# Drinks you've invented **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990 "2004-03-07T18:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/1 "2004-03-07T18:06:19Z")
So I was at a friend’s house the other night. One of my buddies came back from a deployment, so we bought a boatload of booze to celebrate. I was fiddling about and put two shots of Smirnoff Vanilla Twist and a healthy splash of grenadine into a tall glass filled with ice, topped it up with cranberry-raspberry juice, and stirred it. The result tasted remarkably like cheesecake. And so, that’s what we called it. (A quick search on Webtender revealed two other similar drinks, but they are shots and use vanilla schnapps.) A few months ago, with the same people, we were experimenting with [Bawls](http://www.bawls.com/). Gin turned out well. I added grenadine, which was better. Then my friend used the grenadine in the classic Tequila Sunrise fashion and we wound up with the Sunrise In My Pants. Juvenile, I know, but it’s pretty damn tasty. Please share your concoctions! ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/2 "2004-03-07T18:15:56Z")
After running out of the usual ingredients late one night, one of my college roommates made up a drink consisting of vodka and lime fizzies. He claimed that the results were quite interesting, but somehow it never caught on. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/3 "2004-03-07T18:16:32Z")
I didn’t give it a name, but as far as I know, I’m the only human being to ever mix rum with root beer. It isn’t bad. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/4 "2004-03-07T20:17:32Z")
I’ve got two drinks that I invented. One is a dry martini (15:1) ratio, with scotch whiskey substituted for the dry vermouth. No name though. The second is 3 parts tequila mixed with 1 part kahlua, served on the rocks. I call it a “Tequila Mockingbird” I know mockingbirds aren’t black, but I liked the name so well I was stuck with it. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/5 "2004-03-07T20:55:32Z")
The Hawaiian Detective: coconut rum mixed with Coco Rico (a coconut soda) served in half a coconut, with a little cocktail umbrella. ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/6 "2004-03-07T21:12:34Z")
The Captain Crunch: 3 parts Captain Morgan, 1 part Frangelica, and 1 part creme de cocoa dark ---
**Author:** ![Sharopolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sharopolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharopolis)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/7 "2004-03-07T21:23:14Z")
Im a connoisseur of bad cocktails and I developed a number of truly vile ones whilst at university, but the best were, The Jose Mctavish - Tequila and Irn Bru Vincent Van Puke - Absinthe and Lager I don’t know if Irn Bru is widely available outside of the UK, but it’s basicly iron flavoured pop, made in Scotland from girders. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/8 "2004-03-08T01:00:36Z")
I posted, and the hamsters ate it. My friend just invented something he calls the Commodore Justice. Don’t know the proportions, but it’s light rum, malibu, vodka, grenadine, Rose’s Lime syrup, orange juice, and melon liquer. They’re very good. He also does what he calls White Russian, even though they’re not: vodka, kahlua, creme de cacao, and Bailey’s. Alcoholic chocolate milk. Melon and peach schnapps with raspberry juice is good. Or raspberry with amaretto. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/9 "2004-03-08T01:27:08Z")
One autumn in college, some friends and I took a fieldtrip to the local orchards and came back with some fresh squeezed apple cider (the thick stuff, not clear). We ended up mixing it with Captain Morgans rum. That was tasty. We called them Rumplestiltskins. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/10 "2004-03-08T02:51:10Z")
3 ounces of bourbon over ice in a tall glass. Fill with soda. I call it “whiskey and soda.” ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/11 "2004-03-08T04:13:42Z")
My bandmates and i invented a particularly foul drink called the Helgremite Shooter one year when we were snowed in at a resort we’d been playing (Snowshoe) and basically had to spend an extra four days on top of a mountain in a blizzard. This after we’ve already done a four night engagement there and were absolutely stir crazy. We actually drank these for a while afterwards, but I heartily caution against it. **The Helgremite Shooter** 1.5 oz Wild Turkey 1.5 oz Southern Comfort Float 2 oz Baileys. It’s called a [Helgremite](http://206.110.20.140/users/thiele/web/creek/field/arthro/helgrem2.html) because it looks like the waters in which they live. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/12 "2004-03-08T04:43:38Z")
I invented one. It’s vodka, caffiene free diet coke and one drop of licorice extract. I didn’t name it. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/13 "2004-03-08T12:08:37Z")
The “Dew this that and t’other” - Mt. Dew Bacardi light rum Orange juice That coconut-flavored rum what smells like suntan lotion - what’s that stuff again? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/14 "2004-03-08T12:36:56Z")
_Into Fern’s mind we go_ > [@](#): > > You know, I really liked diet vanilla coke. And I have that box of Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix. Let’s do it. Hmm, how can I stir this in without making the soda flat. Wow, the powder’s really making it foam … and there it goes all over my desk! Dammit, most of the powder’s still sitting on the top. I can crush the powder blobs all I want but that damn foam wont let it into the soda. Hmm, the foam doesn’t taste too bad. OK, looks like some got in. Sigh, oh well. It’s a little flat and only a little (not quite) chocolatey. So much for diet chocolate coke. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/15 "2004-03-08T13:39:42Z")
**Beelzebubba** : That’s Malibu. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/16 "2004-03-08T14:21:23Z")
How can anyone forget teh 1920’s Style Death Drink? I mean really excuse me? Whats in it you say? Well I’m to lazy to look it up, and besides its only legal in Mexico. Danm ATF! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/17 "2004-03-08T14:31:52Z")
I invented one I called “having rather a heavy period.” 2 jiggers vodka 4 ounces tomato juice 1 tablespoon salsa (for a chunky effect) Serve straight up and (if you are a sadist like me) garnished with a tampon. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/18 "2004-03-08T15:17:02Z")
I, too, have splashed rum into root beer. It’s not a favorite, but it’s not bad. Dreamsicle: (or Vanilla Screwdriver or Dreamdriver or Screwsicle): Vanilla Vodka in Orange Juice No name yet, but mighty quenching: Cranberry Vodka in soda Cola nut: Coconut rum in Coke Commie Margarita: Vodka, lime, triple sec And endless variations on the martini. My current favorites: Ketel One from the freezer with a pickled okra, spicy, dirty " , with an anchovy olive–dirty. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/19 "2004-03-08T20:06:43Z")
The first two were invented mostly as a joke, but were consumed nonetheless: The So-Co-Co-Co: Southern Comfort mixed with hot cocoa. Not too untasty, but mostly invented for the melodious-sounding name. The Dog Dew: Mad Dog 20/20 (officially “MD”; a cheap wino-type wine along the lines of Thunderbird) mixed with Mountain Dew. Works best if you use the green-colored Mad Dog in the flat bottle. Please keep in mind that these were from times of very little money, in the college years. The next one is actually quite tasty, and I’m proud of it: The Pepperon-tini: This is, in essence, a martini with a pepperoncini floating in it, rather than an olive, and which also has some of the pepperoncini brine in it. I guess it’s like a dirty martini, but really hot and spicy. It’s quite tasty, really. My wife has “invented” some drinks but not created them in reality. They consist of traditional drinks, but with prune juice as an added ingredient: The Shitty Martini The Slow, Comfortable, Shitty Screw The Shitty Screwdriver and so on ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990/20 "2004-03-08T22:35:15Z")
The Double Vanilla Gorilla: 1/2 can Diet Vanilla Pepsi 1 Shot Vanilla Vodka Touch of Lemon 2 ice cubies Yum. Oh, and the Gorilla part is my nickname - Gilla the Gorilla [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-youve-invented/232990.md?page=2)