Photo: Boston Police Department
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — With every year’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend comes a decent amount of alcohol consumption, and there is no method of consumption that is perhaps more eye-catching than BORGs.
BORG is an acronym that stands for “Black Out Rage Gallon,” and it consists of a combination of a large amount of alcohol, a water flavoring such as Mio, electrolytes from something like Gatorade, and a splash of water all mixed up in a milk jug.
“Fill that with alcohol, however much you want for the entire day, then electrolytes,” one Boston College student said.
“It does not taste like alcohol, so it goes down easy,” another student said.
“Gallon jug with Mio and vodka,” someone else said.
Another distinct aspect of the BORG is that the owner writes a name on it that generally parodies a celebrity or a popular phrase but replaces it in part with “BORG.”
The Boston Police Department confiscated a large amount of BORGs at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday due to underage and public drinking, and some of the names scrawled on the jugs they collected included LeBORG James, Shippin’ Up To BORGston, BORG Harrison, The NoteBORG, and BORGzilla, just to name a few.
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Shannon from BC said how she’s been familiar with the drink for quite some time.
“I’ve heard of a BORG drink,” Shannon said. “I first saw it my freshman year of high school, so five years ago.”
The medical community has been open about the dangers of the concoction, as that much alcohol consumption all at once can be dangerous. Mike from BC agreed with this sentiment.
“I mean, vodka and caffeine is a dangerous mix,” Mike said.
“You think that you’re keeping yourself hydrated, but really you’re just drinking a lot of alcohol,” another passerby said.
WBZ NewsRadio's Jim MacKay (@JimMacKayOnAir) reports.