I feel I should be drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster to celebrate. According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the mixing instructions are:
- Take the juice from one bottle of Ol' Janx Spirit.
- Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V — Oh, that Santraginean seawater! Oh, those Santraginean fish!
- Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzine is lost).
- Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in memory of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia.
- Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones, subtle, sweet and mystic.
- Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink.
- Sprinkle Zamphuor.
- Add an olive.
- Drink... but... very carefully...
So, to celebrate my birthday I'm going to post a couple of theoretical recipes for Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters. If you find either of these really do feel like "having your brains smashed in by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick", please ask your next of kin to let me know. Cheers!
There are loads of recipes on the internet, since no 'official' version exists. This one does differ from some of the more mundane cocktails of the same name in the fact that it is actually served in an Ottawa nightclub - Zaphod Beeblebrox - and tastes fantastic despite not being quite as potent as the recipes involving Everclear, Bacardi 151 and all that lark. It also glows under ultra-violet lighting, giving that oh-so-crazy spaceage feel.
1 oz Jack Daniel's® Tennessee whiskey
1 oz peach schnapps
4 - 6 oz orange juice
1 splash Blue Curacao liqueur
1 oz peach schnapps
4 - 6 oz orange juice
1 splash Blue Curacao liqueur
Shake
the orange juice, the Jack and the peach schnapps in a shaker 3/4 full
with ice cubes. When it's chilled, strain into the highball glass and
drizzle some of the blue Curacao liqueur over the top of it. Add a
citrus twist (and, bizarrely, an olive if you're a DNA purist), sit back
and be prepared to have your brain smashed out by gold bricks, lemons
and allsorts.
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