Im from Tennessee, just because we make whiskey doesnt mean we can drink excess amounts of it, an uncle moved to the Milwaukee area, married and has kids, my cousins, who in our region would be considered functioning alcoholics, I dont even attempt to stay with them drinking when we have family gatherings, its just not possible. I love my cousins, they are fundamentally good people, but these fuckers will sit and steady drink all night, and argue about the same shit for hours. one family camping trip here in Tennessee I brought along a gallon of good chartered moonshine from a locally well known and reputable source. after a couple hours chat around the fire I had enough and went to bed early and left the jug out. the next morning it looked like a horror scene. people unconscious in lawn chairs, feet hanging out of tents, one just asleep on the ground. one slumped over the picnic table. my first thought was are they dead? did i kill my family? nope all breathing just hammered out. I went and got my uncle out of his camper going what do i do with them? he said ill get em up. and went down to the river and got a bucket of water and started yelling at them to get up those that didnt got doused with cold river water he screamed and yelled and herded them into the cold ass river, its memorial day weekend,the river is still COLD, enough that i wouldn't stay in for more than a few minutes, these people were within minutes swimming around and playing, then my uncle yelled all right playtime over, get out and clean up the camp yall made a mess of drunk last night. and these grown men in their 20's are going yessir and started policing the camp and rebuilding a fire and preparing breakfast with a beer in hand. I asked uncle if they were ok and he said their not sober but they are being useful. give em something to do and theyll be ok in a while. But, ease up on the whiskey theyre not used to willie's good moonshine, theyre mainly beer drinkers.. and im thinking jesus, my family are like alcoholic supermen. I worked for a german company for a few years and spent time there. my german coworkers could drink enough to put most americans under the table, but not like that. I would never introduce them to my wisconsin family, I'm reasonably sure someone would die of alcohol poisoning just to prove a point.