Episode 75: The Empire Strikes Back

May the 4th Be With You! We are making our way into Episode V of the Star Wars saga to celebrate, and talking one of the great sequels in movie history.

This week we are mixing up 3 cocktails as we journey with Leia, Luke & Han as we try to evade the Empire, and thinking back on one of our favorite film franchises.

Join us for tauntauns, Yoda, betrayal in Cloud City, John Williams being robbed of Oscar wins, and a chat about The Empire Strikes Back!

This week's cocktails come from Summer Fruit Cup!

• 1.5oz Vodka
• .75oz Creme de Menthe

Serve over crushed ice

• 1oz Gin
• .25-.5oz Midori
• 4-5oz Unfiltered Apple Juice
• Cucumber Peel

Add cucumber and ice to glass. Add gin and apple juice then slowly add the midori.

• 2oz Gin
• 1oz Blue Curacao
• 1oz Lemon Juice
• Egg White

Add ingredients to shaker tin and shake with ice. Strain..

 What does it take to get ahead in the cutthroat business world of 1988 Manhattan? Tess is about to find out when she has a brilliant idea but a lot of obstacles in her way.

This week we are talking about the empowering workplace classic and giving another go at a tequila cocktail that will be perfect for our summertime plans.

Join us for mergers, Harrison Ford defying the laws of time, old computers, ski accidents, expensive dresses, serious hair, Lust & Tequila, and a chat about Working Girl!

This week's cocktail comes from Cinema Sips!

• 1.5oz Silver Tequila
• .75oz Lime Juice
• 4oz Mighty Swell Peach (or peach soda)
• Topo Chico

 Add all ingredients to glass with ice. Float Topo Chico and garnish with lime!  

We are venturing out to our local theater and taking a step into the Wizarding World with Newt and all of his amazing creatures to find out the Secrets of Dumbledore!

This week spells are cast, and rum is used to give us a different take on an old classic, and we try to assemble a team to take down Grindelwald!

Join us for scary scorpions, an Obscurus Old Fashioned, Mad Mikkelson, cute magical critters, 5 suitcases, and a chat about Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore!

This week's cocktail comes from Paste!

• 1.5oz Black or Spiced Rum
• .5oz Simple Syrup
• Peychauds Bitters

 Combine ingredients in glass with ice. Garnish with orange peel and cherries.  

On St. Patrick's Day, the brothers MacManus decide to take justice into their own hands, on a violence fueled tale, set in South Boston.

This week we are given the gift of Guinness Syrup and we make up a tasty cocktail and talk about the 1999 story of vigilante justice.

Join us for an Irish Breakfast, Willem Dafoe, taking out the mob, the potential for a 3rd installment, and a chat about The Boondock Saints!

Special thank you to friend of the pod Tyler for the recipe suggestion! Check out his shop, BespokeCLT!

• 2oz Irish Whiskey
• 1oz Espresso
• .5oz Guinness Syrup*
• 1 egg white

*Add 1 cup sugar to 1 cup Guiness. Heat to dissolve sugar and reduce into syrup. Cool and enjoy.

Combine ingredients into shaker tin, shake, then add ice and shake again. Serve in a martini or coupe glass and enjoy!

We get one chance to pick our favorite film of the year, and sometimes if we're lucky enough, the Academy recognizes that film as the years best. This year, that film was CODA.

This week we are taking a crack at a beautiful cocktail from Fanny's at the Academy Museum and talking about the emotional, thoughtful, coming of age story we fell in love with over this past year.

Join us for blue spirulina, fishing boats, sign language, Oscar wins, Joni Mitchell, and a chat about the absolute gem, CODA!

This week's cocktail comes courtesy of the amazing people of Fanny's at the Academy Museum! Special thanks to everyone there, but especially Julian and Kristina Cox, the mixologists that created this amazing cocktail and were kind enough to share it with us! And to Amy McCullaugh for helping us get all of this information!

• 2 squints saline tincture (5% salt:filtered water) 
• 1 tsp Mommenpop Seville Orange •
• 1 tsp Benedictine  
• .25oz Varnelli Caffé Moka 
• .5oz Giffard Banane du Bresil 
• 1.5oz Fortaleza Tequila Blanco 

 Combine all ingredients into a container with 1oz milk and a squeeze of lemon juice. Allow to separate and then strain through a fine strainer. (We used a coffee filter) Add blue spirulina to create the blue color! 

We are getting in one last Oscar episode before we turn the page on this years awards season!    

Join us for a Picture Perfect Poloma, and a recap of all the Academy Awards goodness (plus some badness!)

• 1.25oz Reposado Tequila
• .5oz Lime Juice
• 2oz Grapefruit Juice
• Mint Leaves
• .5oz Simple Syrup
• Sparkling Wine

Combine ingredients  in shaker tin with ice.  Shake and strain into glass and top with sparkling wine.  

It's Oscar Week! We've got our films watched and we're ready to chat about who we think will win, lose, who was snubbed, and how many champagne cocktails to make. 

Join us as we talk about our love of CODA, decide on best hair and makeup, add some pear juice to our bubbly, and have a chat (and make our picks) for the 2022 Academy Awards!

• 1oz Fruit Juice
• 1oz Brandy/Cognac/St. Germain
• Float with Champagne, Cava, Prosecco - You do You

 Shake juice and liquor with ice. Strain into flute and top with champagne.  

Alana  and  Gary are an unlikely pair, but in  this Hollywood love story, we get a glimpse of what navigating a first love might have looked like in the everchanging landscape of the 1970's.

This week we are talking another Oscar hopeful and the now 11 time nominee Paul Thomas Anderson in his coming of age tale of love, friendship, jealousy, and water beds.

Join us as we mix up a vodka gin martini, play once-illegal pinball machines, get wooed by charisma and ambition, talk trendy dialogue, and have a chat about Licorice Pizza!

• 1.5 oz Gin
• 1.5oz Vodka
• .5oz Dry Vermouth
• Lemon Peel & Olives for garnish

Stir ingredients in mixing glass/shaker with ice. Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with lemon and olive. 

It was a fateful martini that intertwined the lives of Patrizia Reggiani and Maurizio Gucci , but this tragic family saga is about more than gin and vermouth. It's a story of love and of greed.

This week we take a look at a 2022 Oscar Nomination to see what all the buzz is about. Is the hair and make-up that good? Did Ridley Scott deserve more acclaim? 

Join us as we stir up the classic of classic cocktails, flee to Switzerland, go shopping for things we can't afford, call up a psychic, dial up a little family drama, and have a chat about The House of Gucci.

• 1.5oz Tanqueray Gin
• .5oz Dry Vermouth
• Lemon twist

Stir with ice and strain into chilled martini glass. Express a lemon twist over the drink and enjoy.

Nathan Drake has been searching his whole  life for a treasure, his brother, and a family. And in Uncharted we get to go along on an adventure to find lost gold, and lost dreams.

This week we are mixing some gold into our cocktail, and heading to the theater to take our shot at finding our fortune.

Join us as we solve puzzles, make friends, tackle our first fan request, hunt down some hurricane proof rum, and have a chat about a fun adventure, Uncharted!

This week's cocktail comes from The Tipsy Bartender!

• 6oz Ginger Beer
• .5oz Goldschlager
• .25oz 151 Rum
• Cinnamon

Rim glass with sugar and add ginger beer. Put Goldschlager and run into shot glass. Light CAREFULLY with a long lighter. Sprinkle cinnmon over the flame then drop shot into the ginger beer.

The Scottish Play is back for another re-telling, but Joel Coen, Denzel  Washington, and Frances McDormand have a few tricks, (and some next level stagecraft) up their sleeves to make this version a memorable one.

This week we are taking another stab at a William Shakespeare adaptation, only this time, tragedy and political ambitions are abound. And what better way to make our bid for the crown than with a strong and sneaky delicious, Pink Lady Macbeth.

Join us for Calvados, witches, black and white film, one of the all time great directors, 2 of the all time great actors, and a chat about one of the most famous stories in the world , The Tragedy of Macbeth.

This week's cocktail comes from Buzzfeed!

• 50ml of gin 
• 25ml of Calvados 
• 15ml of lemon juice 
• One egg white

Cherry Garnish

Combine all ingredients into shaker and shake. Add ice and shake again until ice, ice cold. Strain into martini or coupe glass. Garnish with cherry.

 In a fair cocktail lounge is where we set our scene. Star-crossed lovers, and dueling cocktails ...

It's valentine's day week here at drink the movies, and what better way to celebrate that with 2 cocktails and the most classic of classic love stories, albeit with a modern twist. (is 1996 still considered "modern"?)

Join us for tequila, and for bourbon, fish tanks, love, Radiohead, jumping to conclusions, miscommunication, Leo & Claire, love, and a chat about William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.

This week's cocktail comes from HGTV!

• 1 1/2 oz. Patron Silver tequila OR Bourbon
• 1/2 oz. Grand Marnier 
• 1/4 oz. cherry or Chambord raspberry liquor 
• 2 oz. chilled peach juice 

Maraschino cherries and lemon peel for garnish 

Combine all ingredients into shaker with ice. Strain into coupe or martini glass. Garnish with cherries and lemon peel

 On Arrakis, which is more valuable? Spice or Water?

This week we are tackling the EPIC 2021 telling of the Frank Herbert classic story. To quench our thirst, we are mixing up a beautiful cocktail, the Water of Life, using one of Michaela's favorite new liquors.

Join us for still suits, sand worms, cryptic visions, epic storytelling, Empress Gin, and a chat about Dune.

This week's cocktail comes from Pinchspicemarket.com!

• 2 ounces Empress Gin 
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• 3 ounces ginger beer 
• 1 package (1.2 ounces) freeze-dried strawberries 
• 2 Tablespoons sugar 
• 1–2 limes, cut into wedges

Crush strawberries and add sugar. Use lime wedges to rim glass with strawberry mixture. 

Add ice and add lime juice and ginger beer. 

Add Empress Gin and enjoy!

 We are fast approaching Oscar season, so what better way to get into awards season than with a true contender telling the story of a struggling artist facing down real life.

This week we make up some ginger syrup, add tequila, stop the clock, and think about what directions our lives go when we hit those monumental milestones.

Join us for a Tick of the Clock, Michaela's singing, musical theater, living life in New York City, facing deadlines, and a chat about Tick, Tick...Boom!

This week's cocktail comes from CocktailPartyApp.com!

• 1.5 oz Blanco Tequila
• 1 oz Lime Juice
• 1 oz Ginger Syrup
• 1/4 oz Angustora Bitters

Mint for garnish

Shake with ice and strain into ice-filled short glass. Slap a sprig of mint between your palms to release the fragrant oils, and tuck it into the edge of the glass.

*Ginger Syrup. Peel and cut ginger into chunks. Steep in simple syrup mixture for 30-60 minutes until desired flavor. Strain and Refrigerate.

 We take a trip to Columbia to visit a magic family, that live in a magic house, in this animated treasure.

This week we try our hand at making a layered cocktail with all the colors of the Columbian flag and talk about family dynamics.

Join us for Bruno, the burdens of being special, beautiful storytelling, the magic of being yourself, and a chat about Encanto

• 2 parts Vodka
• 6 parts Orange Juice
• 1 parts Lemon Juice
• 1 parts Grenadine
• 1 parts Blue Curacao

 Mix vodka, orange juice, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker and strain into ice filled collins glass. Slowly pour grenadine down the side of the glass and allow to settle, then repeat with the blue curacao. 

 Jeffrey Lebowski AKA the Dude is the victim of unfortunate circumstance and mistaken identity. Is there a million dollars or a bowling trophy at the end of this story, or are we just in for a crazy ride.

This week we are putting vodka, Kahlua, and heavy cream in a glass and polishing our bowling shoes and digging into this cult classic.

Join us for disembodied toes, ruined rugs, a busted up Corvette, missing money, and a chat about The Big Lebowski.

• 2oz Vodka
• 1oz Kahlua
• Heavy Cream

 Combine in glass with ice. Mix and enjoy just like the Dude would want. 

We are digging into some Oscar hopefuls here at Drink the Movies, and what better place to start than this star-studded Netflix movie.

This week we try out a twist on a Manhattan where we swap the whiskey for some Applejack and talk about this satirical gem....or is it a documentary?

Join us for apple pie, science!, comets, a terrifying look at where we are now, and a chat about Don't Look Up!

This week's cocktail comes from Edible Jersey!

• 2oz Applejack (or Apple Brandy)
• 1oz Sweet Verouth
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters

Cherry to garnish

 Shake with ice and strain into martini or coupe glass. Serve with cherry 

Which pill will you choose? The blue pill lets you live your life, the red pill lets you go down the rabbit hole. Thomas Anderson chooses the red pill and we get to follow his journey throughout the Matrix.

This week, we mix up two cocktails to help us navigate our way through the 4 Matrix films.

Join us for Red and Blue Pills, love stories, kung-fu, and a chat about the Matrix series!

This week's cocktails come from Tasty!

• 2 oz pomegranate juice
• 1 ½ oz bourbon
• ½ oz raspberry liqueur, such as chambord
• 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
• ice

½ lemon, juiced

2 oz cold club soda, or as needed

1 tablespoon pomegranate seeds

1 sprig fresh mint

Combine top ingredients in a glass/shaker and mix. Pour into glass with large ice cube. Slowly pour lemon juice over a spoon to float, then repeat with club soda. Garnish with mint and pomegranate seeds.

• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup hot water
• ¼ cup blue sanding sugar
• 5 blueberries

COCKTAIL

• 1 oz blue curaçao
• 1 oz vodka
• 2 oz coconut water
• ½ lime

COCONUT FLOATER

• 1 tablespoon full-fat coconut milk, shaken well
• ½ tablespoon blue curaçao

Dip blueberries into simple syrup mixture then roll in sanding sugar.

Mix cocktail in glass with ice. Slowly pour over coconut floater. Garnish with sugar coated blueberries.

New Year's Eve is upon us! Join us for a delicios throwback Brandy Alexander and a chat about the TV/Movies of 2021

• 1oz Brandy
• 1oz Creme de Cacao
• 1oz Heavy Cream

Nutmeg for garnish

Combine ingredients in a shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain into chilled coupe glass. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.