Ask The Geeky Hostess #1: Drinks of 2012
by A Real Person on December 27, 2012
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I’m hosting a party for New Year’s Eve, and I want some drinks that will impress my friends. What should I make?
Celebrate the New Year by looking back at some of the best times you’ve had in 2012: the midnight screenings of these movies. Make one drink or serve a selection! Enjoy them sparingly; just because a new Hangover movie comes out in 2013 doesn’t mean you need to start the year with one.
The Web Shooter (The Amazing Spider-Man)
1/2 ounce Grenadine
1/2 ounce Blue Curacao
1/2 ounce Cream
Layer the ingredients into a shot glass, starting with Grenadine and ending with cream. Shoot. Drink until Andrew Garfield’s accent sounds convincing.
Hulk Smash (The Avengers)
1 ounce Malibu Rum
1 ounce Midori
1 ounce Vodka
Mountain Dew
Pour liquor into a tall glass filled with ice. Fill the rest of the glass with Mountain Dew. Pairs well with shawarma.
Dark and Stormy (The Dark Knight Rises)
2 ounces Dark Rum
Ginger beer
1/2 ounce lime juice
Pour the rum into a tall glass filled with ice. Fill the rest of the glass with Ginger Beer. Squeeze a lime wedge (or two, if you prefer) into the drink. Stir. It’s not the drink you deserve, but the drink you need.
Precious (The Hobbit)
1 ounce clear apple vodka
1 ounce regular vodka
1 ounce Goldschlager (or another cinnamon liquor with gold flakes)
.5 ounce Sour Apple Pucker
Caramel sauce
Sugar
Rim a martini glass with caramel sauce, and then dip in sugar, making a “gold ring.” Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake, and pour into the martini glass. Make the receiver of the drink solve a riddle before you give it to him. Drink enough of these, and you just may think you can run around, invisible to your friends! (Disclaimer: You can’t.)
Girl on Fire (The Hunger Games)
1/2 ounce Grenadine
1/2 ounce Amaretto
1/2 ounce 151 proof Rum
Layer the ingredients in a shot glass, starting with the Grenadine and ending with the 151-proof rum on top. Light the rum on fire. Blow out after a few seconds, then take the shot. (Make sure someone sober is lighting the drinks on fire, and avoid lighting over mahogany tables — someone will probably get mad at you.)
Above all, have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve!
The “Web Shooter” sounds so tasty! I will definitely have to give that a try! Yumm!
I am all over the Hulk Smash. Thanks for the ideas!
Love it! I think the only way to ask for the Dark and Stormy is in the Batman voice though.
well those look tasty!
Love the drink ideas and the witty descriptions! Girl on Fire sounds like it will be amazing.
I have the Dark and Stormy whenever I go to Cat n Fiddle, it is delicious.