insatiable-geek: Kaylee’s Strawberry Cosmo
Ingredients:
2 strawberries
1 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Strawberry Liqueur
1/2 oz. simple syrup
dash of orange juiceDirections: Combine all of the ingredients except the strawberries and orange juice in a cocktail strainer with ice. Shake until mixed, and strain into a martini glass. Add the orange juice and garnish with strawberries. Nice and sweet, just like our favorite spaceship mechanic.
Drink created and photographed by the Insatiable Geek.
Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cocktail)
Ingredients:
1 oz. Jack Daniels Whiskey
1 oz. Peach schnapps
4-6 oz. Orange juice
1 splash of Blue curacao
1 lemon twist
1 olive (optional)Directions: Fill a highball glass 3/4 full of ice. Add the Jack Daniels and peach schnapps, then top off with orange juice. Mix well, then add the blue curacao over the top. Garnish with a lemon twist and olive, if you chose to include it. Drink… but… very carefully…
May 25th is celebrated by many as Towel Day, paying tribute to Douglas Adams’ comical space book series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. So naturally, tonight is the best night of the year to drink some Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, which, according to the book, feels like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a gold brick. While there are many “Earth” versions of the fictitious cocktail, the one we chose to post today is a more commonly served recipe. This version of the drink is served the Zaphod Beeblebrox nightclub and bar in Ottawa.
Drink created by the Zaphod Beeblebrox nightclub. Photography by The Drunken Moogle.
Avatar Elemental Tribe Shot and Pint Glasses
Etsy artist Partywareinc created these custom etched shot and pint glasses with symbols of each of the nations and tribes from Avatar: The Last Airbender andSet of all four shot glasses - $31.00
Individual shot glasses: Fire - Water - Earth - Air - $8.00
Set of all four pint glasses - $46.00
Individual pint glasses: Fire - Water - Earth - Air - $12.00
gourmetgaming: Health Potion (Diablo cocktail)
Ingredients:
1 Measure Cranberry Gin
0.5 Measure Żubrówka (Buffalo/Bison Grass Vodka)
0.5 Measure Amaretto
Squeeze of Lime Juice
Top Up TonicDirections: Mix first four ingredients in a flask or glass and top off with tonic. Consume as needed.
A note from the creator:
The red health potion, stored in a mystical apothecary vessel, is incredibly iconic in gaming and is found in many a dungeon crawler. Since I’m so excited for Diablo III I thought I’d focus on the most famous and original version as found in the series (though I’m aware that health potions are not being used in Diablo III – boo!). So in the spirit of Christmas and New Year being a time for relaxation and recuperation I thought this surprisingly sweet and refreshing health potion is just what most of us are looking for.
Many people have been asking where to get the flask from - it was a lovely gift from a friend who picked it up at http://www.demijohn.co.uk/. For people outside the UK I came across this site which has a great selection http://www.specialtybottle.com/. Found somewhere better for the US? Let me know!
Drink Created and photographed by the wonderful GourmetGaming.
Besaid Island (Final Fantasy X cocktail)
Ingredients:
30 ml white rum (Bacardi Superior used)
30 ml watermelon liqueur (Marie Brizard Watermelon used)
1 lime (for lime juice and garnish)Directions: Mix the rum and watermelon liqueur in a lowball glass over ice. Squeeze in lime juice and add a lime wedge to the side as a garnish. While this isn’t a drink you would order at a Blitzball match, it seems absolutely perfect for watching the Spira sunset on the beach.
Drink created and photographed by Cocktail.daa.jp.
Mood music:
The Mass Effect 3
Ingredients:
1 oz. pineapple juice
2 oz. grenadine
1 oz. Malibu Carribean Rum
2 oz. cheap gin
Splash olive juiceDirections: Line the rim of a glass with blue sugar. Mix all ingredients, chill and serve. If you can, garnish with a tiny green umbrella. Drink and try not to get too upset; there’s more to come after and it’s free!
The drink was made to match this comic, also by the creator:
Drink created by Brentalfloss.
Vera (Firefly cocktail)
Ingredients:
2 oz. Bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz. Bacardi 151
1/2 oz. Sake
3/4 oz ginger syrup
3-4 dashes Angostura BittersInstructions for Ginger Syrup:
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup fresh diced Ginger
In a pot or large pan, add the water, sugar, and half of the ginger in the beginning. Boil for 1-2 minutes while mixing. Then add the other half once the first batch gets mushy. This makes it nice and spicy. Let sit until everything is nice and syrupy, then remove from the stove and let cool.Directions: Add ginger syrup and bitters to an Old Fashioned Glass. Next add the rum and whiskey. Fill with cubed ice then float the Sake on top. Before drinking, give the glass a quick swirl to lightly distribute Sake.
Note from the creator:
I figured if Jane would drink a cocktail, it would be one of the original and manliest of cocktails, and Old-Fashion. But in the Firefly universe, American and Chinese cultures have mixed, so I felt it needed an Asian twist. This is where the ginger syrup and Sake comes in. The Bacardi 151 bumps the manliness factor of this drink up by giving a much higher alcohol content, plus the Bacardi gives an extra spicy, smokey flavor. Enjoy yourself a Vera.
“This is my very favorite gun… I call it Vera” -Jayne Cobb
Drink created and photographed by Eddie Strickland.
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