unconscious, and waking up with a hangover that again robs him of Hit Points. Yes, [[Everything Trying to Kill You|even the beer is trying to kill Lone Wolf]].▼
== [[Literature]] ==
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** ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' features a bar regularly, but the mix that most evoked this trope is the (implied to be [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Warp_core_breach aptly-named]) [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Warp_core_breach_(beverage) "warp core breach"].
** Klingon Blood Wine is so stated to be much stronger than whiskey—so much so that it is used as a test of character for candidates for induction into the Order of Kahless.
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* A ''[[Lost in Space]]'' episode where Doctor Smith is mistaken for a lookalike gunslinger and plays it to the hilt, ordering the gunslinger's favorite drink in a saloon on a Western Planet, inspiring awe among the crowd. IIRC, the bartender actually has to assemble the ingredients wearing heavy gloves.
* Granny's "tonic" on ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''.
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* Feywine in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. Made by rulers of [[The Fair Folk]], it is made of a fermented mixture of honey, crushed flowers, and a secret ingredient (which some elves theorize is [[Insubstantial Ingredients| distilled moonlight]]). This stuff is known to get even ''them'' hammered, and is known to cause frivolous behavior; if mortals drink it, this behavior can last ''months''. They rarely share it with mortals for that exact reason.
** Supposedly, simply taking a raison from the Feywild and stirring it into a glass of water will create a far less potent version of feywine, but still one where even one glass can cause intoxication in mortals.
▲* Bor-brew ale from the ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' gamebook series doesn't look that threatening and even has a pleasant taste ("malted apples"). It has a fearsome reputation because it's the favored beer of ''dwarves''. The first time Lone Wolf can drink it, he runs the risk of falling unconscious and waking up with a hangover that robs him of [[Hit Points|Endurance]]. Later it seems the brew became even more potent; the second time he can drink it, he runs the risk of ''suffering horrifying hallucinations'', falling unconscious, and waking up with a hangover that again robs him of Hit Points. Yes, [[Everything Trying to Kill You|even the beer is trying to kill Lone Wolf]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
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