 A 1995 article in the Slovenian weekly magazine Mladina publicized Salamander brandy , a liquor supposedly indigenous to Slovenia . It was said to combine hallucinogenic with aphrodisiac effects and is made by putting several live salamanders in a barrel of fermenting fruit . Stimulated by the alcohol , they secrete toxic mucus in defense and eventually die . Besides causing hallucinations , the neurotoxins present in the brew were said to cause extreme sexual arousal . 
