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Sharks and cocktails? What could possibly go wrong? Fish House Punch 1 oz Brandy 1 oz Aged Jamaican Rum 3/4 oz Peach Brandy 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Simple Syrup 2 oz Chilled Black Tea (or sparkling water) Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into ice filled glass Shark's Tooth 1 oz Aged Barbados Rum 1 oz Aged Jamaican Rum 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice 1/2 oz Simp...

We drink one of the best Tiki cocktails ever and talk the nonsense of Alan Watts, pearl hunting and breatharianism... Pearl Diver Punch 1 1/2 oz Gold Puerto Rican Rum 3/4 oz Demerara Rum 1 Teaspoon Falernum 3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1 oz Fresh Orange Juice 3/4 oz Gardenia Mix* Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a large ice filled vessel of your choosing, garnish with an orchid. * Gardenia M...

The origins of the world's favourite cocktail, Margaritaville and the multiple Jesus hypothesis... Margarita (IBA specs) 50 ml Tequila (100% agave) 20 ml Triple Sec 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice Shake ingredients with ice, serve straight up or on the rocks in a glass with a salted rim Margarita (Paul's Recipe) 2 oz Reposado Tequila (100% agave) 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice 3/4 oz Triple Sec 1 Teaspoon Agave Syr...

Cachaça, furry dog babies and carnivals... Batida 2 oz Cachaça 1 oz Fruit Juice and/or Coconut milk 1/4 oz Simple Syrup or Sweetened Condensed Milk Optional: 1/4 oz fresh Lime Juice

It's American Independence Day! We drink the Stone Fence and the Elmo Cola and trade some of our favourite American exports from the 150 years in-between...

M.I.A, getting shipwrecked, the Myers-Briggs personality test and Atlantis... Paper Plane 3/4 oz Bourbon 3/4 oz Amaro Nonino 3/4 oz Aperol 3/4 oz Lemon Juice Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled coupe. High Flyer 1 oz Spirit 1/2 oz Lemon or Lime Juice 1/2 oz Aperol or other bitter red bitter apéritif 1/2 oz Amaro Montenegro, Suze or similar Optional: 1 Barspoon Simple Syrup Shake...

Cocktail feuds, mythical spirits and stories that should be films... Mai Tai 2 oz Aged Rum 3/4 oz Lime Juice 1/2 oz Orgeat Syrup 1/2 oz Dry Curacao 1/4 oz Rich Demerara Syrup Shake all ingredients with ice, pour without straining into a large rocks glass filled with crushed ice, top with more ice and garnish with an upturned lime shell and mint sprig. Rum to the Jungle by Fanny Chu 1 1/4 oz Eldora...

Moogs, Droogs, Wendy Carlos, coronaphillia and magical nutsacks... Sloe Gin Switch 1 oz Sloe Gin 1 oz Dry Gin 1/4 oz Cocchi Americano 1 dash Orange Bitters 2 oz Moscato Sparkling Rose Stir the Gins, Cocchi and Bitters with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, top with 2 oz Moscato Sparkling Rose, Garnish with Black Grapes The Moloko Plus by Morgan Schick at NoMad, San Fransisco 2 oz Rum (pre...

Japanese cocktails, plane travel, Geisha, Dungeons and Dragons, ganguro girls and why you shouldn't take make-up advice from drag queens... Yukiguni 30 ml Vodka 20 ml Cointreau 10 ml Fresh Lime Juice Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass rimmed with fine sugar and drop a Green Minted Maraschino Cherry to rest in the bottom of the glass.  Urban Break Lemonade by Keiko Tezuka...

Dorothy Arzner, imaginary numbers, gong baths and mind-bending marathons... The Bloody Blood and Sand 1 1/2 oz Scotch 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth 1/2 oz Cherry Heering 1/2 oz Fresh Blood Orange Juice Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with a flamed Orange Twist The Blood and Sand (Original) 3/4 oz Scotch 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth 3/4 oz Cherry Heering 3/4 oz Fresh Orange J...

Prodigies, Zumba, Step Up 3 and how the Rolling Stones brought tequila to America... References: DOMi & J.D Beck - https://youtu.be/EJDARjzHhZE Careless Whisper (Alexandr Misko) - https://youtu.be/YzgTMh21zhI Cillit Bang commercial - https://youtu.be/pUWXTY_lmns Tom Holland's Umbrella -https://youtu.be/b0nNTklOKRA Original Singing in the Rain (1929) - https://youtu.be/OQIDza2v8Z8 VW Singing in the...

Garbomania, waking dreams, box office poison and the secret to a happy life... The Greta Garbo 2 oz White Rum 1 Barspoon Fresh Lime Juice 1 Barspoon Maraschino Liqueur 1 Barspoon Anise Liqueur 1 Barspoon Simple Syrup Stir all ingredients with ice to chill and dilute, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish with a Star Anise. Thanks to Paul H for supporting us on www.buymeacoffee.com/nogarnis...

The Whisky Mac, The Bitter Mac, the story of the KLF and Operation Mindf**ck... Bitter Mac 1 3/4 oz Scotch Whisky 3/4 oz Becherovka 1/4 oz Maple Syrup 1 dash Angostura Bitters 1 dash Orange Bitters Briefly stir ingredients with ice in a mixing glass to chill and dilute, then strain into a Cinnamon Smoked Double Old Fashioned Glass, over a large piece of ice, and garnish with an Expressed Twist of...

Game shows, AI, The Traitors, AlphaGo and board games... Takashi Murakami 1 1/2 oz Skittle Infused Sake* 1 oz Ginger Liqueur 3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish with a gummy octopus. *Add 30 Skittles to 8 oz of Sake, let sit, stirring occasionally until the Skittles have been dissolved, then filter through a coffee filter to clarify...

We drink the Saturn and the Moonwalk and talk 60s sci fi, the space race, Anousheh Ansari and Yogic Flying... Postcards From The Future - https://wherethetreesend.wordpress.com/2019/03/24/postcards-from-the-future The Saturn 1 1/2 oz Gin 1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Orgeat Syrup 1/4 oz Passion Fruit Puree 1/4 oz Velvet Falernum Shake or blend all ingredients with ice, serve in a space vessel of...

Bacon cocktails, light-bulb moments and harnessing the power of intoxication... Mentioned in this episode: 'Drunk! How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization' - https://amzn.eu/d/cB0l4V4 Benton's Old Fashioned 2 oz Bacon Infused Bourbon 1/4 oz Maple Syrup 2 dashes Angostura Bitters Stir all ingredients with ice, strain into rocks glass over large piece of ice, garnish with express...

A toasted marshmallow Manhattan? Nice thinkin'... Mr. Stay Puft Manhattan 1 1/2 oz Bourbon 1/2 oz Averna Amaro 1/2 oz Galliano or Licor 43 1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur Stir all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish with toasted marshmallows.

We take a trip through Stephen King country...SPOILER warnings for Carrie, It, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Mrs. Todd's Short Cut, The Mist, Needful Things and Stranger Things... Remember Maine 2 oz Rhum Agricole (VSOP) 1 1/2 oz Fresh Couldy Apple Juice 1/4 oz Allspice Dram 2 dashes Angostura bitters Stir all ingredients with ice, strain into a rocks glass over single large ice cube....

The fine line between orgies and menageries, Romans, merlions and more...  Singapore Sling (Raffles Recipe - as they serve it now) 1 1/2 oz Gin 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 oz Cherry Heering 1/4 oz Benedictine 1/4 oz Cointreau 1 1/2 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice (we prefer just 1 oz) A Dash of Grenadine 1 Dash of Angostura Bitters Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a tall ice filled glass, garn...

A quintet of cocktails inspired by the children's TV show 'Rainbow'...

Soldaderas, folk songs and a suitcase full of worthless dollars... The Mexican Firing Squad 2 oz Tequila 3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 oz Grenadine 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a large ice filled glass, garnish with a lime wheel or wedge. The Ghost of Pancho Villa - https://wherethetreesend.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/the-ghost-of-pancho-villa/

We raise a cocktail to the good old bad hair days of 80s heavy metal and talk the filthy fifteen, moral panic, Justin Quirk's 'Nothin' But a Good Time', 'The Decline of Western Civilisation Part II: The Metal Years' and 'I, Axl' by Ben Myers... Ode to the Rainbow 2 oz Bourbon 1/2 oz Fresh Orange Juice 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1 Barspoon Simple Syrup 1/2 oz Raspberry Syrup Whip shake the bourbon, or...

A cocktail made from poppies, all things Oz, Labyrinth, Disney sidekicks and Head... Poppy Love 1 oz Creme de Coquelicot 1 oz Dry Vermouth 1 oz Fino Sherry Stir all ingredients with ice to chill and dilute, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, express lemon oil over top of drink and discard zest.

Saint Hubertus, Hermann Göring, gay Nazis and stolen art... The Jägerita 2 oz Jägermeister 1 oz Cointreau 1 oz fresh lime juice 1/4 oz simple syrup Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

It's deeper than you think. Or is it? There's a lot of it, that's for sure...   Turquoise Blue 1½oz White Rum ½oz Blue Curaçao ½oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1oz Fresh Pineapple Juice Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass or serve over ice in a rocks or highball glass