Gold Strike is a Dutchcinnamonliqueur containinggold snippets, produced byLucas Bols. The company suggests it should be drunk as a shot, with the motto "Shake, Shoot and Strike".^[1] It is a clear liquid that tastes like cinnamon candy.

Though the company website states the gold flakes are "24-carat",^[1] some bottles indicate that the gold has various other levels of purity, such as 22 K^[2] or 23.5 K.^[3] The gold flakes present little health risk. A commonurban legend about Gold Strike is that the gold flakes cut the throat or stomach upon ingestion, allowing the alcohol to directly enter the bloodstream for quickerintoxication.^[4]

Other alcoholic beverages that contain gold areGoldschläger andGoldwasser. Cinnamon liqueurs includeFireball Cinnamon Whisky.

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