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| − | About 1983, maybe earlier, a new drink is invented at a [[NSFC]] party. It consists of vodka, with orange and grape juice which supply vitamins that the alcohol kills off in the body. It is actually good for you…well, less bad for you than straight booze.... Real swill is always made in trash cans (for the flavor). The drink has been prominently featured at [[Nashville]] [[room parties]] ever since. "The roar of the blender, the smell of the Swill." | + | About 1983, maybe earlier, a new drink is invented at a [[NSFC]] party. It consists of vodka, with orange and grape juice which supply vitamins that the alcohol kills off in the body. It is actually good for you…well, less bad for you than straight booze.... Real swill is always made in trash cans (for the flavor). The drink has been prominently featured at [[Nashville]] [[room parties]] ever since. "'''The roar of the blender, the smell of the Swill'''." |
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Revision as of 23:55, 14 August 2020
(Did you mean the Jamieson-Williams fanzine?)
Swill is a potent, yellow-colored alcoholic punch invented by members of the Nashville Science Fiction Club, named by Dan Caldwell and frequently served at Southern fandom room parties, where it is mixed in trash cans.
According to Caldwell:
About 1983, maybe earlier, a new drink is invented at a NSFC party. It consists of vodka, with orange and grape juice which supply vitamins that the alcohol kills off in the body. It is actually good for you…well, less bad for you than straight booze.... Real swill is always made in trash cans (for the flavor). The drink has been prominently featured at Nashville room parties ever since. "The roar of the blender, the smell of the Swill."
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