There are many weird and wacky drinks in the world. Allow Alt. Pop to bring you a sample…Tumblr (3.0; @altpop)http://altpop.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1yi4zpE5t1rqkkoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Drink: Ayran</span><br/><span>Synopsis:  Not to be mistaken for a typo of the similarly-spelled word ‘Aryan’, Ayran is an Azeri ‘yoghurtdrink’ whose packaging features a closed-eyed lady supping the beverage in a state of 100% pleasure. It’s apparently served in McDonald’s branches in Turkey, because it’s good with meat; in Iran, it’s available in carbonated form; Anatolia makes it from ewe’s milk. My non-continental verdict, is, however, that it’s utterly unbearable - its flat, sour sensation could only be dealt with if on a dare. It’s like drinking a bad lassi. So Englebert Humperdinck, prepare yourself for your Eurovision trip to Baku by heading down to the Russian convenience store on Cambridge Heath Road in east London - and then you’ll be able to say “no thank you, I’ve tried it already and Im not a fan, but thank you very much for offering and it’s by no means a slant against your culture”.</span></p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/20464809608http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/20464809608Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:14:00 -0400ayranazerbaijaneurovisionenglebert humperdinckewe's milkmc donald'sturkeyirandrinkssoft drinksmilk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0f0sh08Eh1rqkkoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Buratina (“Tutti Frutti” flavour)<br/>Synopsis:  It looks like urine, but is actually a carbonated soft drink all the way from Russia! This flavour tastes less like all of the fruits and more like the stale base of a Screwball from the ice-cream van. It is also japes to look upon other languages’ parallel usage of speech marks, if you are that way inclined.</p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18790018478http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18790018478Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:12:17 -0500buratinarussiatutti fruitti<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09kdsvz821rqkkoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Baby mice wine<br/>Synopsis: “<span>Baby mice wine is a traditional Korean health drink, which is brewed by drowning alive baby mice, maximum three days old, in rice moonshine and letting them to ferment in the bottle for about a year. According to local Korean belief, mouse wine is a cure to just about any illness imaginable, including asthma and liver problems among others”</span></p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607576523http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607576523Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:29:51 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N5FtxFFulB0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Drink: Kumis (fermented horse’s milk)<br/>Synopsis: Just watch the video, won’t you? </p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607520508http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607520508Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:27:44 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z5AvV7OLfiw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Drink: Pocari Sweat<br/>Synopsis: An ionised water, showcased in 1986 by Cindy Crawford in this classy advertisement. It also has the word ‘sweat’ in it. </p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607430716http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607430716Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:24:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09k0hNs071rqkkoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Yoghurt Pepsi<br/>Synopsis: It presumably is what it is - a milky, fizzy treat. Japanese competitor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpis" target="_blank">Calpis</a> (pronounced ‘cow piss’) must’ve been quaking in its boots. </p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607369045http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607369045Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:21:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09jsp61JB1rqkkoxo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Stephen Segal’s Lightning Bolt<br/>Synopsis: Lightning Bolt is apparently “the first energy drink to be made of 100% juice”, and it comes in two delicious flavours - Asian Experience and Cherry Charge. And therein lie two strands of a true story.</p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607248559http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607248559Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:17:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09jf0wDDv1rqkkoxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Crystal Head Pure Spirit Vodka, by Dan Ackroyd<br/>Synopsis: Dan Ackroyd has produced a vodka; it comes in a ‘crystal’ bottle that looks like a head, and currently markets for $48/1.5l on Amazon.</p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607046927http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18607046927Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:09:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09jakD42k1rqkkoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Salad water<br/>Synopsis: Salad-flavour water, bankrolled by Coca-Cola in 2004. No, me neither. </p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18606983551http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18606983551Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:06:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09iu214Qj1rqkkoxo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Carbonated yellow liquid with extracts of eel head and bones. I can’t type those characters on my western MacBook Air, sorry.<br/>Synopsis: This drink is from Japan, obviously. The target market, according to its manufacturers, is “men who are exhausted by the summer’s heat”.</p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18606737622http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18606737622Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:56:00 -0500eel juicedrinks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09g4vfDOV1rqkkoxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Pepsi Ice Cucumber<br/>Synopsis: I really want to go to Japan.</p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18605393190http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18605393190Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:58:06 -0500pepsi ice cucumberjapandrinks<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09flizYLA1rqkkoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Budweiser and clamato. In a can.<br/>Synopsis: I imagine it would taste like a combination of Budweiser, tomato juice and clam broth. Because after all, that’s what it is. </p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18605142429http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18605142429Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:46:30 -0500budweiserclamatotomato juiceclam broth<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09ecrmsVq1rqkkoxo1_r1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Rambutan juice, in a can<br/>Synopsis: Like drinking a sample of the River Thames, after it’d been inhabited by strips of ‘vintage’ cardboard.</p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18604572046http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18604572046Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:19:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09e5cgB9k1rqkkoxo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Green grass jelly drink, by Wonderfarm<br/>Synopsis: Like a cool coastal dessert in a can, enveloping your tastebuds on a beautiful summer’s day. </p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18604481668http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18604481668Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:15:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09dzdbQsw1rqkkoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drink: Tamarind juice<br/>Synopsis: Like a million tiny, cloudy peaches that’ve been stamped on. With added sugar.</p>http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18604408640http://altpop.tumblr.com/post/18604408640Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:11:00 -0500tamarind juiceweird drinks