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Vodka jelly as discussed in another thread is not much of an advance if any on just leaving a good lemon or blackcurrant absolut in the freezer for a day.
Vodka saunas however turn the crazy finnish "sweating in a pine box" experience into an entirely different ball game. Simply substitute the water in the wooden bucket and ladel on a bottle of Stolly (not all at once). The alcohol immediately vaporises, the players take enormous deep breaths, and in a coulple of minutes you're all pissed. The alcohol goes straight to your blood via your lungs (no drip feed into the blood via the stomach). The nice thing is you can get pissed and then be sober again in ten minutes, as there is no alcohol in your stomach. A bit like some other recreational drugs (so I'm told), but perfectly legal. Try it on your next ski holiday folks, it will probably improve your skiing too.
Vodka saunas however turn the crazy finnish "sweating in a pine box" experience into an entirely different ball game. Simply substitute the water in the wooden bucket and ladel on a bottle of Stolly (not all at once). The alcohol immediately vaporises, the players take enormous deep breaths, and in a coulple of minutes you're all pissed. The alcohol goes straight to your blood via your lungs (no drip feed into the blood via the stomach). The nice thing is you can get pissed and then be sober again in ten minutes, as there is no alcohol in your stomach. A bit like some other recreational drugs (so I'm told), but perfectly legal. Try it on your next ski holiday folks, it will probably improve your skiing too.
Wor lass is a Finn, and a couple of months ago I was subject to just such an experience while meeting the outlaws. I can vouch that it is soooo much worse on a wood-fired sauna than an electric one. But to be honest, legging it out of the sauna and chucking yourself in a lake has much the same "waaarrrghwaaaarggh..oooooooh that's better" factor.
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