Could a bar crawl like this be feasibly possible?

It's most certainly possible. One not unlike this is organized in my town annually, for university students. You earn a badge every year you participate and each year the amount of drinks you have to have in different bars increases. At the beginning, it's nine, but for the fourth timers it's 16.

It's a bit easier since there's more than 12 bars involved and the order is not dictated, but the basic principle is the same.


Another similar event was organized by my old university, where we all got a passport with 12 bars in it, then from each of them we had to collect a stamp. And you'd get a stamp by having a drink there. Granted we didn't have a pint of beer in every bar due to time constraints, in some of them we had a shot of liqueur.


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As far as number of bars/pubs in one night, it's definitely possible. It just depends on the area and how many bars there are, plus how much time you have. I live in Upstate New York in the US, and in my area, I know one of the towns has about a dozen bars, and most of the other towns nearby have at least 3-5 bars. So yes, I think it's pretty feasible to be able to visit that many bars in one night. (Heck, in my area, if you were dedicated, you could probably visit at least twice as many in a night if you were dedicated enough, albeit not all in the same town, but within the same county.)

And as far as alcohol consumption, I do think it is most certainly feasible, but it depends on the person. An imperial pint (I'm going by Imperial Pints out of assumption) is 20 ounces. It's generally considered that a 12 ounce beer is roughly equal to one shot of a general liquor. So a single imperial pint is roughly equal to 1.7 shots. Once it's worked out, the 12 pints is equal to about 20 shots. Let's say there's an additional two shots. That's 22 shots work.

The average adult male (in the US at least) is 5'10" and 180lbs. If we assume the pub crawl lasts about six hours, and plug all this information into a blood-alcohol content calculator (which you can find online), you'd have roughly a blood-alcohol content of 0.395. Which is very close to a lethal amount. (And could potentially be lethal in some cases) But it isn't guaranteed to be lethal, and some people probably could handle it. (They'd probably black out and would be INCREDIBLY drunk, but there are definitely people who could survive it) This information is just assuming you are an average adult male, though. And it really involves a number of variables. (Including most importantly the weight of the person and the time. If someone weighed more, or took more time doing a pub-crawl, that's less of a Blood Alcohol level.)

When I was 24, I weighed about 250lbs. And I drank a lot. On my worst day, over the course of about six hours, I drank- 2 JagersBombs (each had a shot of Jager in them), 6 entire 12 ounce beers and an entire 750ml bottle of Spiced Rum. Which is basically equivalent to 25 shots. Granted, because of my weight, I had a lower Blood-Alcohol level, but I ended up more-or-less fine. I blacked out, but I survived. And I did witness a friend who was about 5'8" and maybe 170lbs drink 20 beers (basically 20 shots worth of alcohol) over the course of three hours and survive, even though he was at a potentially lethal blood alcohol level. So that shows that it's not a guaranteed death. But at the same time, alcohol poisoning and death has occured for some people.

So it really just depends. There's no way of saying whether or not it's survivable, because it depends on the person drinking.


And FURTHERMORE, this is my signature! SERIOUSLY! Did you think I was still talking about my point?

I'm talking the number of bars visited in one night and the amount of beer consumed in one night. Is there anywhere in the world this could be attempted? And would it be possible that you'd still be alive after 12 pints and a couple random shots?

Possible but not adviseable, and you'd have to be a 'seasoned' drinker (or alcoholic).

I grew up in a fishing town filled with ex-trawlermen, and many of my friend's fathers had been or still were trawlermen - known for their ability to down alcohol with ease. 12 pints over an evening would have been pushing it to the limit, but certainly doable. Not something I'd like to try though.

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Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958).

Believe it or not, I host a "pub" crawl like this every few years when my entire family goes to Disney. My brothers/brothers-in-law bar crawl through Epcot. Thirteen countries, Thirteen different beers, all in one night... Needless to say, it's always a memorable occasion, particularly if there's time left for a ride or two after all that beer.

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Yes - depends on how heavy a drinker you are.

My university used to have 9 before 9am.

Its not healthy though.

It certainly is feasible and possible :) in my younger days in the UK forces we would regularly go out drinking in the local town intent on doing every pub in it, and if possible ending up in the NAAFI (UK forces on-base bar). We would call these events "The Freedom Of [insert town name here]".

I've seen people drink more than 12 pints on these occasions.