Goldschlager flakes

[snopes]

Comment: Goldschlager is a liqueur containing gold flakes. Some people
believe the purpose of the flakes is to produce microscopic cuts in the
oesophageal wall and speed the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream.
This sounds rather dangerous and therefore unlikely. Is it true?

[Tarquin Farquart]

I thought it was just the fact you got to drink a drink with gold in it.

I heard this Friday and laughed at it. Gold is such a soft metal, and gold leaf is super fragile. You can barely touch it without it breaking. It's a marketing tool.

[Canuckistan]

Originally Posted by Tarquin Farquart

I thought it was just the fact you got to drink a drink with gold in it.

Ewwwww!

Why would anyone drink goldschlager?

[FullMetal]

so do all the gold leaf desserts cut your throat too?

I've never understood the idea of consuming gold. wouldn't it just pass right through?

[Lancastrian]

You mean it isn't a ploy by the Mutter Museum to get a set of gold plated intestines? Now I'm disappointed.

[Tarquin Farquart]

Originally Posted by FullMetal

I've never understood the idea of consuming gold. wouldn't it just pass right through?

Yes it would, but you'd be DRINKING GOLD!!!

[kitap]

Originally Posted by Lancastrian

You mean it isn't a ploy by the Mutter Museum to get a set of gold plated intestines? Now I'm disappointed.

I'll have to tell this one to my dad; he'll be amused.

[WonkoTheSane]

Based upon my experience with Goldschlager, you hardly need the bits of metal for it to damage your esophageal wall. The drink itself does far more damage.

Wonko

[Jay Tea]

I'd sooner have Skittlebrau...

[Radon Girl]

...or how about pearls dissolved in vinegar for that real expensive type drink,
Cleopatra supposedly drank it on occasion (sounds pretty disgusting to me).

[Arriah]

When DH was younger he used to drink the goldshlager mixed with AfterShock. That's not a drink you sleep thru. He may or may not have gold covered intestines, I decline to check for you.

[Not_Done_Living]

Can't wait for the 2008 colon clense commercials!!

"You may have 5lbs of impacted GOLD in your intestines!!!"

bet their stock would go up!

[cdav1313]

speed the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream.

From a marketing standpoint, why would they want to speed the rate of absorbtion to make you get drunker quicker? Wouldn't that cause them to sell less product?

"I don't need a whole pint, a half pint gets me drunk just fine."

[Silas Sparkhammer]

Gold-plated intestines... First, drink Goldschlager...mixed with Aqua Regia...and run a strong electric current through your abdomen...

Silas (prettiest guts in the morgue)

[Tarquin Farquart]

Originally Posted by cdav1313

From a marketing standpoint, why would they want to speed the rate of absorbtion to make you get drunker quicker? Wouldn't that cause them to sell less product?

So people buy that product rather than another of a similar alcoholic content?

[franjava]

Originally Posted by Arriah

When DH was younger he used to drink the goldshlager mixed with AfterShock. That's not a drink you sleep thru. He may or may not have gold covered intestines, I decline to check for you.

I always preferred the taste of Aftershock. I also thought the crystals were *cooler* than the gold flakes. Some underage friends were caught drinking at a hotel and one had the gall to ask if he could keep the Aftershock bottle. Mr. Policeman was NOT amused. [/hijack]

[ChibiHamster]

I had been told this by one of my mates who's drank it. I thought it was pretty unlikely because wouldn't even small cuts just lead to lots of bleeding and a route of infection?

[moonfall]

Ugh, these drinks sound disgusting. Goldschlager and AfterShock together? I guess it could be worse...you could mix it with Jaegermeister.

[Bryan With a 'Y']

Looks like some UL cross-pollenation from the thing about cigarettes with fiberglass filters, where the fibers are supposed to make tiny cuts that help the nicotine enter your bloodstream (and thus promote addiction).

As others have mentioned, goldleaf isn't going to do anything in your intestines. It won't react with anything in there; it's a noble metal. As to whether it's still considered noble once it's mixed into your feces, I'll leave that for others to judge.