A cocktail with a mummified human toe in it It exists at this Canadian saloon
Channel: king a la france
Date: 2019-11-01

If you're looking for a drink with an extra kick, the Sourtoe Cocktail has just the ingredient: a human toe. 

Served up at the Downtown Hotel's Sourdough Saloon in Dawson City, Canada, the cocktail is connected to a legend that dates back to the 1920s about bootlegging brothers who placed one of their frostbitten toes in moonshine as a memen-toe. In 1973, the preserved toe was discovered and the Sourtoe Cocktail Club was born.

Nowadays, people from all over the world stop by the seemingly typical saloon in the Yukon territory to become part of its history.

Jacob Schutte, 29, from Perth, Australia, first heard about the cocktail on social media and quickly added it to his travel bucket list.

"It was just one of the things I had to go do," Schutte, who did the Sourtoe earlier this year, told USA TODAY. 

And he isn't alone – Schutte says his certificate, which drinkers of the cocktail are gifted after completing the challenge, listed him as the 91,373rd person to drink it.

You first pay for your shot of choice, then pay an extra $6 ($8 CAD) to one of the "Toe Captains," the servers who administer the toe-filled drinks and go over the rules: You must let the toe hit your lips but no biting, chewing or putting the toe in your mouth is allowed. Swallowing the toe will also land you with a fine of about $1,900. 

“(The Toe Captain) holds the toe in his hand and says, 'You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow, but your lips must touch this gnarly toe,' " Schutte recalls. "He waives it in front of your nose as well, and then he just drops it in your drink and you just do the shot."