[Jeanfromfillmore]

Originally Posted by wetibbe

Meet the real, hard core boozers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectified_spirit

This is even a piker. Ours was 192 proof Polska.

My sons better half's family are original Polish from the old country.

Thanks giving day Papa poured his concoction, flavored spirits into a very small shot glass - liberally to everyone repeatedly !!!

Upon my second it really knocked my socks off before eating.

My grandmother on my mothers side was from Poland. My mother spoke Polish, but I never learned it.