Gallon challenge
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The gallon challenge is a physical challenge in which a person attempts to drink a U.S. gallon of milk within one hour without vomiting. There are many variations to the challenge, so formal rules have not been set. However, many groups including the Gallon Challenge Foundation play with the following set of rules:
- The entire gallon must be consumed within the course of one hour.
- Anyone who vomits is disqualified.
- Whole milk is typically used; however, chocolate milk is allowed provided that chocolate syrup (or equivalent) is added to the gallon of whole milk.
It is also important to note that being high during the challenge is not allowed, and considered grounds for automatic disqualification.
Variations include:
- the "triathalon" in which competitor drinks one-third gallon of egg nog, one-third gallon of chocolate milk, and one-third gallon of whole milk (in no particular order).
- the half milk (or gallon) challenge, which is by no means easier, in which a competitor attempts to drink a half gallon of half and half or cream in half an hour.
- the extreme challenge in which competitors attempt to drink a half gallon of White Russian cocktail (milk and vodka) in an hour, but such variations are rarely, if ever, done.
On August 12, 2006, at the 6th Annual Gallon Challenge before a crowd of about 40 people including local press, Joseph Ubriaco, Raymond Donnelly, and Joseph Herbert completed the gallon challenge successfully.
The challenge may also be done using other rich beverages such as eggnog.
It is uncertain where the gallon challenge originated. However, such an event is known to have been held at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, as early as 1995.