Jennie D-W
Hotels
Once again, the Concourse Bar’s bartender wants cool names for WisCon-centric drink specials! All you need to include is the drink name and any suggested colors/ingredients, plus maybe the reference if it’s obscure — e.g. “Faust,” from Alaya Dawn Johnson’s Zephyr Hollis books; must look dark and bloody.
Suggestions will be accepted through Sunday, May 3, to be considered for the menu!
Elysium
(Jennifer Marie Brissett)
Green Chartreuse (for the green dot in the sky)
Absolut Citron Vodka
Sweet Vermouth
“The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere” — from John Chu’s story of the same name. COLD, mixed drink w seltzer
“Islac Porridge” — from Ursula K. LeGuin’s “Porridge on Islac” — Islac Porridge was made from corn, yellow and thick.
“Something Wicked” — after Bradbury’s “Something Wicked this Way Comes” — must be Halloween-y, maybe pumpkin or orange
“Professor River Song’s ‘Spoilers'” — must have one ‘secret’ ingredient.
“Jack Harkness Hypervodka” — clear, vodka, ‘glowing’
Red Mars : 1oz Strawberry Shrub, 1oz Bourbon, 4oz Soda
Falcon 9: Juice of one Lime and 1oz Bourbon shaken in crushed ice, and strained into glass with ice; 4oz Ginger Beer; float a spash of triple sec on top.
Falcon 9 Heavy: Substitute 1oz Ginger Shrub and 3oz Soda for the Ginger Beer
I hope we have Faust and/or Moonshine for ADJ. For KSR, it’d be neat if they could do a Mars Trilogy (layered drink with red, green and blue layers, or a set of 3 shots or something) and/or a Drink of Rice and Salt (sake-based greyhound?).
Toby’s blood – something deep red to represent Toby Daye’s tendency to bleed frequently, maybe including pomegrante
Black Widow’s strategem – built with many coloured layers, at least one of the layers a herb-based liqueur
My Real Cocktail: (referencing my real children): there would be two different versions of this cocktail – both versions having only one or two minor ingredients in common.
(possible example: either bourbon, ginger, lime and bitters or rum, mint lime, and bitters)
When ordered the bartender would decide which of the two to serve.
The Female Manhattan needs to come back again this year. Every year, really.
Racing the Dark — could be based on a Dark & Stormy, but I much prefer the Dark & Drizzly:
http://www.nwedible.com/the-dark-and-drizzly-cocktail/
2 oz. Apple cider (hard or sweet)
2 oz. Ginger ale (stronger=better)
2 oz. brandy
1 oz. lemon juice
(adapted for more common bar ingredients.)
Project Leda (Orphan Black) Creme-based drink of some sort
The Most Romantic Drink in All of Thedas–pink but surprisingly bitter (Dragon Age)
Sorry these are coming in late…. The brands are recommended for ease, but most will still work with similar substitutions.
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Red Mars:
In a mixing glass or shaker over ice, add
2 oz Rittenhouse 100 Rye 100-proof Whiskey
1 oz Noilly Prat Rouge vermouth
1 oz Campari
Stir and strain into a chilled martini or wine glass
Garnish with Unbound Vanilla Tarragon Pickled Cherries (or other cocktail cherries that are savory or spiced rather than cloyingly sweet)
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Green Mars:
In a highball glass over crushed ice
2 oz green creme de menthe
4 oz ginger ale
1 splash fresh lemon juice
garnish with mint leaves
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Blue Mars:
In a mixing glass or shaker over ice, add
0.75 oz Hendick’s gin
0.75 oz creme de violette
0.25 oz blue curacao
Squeeze 1 lemon wedge
Stir and strain into a champagne flute over 3 frozen blueberries (garnish)
Fill with prosecco
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Joie (Jacqueline Carey’s Kusheline Cycle):
1.5 oz Reyka Vodka (freezer cold)
Fill with chilled Ice Wine
Garnish with edible gold flakes
http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000YHI63M
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Austershalin Brandy (Scott Lynch’s Lies of Locke Lamora):
In a snifter
1 part Stone’s Original Green Ginger Wine
1 part Pierre Ferrand Cognac 1840 Original Formula Cognac