Oh, Everclear stories!

About 10 years ago, when I was living in Albuquerque, we decided to
have an all-night party for the Balloon Fiesta. It's the biggest
hot-air ballooning event in the world, and we lived about 2 miles from
the launch site, so all the balloons (about 850 of them) would go right
over our acre of backyard.

Now, you had tyo get up before dawn to get there for the launches at 7
AM, and we knew nobody would make it to our house for a launch-day
brunch party. So we decided to start the party Friday night at 8 and go
til Saturday morning at noon. Dinner and bruch prepared my moi.

We knew a ton of people were coming and we didn't have a ton of money
for party supplies, so we got a couple bottles of everclear. We soaked
a bunch of cubed fruit in a bottle f it for, maybe 10 days or so. The
other bottle was used in the punch. Then we floated the fruit in the
punch.

Guests arrived at 8. Guests were drunk by 8:30, after eating one piece
of soaked fruit out of the punchbowl. Guests were passed out by 9. We
had Everclear soaked fruit in the freezer for 6 months to come. Word
got around - looking for a quick drunk? Just go to Jude's house and
grab a piece of fruit!

Ah, college.

PS, about half the guests slept through the balloon launch. I. however,
managed to get up, get brunch on the table, and have a blast watching
the balloons. IIRC, we feasted on quiche, roast potatoes, cinnamon
rolls, and fruit salad, although people were a tad scared of the fruit.
I don't think many people were interested i the Bloody Marys and
Mimosas, though.