Some of us want to make it to the end of the night. I forgot how macho you are, sipping your real-man beverages in front of a roaring fire, your feet resting on the mangled bodies of your vanquished enemies as you lazily bend steel bars with your bare hands. I’m sorry that one shot of Fireball isn’t enough to knock you through the wall. Meanwhile, Fireball is 66 proof, or 33% ABV.Īnd, right now, I’d like to apologize to Fireball’s critics on behalf of Fireball. Most whiskies are 40 to 60% ABV (80-120 proof). In fairness, though, the headline “Fireball Contains Same Chemical Used in Sodas, Ice Cream and Cake” doesn’t have that antifreeze zing.Ĭritique 2: Fireball isn’t as strong as regular whiskey Turns out none of these things will kill you. Furthermore, it’s in a whole lot of things Americans consume, including ice cream, soda, frosting, cake mix and salad dressing. But if you do a little digging, you’ll find that the chemical is “ generally recognized as safe” by the US Food and Drug Administration. We’ll admit, propylene glycol has a complex, scary-sounding name. Oh my gosh, you guys, we have to stop drinking water! (Plus, I hear water has a loutish clientele.) Just because a particular ingredient is in something toxic does not make that ingredient toxic. In 2014, Norway, Sweden and Finland recalled Fireball from store shelves because it contains propylene glycol, an ingredient that the press and internet loudmouths worked themselves into a tizzy over because it was “a chemical used in antifreeze.”įirst off, there is the logical argument. Critique 1: Fireball shares an ingredient with antifreeze
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