Basically it’s just a Shirley Temple with some gin—just like Assassin’s Creed: Revelations describes. From The Drunken Moogle:
Ingredients:
Ginger Ale
Sprite
1.5 oz. gin
1.5 oz. grenadine
1 maraschino cherryDirections: In a highball glass with ice, fill most of the glass half with Sprite, half with ginger ale, leaving a bit of room at the top. Mix in a shot of grenadine and a shot of gin. Place a maraschino cherry on the top and serve.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Princess Bride, and the Alamo Drafthouse is marking the occasion (and Valentine’s Day) by releasing two Bottles of Wits. You can choose between an Inconceivable Cab and an As You Wish White. Neither of them will be poisoned with iocane powder.Well, probably not.
To be honest, I wouldn’t care what was inside the bottles. The labels are delightful, and the box is covered with quotes from the movie. Want.
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Etsy sellers/Potters Jason and Jane Chischilly created a series of mugs based on “rhyton” drinking vessels, which were apparently common in ancient Persia. It seems ancient Persians weren’t concerned with putting their drink down.
A rhyton (plural rhytons or, following the Greek plural, rhyta) is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation (.libation (Σπονδή spondee in Greek) is a ritual pouring of a drink as an offering to a god or deity).
Check out a series of additional designs after the break.
A visually impressive, but not-so-handy guide to making 68 classic cocktails from Pop Chart Lab (click on the image to enlarge).
This definitive guide to classic cocktails breaks down 68 drinks into their constituent parts. Follow the lines to see where spirits, mixers, and garnishes intersect to form delightful concoctions. This massive movie poster-sized print contains over 40 types of alcohol (from distilled spirits to bitters), mixers from raspberry syrup to egg white, and garnishes from the classic olive to a salted rim. This obsessively detailed chart also includes the ratios for each drink, as well as the proper serving glass, making it as functional as it is beautiful. Over a year in the making, this is Pop Chart Lab’s most elaborate chart ever.
The chart is also available as a 27″ x 39″ print, which would make it a cool addition to your kitchen decor. But when it comes to actually making the drinks I’ll stick with my tried-and-true bartender’s guide.
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If you thought breaking through a few walls was bad, you don’t even want to know what Kool-Aid is like jacked up on caffeine.
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Making this weird looking Alien Brain Hemorrhage Cocktail is easy:
To make an alien brain hemorrhage cocktail, fill a shot glass halfway with peach schnapps. Gently pour Bailey’s Irish Cream on top. After the shot is almost full, carefully add a small amount of blue curacao. After it settles, add a small splash (or a few drops) of grenadine syrup.
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If you’re going to be pulling a gaming all-nighter, chances are coffee will be high up on the menu. So why not try some Joe inspired by Sega’s old Mega Drive system and let its blend on nine beans keep you going until you can’t take it anymore? The bean list from Loading’s legendary Cornwall Gaming Bar includes:
- FC Brazil Pulp Natural Arabica
- Daterra Estate Monte Cristo Brazil Natural Arabica
- Cosurca, Cauca Valley FT Excelso Colombian Washed Arabica
- San Pedro Sula SHG Honduras Washed Arabica
- Sidamo G2 Ethiopian Washed Arabica
- Monte Sion Estate Gourmet Bourbon El Salvador Washed Arabica
- Badra Estate Indian Washed Parchment Robusta
- Plantation A Mysore Indian Washed Arabica
- Suri Mukmar Takengon G1 Lingtong Sumartran Semi-Washed Arabica
The coffee is slated for release next week, but you can place a pre-order on Firebox for £14.99 or $23.
(via GeekAlerts)
