http://www.outwardjourney.net/forum/showpost.php?p=5070&postcount=16 something about mixing water and alcohol makes the drink more penetrating? does this sound right? likea vodka and water or a drink on the rocks?
The post was talking about sterilization, so maybe it meant penetrating as a physical property of it, as in it penetrates through stuff to sterilize better/faster. A press (when you layer water on top of a mixed drink, like rum and coke) as I understand it is to help you stay hydrated a little at a time so you feel better and don't get as hung over. It won't make you drunker but it'll feel better. Makes teh drinks kinda flat though, I just drink bottled water in between