Author Archives: liquorup

Creepy Halloween Cocktail

Hosting or heading to a Halloween party this weekend?  Whip-up a Halloween cocktail favorite – the brain hemorrhage.  This scary shot is sure to be a hit at your party! A popular brain hemorrhage shot recipe calls for peach schnapps, Irish … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Chocolate Toddy Martini

This morning, it all started with @scicurious tweeting her lastest @sciamblogs post ‘Is city living driving you crazy?’.  I retweeted this great post, along with the smart-ass comment “No. My city’s steady stream of coffee & cocktails soothes me :D”.   After … Continue reading

Posted in cocktail recipe, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Carkeek Cocktail

Being the Drunken Scientist that I am, while hiking around Carkeek Park I thought of a cocktail recipe.  It all started with a snack of blackberries, which were conveniently trail-side and ripe for the picking.  Enjoying these delicious berries got … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Summer Sangria

Back in April, the Spring Fling was offered up as a warmer weather cocktail.  The even warmer weather of June, and the summer party season, means it is time to scale-up production.  A lovely, fruity and cool pitcher of sangria … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Spring Fling

Warmer weather means cooler clothing and spring flings – the iced cocktail, that is.  @absolutvodka_us offers up this recipe for a Spring Fling cocktail featuring tequila, while  @dotw does it with gin.  I ditch the hard stuff for a lighter Spring Fling, based … Continue reading

Posted in cocktail recipe | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Our favorite cocktails

“If you were to ask me if I’d ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I’d have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.” ~ Luis Buñuel d e Dark and Stormy @eclecticechoes … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Liqueur love

I confess!  I am madly in love with liqueurs. Coffee, chocolate, berry, cinnamon…I love each one.  Over a year ago, after stumbling upon this cranberry liqueur recipe, I realized one important thing.  Liqueurs are ridiculously easy to make!  There is … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Ginterview: #sciencegeist

As popular as gin is among Drunken Scientists, as a group, we would best be described as liqurious.  Gin makes a good interview solvent, but so is vodka, whiskey, tequila, beer, wine…. For this ginterview, we’re sharing a cocktail with ScienceGeist Dr. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

QBOB 3: Purple Haze

Quest for the Best Odd Beer Episode 3: Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix was on the brain when shopping for this QBOB’s brew… The brew: Purple Haze from Abita Beer ABV: 4.2 IBU: 13 “Other” ingredients: raspberry pulp Price: $2.99 per 16 fl … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

#BachmannRebuttalDrinkingGame

Will Durst developed The Barack Obama 2011 State of the Union Drinking Game.  With twitter atwitter over Minnesota Representative Michelle Bachmann’s planned #SOTU rebuttal, it’s time for her to get the drinking game treatment! #JAYFK Editor-in-Commandant and @DrunkSci follower, @RadiumYttrium started … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment