Power Up With Video Game Booze!
Having a gaming party this weekend? Staying at home to drink alone and play Super Paper Mario with your pants off? What better way to impress your friends (and yourself in the other scenario) than mixing them a video game themed cocktail! A dirty robot named Mellzah posted this today in the magical land of Facebook where you can't link to articles without a log in... so she gave me permission to repost it here. Enjoy! --Chris
I was going to post something yesterday, but as it turns out, being extremely hungover from a birthday pre-funk party really hinders my ability to type coherently. Who could have guessed? And yes, my birthday isn't until THIS weekend, but I like to celebrate the whole month because it makes me feel special. And not in the short bus sort of way.
So since I had a lot of time to ponder on the question of WHAT dog bit me so I could concoct a cure, and by the way, who fed me cigarette butts in my sleep, and oh god I'm going to die, I furthermore spent some time pondering again on the idea of opening a theme bar so other people can fund my cirrhosis. What if I opened up a video game theme bar? A bar with arcade machines? A...barcade, if you will. If classic game characters were alcoholic beverages, what would they be?
This is what I've decided so far.
Mario
1 oz cinnamon schnapps
1 oz tequila rose
Shake with ice, and strain into a shooter. That's a spicy meatball!
Luigi
1 oz Midori
1 oz coconut rum
Splash of pineapple juice
fresh cream
Combine Midori, coconut rum, and pineapple juice, shake with ice and strain into a tall shot glass. Carefully layer fresh cream on top, serve immediately. When you get good enough at this to layer the letter 'L' on top, give me a call. You're hired.
Princess Peach
2 oz X Rated Fusion Liqueur
1 oz Peach Schnapps
Splash of pineapple juice
Shake with ice, serve in a chilled martini glass. Pink, peachy, frilly and delicious! Enough of these, and you may go home with your neighborhood plumber to lay some pipe.
Bowser
1 oz Tequila
1 splash of lime juice
1 dash of Tabasco sauce
Combine in a shot glass. Prepare for the pain, or give to an unsuspecting 'friend'.
Wario
1 oz banana liqueur
2 oz orange juice
2 oz strawberry daquiri mix
Blend and serve in a hurricane glass. Garnish with a whipped cream wario mustache on top.
Kirby
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz cointreau
1/2 oz galliano
1 oz grenadine
1 oz milk
fresh cream
Pour vodka, galliano, cointreau, grenadine, and milk into a cocktail shaker, shake and pour into a cocktail glass. Carefully pour a thin layer of fresh cream on top, serve. It's like drinking a pink cloud.
Samus
1 oz mandarine napoleon
1/2 oz chocolate liqueur
1/2 oz irish cream
1/2 oz half and half
Combine chocolate liqueur, irish cream, and half and half in a short glass. Pour mandarine napoleon in a shot glass, and drop the shot glass into the larger glass immediately before you drink. I don't think it's cheesy at all to make hers a 'bomb' style drink. NOT CHEESY.
Dante
1 oz vanilla schnapps
1 oz coffee liqueur
Carefully layer the kahlua over the vanilla shnapps in a shot glass. Ebony and Ivory...shooting together in perfect haaaarmony!
Master Chief
1 oz creme de menthe
1 oz jagermeister
1 oz irish cream
Master Chief loves you. He will eventually hurt your insides. On the plus side, he will make you feel minty fresh!
Guybrush Threepwood
2 oz spiced rum
orange juice
1 1/2 oz coca cola
Pour spiced rum into an ice-filled mason jar. Add coca-cola to the ridge of the jar, and fill with orange juice. Garnish with a lemon wedge and serve. It'll prevent ye from getting scurvy on your trips to Monkey Island.
Bruce the Shark from Jaws
Take the beverage of your choice, set it down on the bar, and punch yourself in the face repeatedly.
I didn't have the ingredients to make all of these drinks, which is probably a blessing considering throwing away booze is a horrible, horrible thing, but at the same time, getting drunk on a Monday is frowned upon in many circles, as is calling in to work with the 24 hour 'flu'.
