I mean, it definitely makes you warmer. In that it shunts your blood to the outer layer of your body, warming your skin and making you feel less cold. Problem is, this actually makes you lose heat more rapidly, and increases your susceptibility to hypothermia. But since you can experience “drink alcohol, feel warmer” yourself, the myth will probably persist indefinitely.
Is that an actual, existing survival myth?
I mean, it definitely makes you warmer. In that it shunts your blood to the outer layer of your body, warming your skin and making you feel less cold. Problem is, this actually makes you lose heat more rapidly, and increases your susceptibility to hypothermia. But since you can experience “drink alcohol, feel warmer” yourself, the myth will probably persist indefinitely.
It is calories too, so can be drunk for energy if you’re out of food.
I don’t know how much so practically, but it perseveres at least in tongue in cheek references to “putting on your whiskey jacket”
It actually was the case, in the olden days.
The classic image of St. Bernard rescue dogs carrying tiny barrels of brandy for the benefit of hypothermic travellers was a myth though.
Would make for a fun tag for a St. Bernard though, instead of a bone use a barrel shaped tag.