Goldstrike: a popular shooter with cinnamon flavor and 24-karat gold snippets and an individual drinking method: “Shake, Shoot and Strike” and produced by Lucas Bols

Lucas Bols

Lucas Bols is a privately held Dutch company in the business of production, distribution, sales and marketing of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest Dutch company still active and the oldest distillery brand in the world. Its brand portfolio consists of Bols, Galliano, Vaccari, Pisang Ambon,...

. It is a clear liquid, that tastes like cinnamon candy.

Gold Strike is also notable for containing flakes of 23.5 karat gold. The gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 flakes present little health risk. A common rumor

Rumor

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 about Gold Strike is that the gold flakes cut the throat or stomach upon ingestion, allowing the alcohol to directly enter the bloodstream for quicker intoxication

Drunkenness

Alcohol intoxication is a physiological state that occurs when a person has a high level of ethanol in his or her blood....

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Other alcoholic beverages that contain gold are Goldschläger

Goldschläger

Goldschläger is a Swiss cinnamon schnapps , a liqueur with very thin, yet visible flakes of gold leaf floating in it...

 and Goldwasser

Goldwasser

Danziger Goldwasser ), with Goldwasser as the registered tradename, is a strong root and herbal liqueur which has been produced since at least 1598 in Danzig ....

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