# Best drink name ever (poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508 "2006-08-13T02:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/41 "2006-08-13T22:40:39Z")
I conceived of a drink for an epidemic themed party called the **avian flu** , which was a shot of Wild Turkey and a shot of Old Crow. Unfortunately, the party never panned out, and we never actually made one. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/42 "2006-08-13T23:23:48Z")
Unfortunately I found out this drink already had a name, which I have forgotten, but I decided that “Tequila Mockingbird” was a good name for a drink so developed one consisting of two parts tequila to one part Kahlua. My traditional martini is 15 parts gin to one part vermouth. I will sometimes substitute scotch for the vermouth, keeping the ratio the same. I have never named it, but if someone can come up with one, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/43 "2006-08-14T05:02:20Z")
1 oz. Vodka 6 oz. Orange Juice 2 Tbsp Milk of Magnesia The Phillips Screwdriver. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/44 "2006-08-14T10:56:58Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] 1 oz. Vodka 6 oz. Orange Juice 2 Tbsp Milk of Magnesia The Phillips Screwdriver. [/QUOTE] HA! ---
**Author:** ![Caparazon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Caparazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caparazon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/45 "2006-08-14T11:06:58Z")
I don’t remember the specifics of the receipe. It was a peach daikiri with a dash of pineapple liqueour. It’s name: Coming in your mouth ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/46 "2006-08-14T12:11:58Z")
**Cum in a hot tub** 2 parts vodka 1 part white rum 3 - 5 drops Bailey’s® Irish cream Pour the vodka and rum carefully but not too carefully into a glass. They have different consistencies and you want them to mix just a little. Now let several drops of Bailey’s fall into the liquor **Buttery nipple** 1 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps 1 ounce Irish Cream Pour schnapps into an old-fashioned glass then slowly pour Irish Cream against side of glass **Oatmeal cookie shooter** 3/4 oz butterscotch schnapps 3/4 oz Irish cream liqueur splash of Jägermeister splash of cinnamon schnapps Pour the liqueurs into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a shot glass. Believe it or not, this taste _exactly_ like oatmeal cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/47 "2006-08-14T13:44:29Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] The Phillips Screwdriver. [/QUOTE] Puking smiley, _pleeeeease?_ It’s not often you feel the urge to smile and puke at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![\_Cameroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/0ea827/32.png) [@\_Cameroon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Cameroon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/48 "2006-08-14T13:59:37Z")
[QUOTE=El Perro Fumando] **Car Bomb** 1/2 shot Jameson 1/2 shot Bailey’s pint of Guinness Stout Mix the Jameson and Bailey’s together, dump into the pint, drink. [/QUOTE] Not to offend anyone, but I believe that’s called an “Irish” Car Bonb ---
**Author:** ![\_Cameroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/0ea827/32.png) [@\_Cameroon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Cameroon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/49 "2006-08-14T14:03:18Z")
Also, I don’t think this is a particularly tasty drink or anything; it was something we made our Frat pledges drink. The **Cooter Shooter** Shot of Bacardi 151 lump of tuna fish For extra grossness add ketchup, it’s like uh… you know…. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/50 "2006-08-14T15:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] A drink of my own invention: **Death Ray** 1 part Bombay Sapphire 1 part Orange Juice 1 part Mountain Dew It looks like its name: glowing, coruscating yellow. And it tastes like crap, which makes it even more deserving of its name. And furthermore, you can drink it down quick and it hits you hard, winning the trifecta of name appropriateness! [/QUOTE] If you serve it prohibition-style without the booze it becomes a **1920’s-style Death Pay** ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/51 "2006-08-14T15:30:48Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] If you serve it prohibition-style without the booze it becomes a **1920’s-style Death Pay** [/QUOTE] 1920’s-Style Death Ray, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/52 "2006-08-14T15:31:22Z")
[QUOTE=jackelope] The wonderful, wonderful [Harvey Wallbanger](http://www.browningmcintosh.com/plocktonwest/harvey_wallbanger.html). [/QUOTE] Seconded, classic coctail with a classic name. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/53 "2006-08-14T15:43:00Z")
Pruno. Some of you here have no doubt heard of this lovely concoction. I’ve never been able to find out where the name came from, since it has nothing to do with prunes. _Warning_ Not to be consumed unless really, really desparate for booze, say, for example, you live in a prison. [http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm](http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/54 "2006-08-14T15:47:10Z")
Pop culture commentator [Paul Lukas](http://www.zinebook.com/interv/beerfrm.html) tried to make a cocktail involving kraut juice, but every formula turned out unpalatable (because hey, kraut juice). It was to have been called the **Strikebreaker.** ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/55 "2006-08-14T16:07:20Z")
[QUOTE=Hoopy Frood] Pruno. Some of you here have no doubt heard of this lovely concoction. I’ve never been able to find out where the name came from, since it has nothing to do with prunes. _Warning_ Not to be consumed unless really, really desparate for booze, say, for example, you live in a prison. [http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm](http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm) [/QUOTE] Good god, that stuff sounds nasty. I gagged extra when the final cocktail was described as having bits of mold floating on top. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/56 "2006-08-14T17:23:03Z")
**Blow Job** 1.5 oz Amaretto Whipping cream ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/57 "2006-08-14T17:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] Pan Galactic Gargleblaster. ( I can’t believe it took this long) [/QUOTE] You forgot [the recipe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster)! ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/58 "2006-08-14T17:46:43Z")
I’ll go with “whiskey”. I mean, how do you not like a drink whose name derives from “water of life”? > [@](#): > > Irish “uisce beatha” & Scottish Gaelic “uisge beatha,” literally, water of life ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/59 "2006-08-14T18:04:10Z")
[QUOTE=Lakai] **Blow Job** 1.5 oz Amaretto Whipping cream [/QUOTE] This is the shot that we traditionally give out for women’s birthdays where I tend bar, except we pour it with less Amaretto then layer Irish cream on top before topping it with the whipped cream. And the women have to try to drink it without using their hands. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508/60 "2006-08-14T18:05:20Z")
I’m sorry, we don’t make it with amaretto. We use Kahlua. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drink-name-ever-poll/368508.md?page=4)