Specialty Drinks

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I really like bars that have unique drink menus. A favorite college bar of mine - The Palms in Lexington, VA - has a bunch of really cool drinks that I had never heard of before. One was called a “'42 Merc with Oklahoma Plates” and it looked and tasted like gasoline. Another was called a “Gorilla Fart” and was a custom shot that could take the paint off your car. A bar down the street, Spanky’s, served something called a “Baltimore Zoo” that tasted like fruit juice, but was instantly lethal. Unfortunately, no one at Spanky’s was willing to share the recipe.

Many bars have their own specialty drinks, and I’d like to hear about them. Please contribute. I’ll get us started…

“The Green Dinosaur”
From The Palms (Lexington, VA)

It’s basically a Long Island Iced Tea, except that there’s no Coke. Replace the Coke with Midori and a little bit of Sweet N Sour mix. Serve in a beer mug with ice.
Keep 'em coming…

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It’s called a ‘bloody brain’.

basically, it’s a shot.

fill the glass with a Schnapps of some sort… (like peach)
then put in a dollop of Baileys
and a squirtle of grenadine.

It lives up to it’s name.
Gross to look at but it sure tastes good!

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old bartender from OU:

  1. shaker w/ice
  2. shot vodka
  3. shot blue curaco
  4. OJ
  5. cranberry
  6. splash 7-up
    shake, strain into shooter glass

if done properly, can’t taste any liquor, after four, have an uncontrollable urge to do the toxic waltz.

for best effects use ABSOLUTE. (guess you knew that.)

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There’s one I forgot to post…

Dr. Pepper
(from some bar on Long Island - I forget the name)

  1. Fill a mug 3/4 with budweiser
  2. Drop in a double shot glass filled with Amaretto and Bacardi 151
  3. The mixture starts to foam - drink it down. It tastes exactly like Dr. Pepper, but gets you f-ed up.
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Ahh, the ever-present Brain-hemmorhage!

-Sam

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That’s the sissy way… down here in Texas the usual way for one of those was to light the amaretto/151 shot on fire & toss it into the beer like some kind of demented flaming boilermaker, then drink it while it’s still flaming.

I’ve never had one, because every time this came up at a party, I was drunk enough to be afraid that it’s going to burn my eyebrows off.

Supposedly, it isn’t hot enough to bother you, and it goes out really quick.

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A Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is the best drink I ever heard about Douglas Adams claims its like being hit on the head by a solid gold brick wrapped in a slice of lemon.

To make a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster using Terran ingredients:
Take the liquid contained in a 200 ml bottle of EverClear to remind you that your head will be clear forever if you drink too many Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, and that your brain will clear of anything soon after you start drinking some, if not before.

Into it, slowly pour a 750 ml bottle of Bombay Sapphire to remind you of the marvelous beauty of the old Santraginean seas, or an equal amount of Jeremiah Weed in acknowledgement of what has happened to the Santraginean Seas and their lifeforms.

Now add 750 ml of Cold Wild Turkey, letting it run into the mixture as we run through life to remind us of all the lifeforms we meet and experience while hitchhiking through the galaxy.

Speedily stirring, add 375 ml of Herradua Tequila, mixing it in to commemorate the galactic hitchhikers who died of pleasure among the vapors and gasses in the marshes of Fallia.

Over the bowl of a silver spoon, let flow 1 liter of rum in memory of the waterfalls and their glorious rainbows encountered on your journeys through the galaxy of life.

Next, drop in the worm found in a bottle of Musquil, watching it dissolve into the mixture. If the bottom falls out and the worm survives, drink at your own risk.

Finally, sprinkle into the mixture some Gatorade to commemorate the lifeforms which have vanished and are becoming extinct, both sentient and non-sentient, especially those most in need of aid.
If this many Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters are too many for the number of people you think you are, mix together the following amounts of ingredients as described above for a single serving.
1 oz. EverClear

4 oz. Bombay Sapphire or Jeremiah Weed

4 oz. Cold Wild Turkey

2 oz. Herredura Tequila

5 oz. Rum

1 worm from bottle of Mezcla

2 oz. Gatorade

This makes one approximately 18 ounce Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.

Before drinking, eat one olive to create a sweetness in it which is not there.

Drink very, very extremely carefully at your own risk, and remember where your towel is (if you can).

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I had these in Morgantown, WV, but we lit the shot on fire first, like Bump mentioned. I think they also used Capt. Morgan’s Spiced Rum.

We got so f’ed up! At one point, there was splashed rum all over the tabletop. I lit what was to be my last Dr. P that night. But the shotglass had rum all over the sides, so when I lit it, the whole glass caught fire, then the tabletop! I freaked a little (my BAC must’ve been 0.10%), but my friends quickly doused the flames. I then re-lit my shot (holding it above the table) and finished my drink like a good little alky.

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Nothing in the world bothers me like specialty drinks. I think its a combination of the facyt that I have little money and I have some misguided sense of “manliness” or whatever. Which is not to say that if I ever find myself on a tropical island I will turn down something with a paper umbrella in it. As a matter of fact, specialty stuff is fine while the sun is out.

As far as sitting in a bar and drinking poofy drinks, NEVER! First of all, specialty shooters is just about the most retarded thing in the world. Shots should not be pleasant little things you drink and say “that tasted good, kinda fruity” afterward. Shots should let you know you had a shot.

That said, if I was sure nobody was watching me I would have a girl scout. IIRC it had baileys and vodka and cocoa powder, and i dunno what else, but it tasted good. But I’m too manly for that kinda stuff.

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I don’t remember what it was called or where I was, but a friend took me to a bar on my 21st birthday and ordered me a drink that came in a foot-tall plastic volcano. There was dry ice in the volcano to make it smoke, and the glass was balanced in the crater. Basically the idea was to order me the most embarrassing drink he could find.

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Our house shooter was a real pain to make, but nice to look at.

Bad Dog

equal parts, and carefully layered:

Kahlua
Pear Liqeur
Blue Curacao
Creme de Banana
Bailey’s
Creme de Cacao
Cherry Whiskey

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This is usually done as a shooter, but when it’s hot, I like to make a double and pour it over crushed ice.

Watermelon

Shot of Southern Comfort
Shot of Crème de Noyaux
Shot of OJ

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First, I agree with you spider. But, there is a big deference between girly-drinks and cocktails. Unfortunately people have a tendency to call speciality-dumbass-drinks cocktails. Sigh.

Second, my favorite named cocktails are at a place here in SF. The Zodiac Club. They have a drink for every sign, and their menu changes every time the astrological signs do. I went on my birthday when they had the Aries menu. The drinks have names like Leo Drop (for leos), Scorpion(which has been an actual drink for a while it’s for Scorpios), Demeter’s Delight (for Virgos) and on.

Another good place is Absinthe, a very upscale french restuarant. They have cocktails from around the turn of the century, some stuff I’ve never heard of before.

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Spider - We’re not talking foofy drinks here. I guarantee that if you drink a couple green dinosaurs, you’re wasted.

Keep the drink recipes coming. Yes, I do have a hidden agenda here…I’m trying to come up with some good drinks for my annual Hamptons Labor Day bash. So far, I like Jesuslynch’s watermelon shot - I may serve this in a carved-out watermelon with some crushed ice in it. I also dig cavsct107’s Toxic Waltz - I have a feeling this drink might make an appearance at around 2 AM after the band stops playing.

So keep the drink recipes coming. I need ideas.

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Yeah, I know. It’s just that anything like a “green dinosaur” usually costs $10 or such, and you also have to have the bartender explain to you what it is when you see on the chalk board “Green Dinos $10.”

Most importantly, if a girl ever asked me what I was drinking and I had to look her in the eye and say “Green Dinosaur” I think one of us would laugh really hard, and I hope I beat her to it.

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Yeah, you and the rest of the sorority girls you’re drinking with. I got blindsided by a cutesy drink once. Ordered a Samurai at a Japanese restaurant because it looked like it had cool ingredients. I got a blender drink in a big glass with a cherry and an umbrella on top. I was mortified. That didn’t stop me from drinking it.

And because consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds: My favorite novelty shot, I think, is a hot-buttered nipple. It’s a slippery nipple (Sambuca and Bailey’s Irish Creme) with butterscotch schnapps. Mmmmmmmm…hot-buttered nipple.

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…which is probably a SDMB etiquette no-no, but I simply can’t believe that this thread isn’t 100 responses long.

C’mon folks! Labor Day is right around the corner, and I need drink recipes. I want folks who attended this party to remember it 15 years from now:

“Remember that blue drink I had at the Hespos party on Labor Day 15 years ago? Boy, did that thing kick my ass. I passed out in a flower box for 3 hours.”