I think it just harms you in some way when you drink it, It doesn't explode like the energy potion when thrown. Maybe if you drink enough of them you will turn into the hulk, or mutate into something awesome
Make sure you note your stats before and after you drink it. Sometimes it increases or decreases a stat (like strength or armor). I think it's only temporary though, and sometimes it appears to do nothing.
A quick video to introduce you to the newest version of 100 Rogues. Wes walks you through the basics of the initial Mac OS game. Here's the link!
The (Outdated) Strategy Guide
An excellent starter resource to help get you with 100 Rogues has been published by NoDPad. It is a well thought out review of ways to play the game. Here's a link.
Some Top Reviews...
Humbled we are by the praise for 100 Rogues that Touch Arcade heaps upon our game. Here's their review.
Ryan Rigney at GamePro included us as one of his five App Store games of the week here... In his judgement, "Regardless of whether or not you like roguelikes, or even RPGs in general, this is a game that you're going to want to try out.".
Matt at no dpad nearly proposes marriage as part of his excellent review... "I haven’t been able to put the game down since first playing it".
Jon Mundy at Pocket Gamer says that 100 Rogues is "one of the freshest and most finely nuanced" games for iPhone and iPod Touch.