#theme cocktail

Hey again, legal drinking-aged kids.  It seems I’m doing a series of cocktails based on popular websites.  This one is inspired by Internet Movie Database.

IMDb

2 oz brandy

1 oz creme de banana liqueur

1 oz creme de cacao liqueur 

1 oz bourbon creme liqueur

.5 oz Blue Chair Bay banana rum

Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice and pour into a glass rimmed with agave nectar and cocoa powder.  Garnish with a slice of banana.

I’m not sure why I thought chocolate/banana is IMDb to me.  Maybe something to do with bananas = yellow, like the IMDb logo.  Also, a friend of mine suggested it should be something that would go well with both salty and sweet snacks, and this should pair exceptionally well with popcorn and pretzels particularly, and still taste nice with classic chocolate and candy movie snacks.

New cocktail tonight, because I think we could all really use a drink.  This one is inspired by my favorite website to go to when things get bad and I really need to escape into fiction for a little while:  Archive of Our Own.

Part 1

2 oz cranberry juice

1 oz 3 Olives Loopy vodka

1 oz amaretto

1 teaspoon of maraschino cherry juice

Part 2

1 oz coconut milk

1 oz vanilla vodka

Mix part 1 in a cocktail shaker with ice, and strain into a highball glass.  Rinse your shaker and mix part 2 with ice and strain it over the back of a spoon to direct it down the side of the glass and float it over the top of layer 1.  Garnish with 3 cherries skewered in a row.

Be strong, folks.  Don’t give up.  And please take care of yourselves, and each other.