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Cocktail List Blog Post

Musings of The Upright Man

This is just a light-hearted blog, mostly related to Virtually Real from a less technical side, but not always. Everything is at least RPG related!

Sincerely, The Upright Man

Starting from the beginning ..

  1. Voice Demo
  2. Dissociated Mechanics
  3. Evil In RPGs
  4. Fairness & Equality
  5. An Audiophile's Perspective
  6. Cocktail List
  7. Magic & Technology
  8. Adrenaline Mechanics
  9. Social Skills

Cocktail List

1. Dark & Stormy:
- Ingredients: 2 oz dark rum, 4-6 oz ginger beer, lime wedge.
- Directions: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add rum, top with ginger beer, and squeeze lime wedge. Stir gently.

2. Elven Elixir:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz Midori melon liqueur, 1 oz vodka, 0.5 oz lime juice.
- Directions: Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

3. Dragon's Breath:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz Fireball cinnamon whiskey, 0.5 oz peach schnapps, 3 oz cranberry juice.
- Directions: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add ingredients, stir gently, and garnish with a slice of dragon fruit.

4. Phoenix Rising:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz tequila, 0.5 oz triple sec, 1 oz lime juice, 1 oz grenadine.
- Directions: Shake tequila, triple sec, and lime juice with ice. Strain into a salt-rimmed margarita glass. Add grenadine slowly so it sinks to the bottom, creating a layered effect.

5. Sorcerer's Spell:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz gin, 0.75 oz elderflower liqueur, 0.5 oz lemon juice, 1 tsp simple syrup, a sprig of thyme.
- Directions: Muddle thyme with simple syrup in a shaker. Add gin, elderflower liqueur, and lemon juice. Shake with ice, strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a thyme sprig.

6. Mystic Moon:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz blue curaçao, 1 oz vodka, 4 oz lemonade, lemon wheel.
- Directions: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add blue curaçao, vodka, and lemonade. Stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

7. Barbarian's Brew:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz bourbon, 0.5 oz honey syrup, 2 dashes orange bitters, orange twist.
- Directions: Stir all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

8. Fairy Fizz:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz raspberry vodka, 0.5 oz elderflower liqueur, 1 oz cranberry juice, 2 oz sparkling wine.
- Directions: Shake raspberry vodka, elderflower liqueur, and cranberry juice with ice. Strain into a Champagne flute. Top with sparkling wine.

9. Wizard's Brew:
- Ingredients: 1 oz absinthe, 0.5 oz simple syrup, 4 oz chilled sparkling water.
- Directions: Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add absinthe, simple syrup, and stir. Top with chilled sparkling water.

10. Druid's Delight:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz green chartreuse, 0.5 oz lime juice, 1 oz pineapple juice.
- Directions: Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

11. Paladin's Potion:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz silver tequila, 0.75 oz blue curaçao, 1 oz lime juice, 0.25 oz agave syrup.
- Directions: Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a salt-rimmed margarita glass.

12. Gnome's Grog:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz spiced rum, 0.5 oz amaretto, 4 oz pineapple juice, cherry for garnish.
- Directions: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add spiced rum, amaretto, and pineapple juice. Stir gently and garnish with a cherry.

13. Valkyrie's Victory:
- Ingredients: 1 oz vodka, 1 oz cranberry juice, 0.5 oz elderflower liqueur, 0.5 oz lemon juice, soda water.
- Directions: Shake vodka, cranberry juice, elderflower liqueur, and lemon juice with ice. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Top with soda water.

14. Enchantress' Elixir:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz pomegranate vodka, 0.5 oz St-Germain Elderflower liqueur, 2 oz grapefruit juice.
- Directions: Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

15. Bard's Ballad:
- Ingredients: 2 oz whiskey, 0.5 oz maple syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, orange twist.
- Directions: Stir whiskey, maple syrup, and bitters with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

16. Mermaid's Mist:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz coconut rum, 1 oz blue curaçao, 3 oz pineapple juice, pineapple leaf for garnish.
- Directions: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add coconut rum, blue curaçao, and pineapple juice. Stir gently and garnish with a pineapple leaf.

17. Necromancer's Nectar:
- Ingredients: 1 oz absinthe, 1 oz grapefruit juice, 0.5 oz lime juice, 0.5 oz simple syrup.
- Directions: Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

18. Witch's Whiskey:
- Ingredients: 2 oz rye whiskey, 0.5 oz honey syrup, 1 dash Angostura bitters, lemon twist.
- Directions: Stir rye whiskey, honey syrup, and bitters with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.

19. Paladin's Purity:
- Ingredients: 1.5 oz gin, 0.75 oz lemon juice, 0.5 oz lavender syrup, 1 egg white.
- Directions: Dry shake all ingredients without ice vigorously. Add ice and shake again. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

20. Magic Mimosa:
- Ingredients: 2 oz orange juice, 2 oz Champagne or sparkling wine, edible gold glitter for garnish.
- Directions: Pour orange juice into a Champagne flute. Slowly top with Champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with a sprinkle of edible gold glitter.