Episode 113: The Normandy Flower & Saving Private Ryan

When Captain Miller gets tasked with finding the last surviving Ryan brother, it's going to be a mission that brings this Army Ranger team to question their mission and what the real value of a life is

This week we are mixing up a Normandy Flower, a tribute to the region where so many fought and died in the face of tyranny, and their stories inspire us to this day as we talk about one of the greatest achievements in movie making history.

Join us for apple brandy, brotherhood, Academy blunders, a school teacher, and a chat about Saving Private Ryan.

• 2oz Calvados (Apple Brandy)
• .5oz Elderflower Liqueur
• .25oz Lemon Juice
• Tonic Water 

 Add Calvados, Elderflower, and Lemon to glass with ice. Stir and top with desired amount of tonic. Garnish with Orange peel.  .

Maria has been tasked with taking charge of the von Trapp children, but she discovers the family needs to learn to laugh, love and sing again, and along the way finds love for herself. It's not all singing and dancing though, as the family is forced to flee a newly annexed Austria.

This week we pick up a new liquor and mix up a cocktail worthy of going on the list f favorite things, and talking about a classic of classic movies.

Join us for walnut bitters, drapes turned play clothes, 16 going on 17, puppet shows, and a chat about The Sound of Music!

Cocktail comes from Volver!

• .5oz Honey Syrup
• .75oz Lemon Juice
• 1oz Dolin Genepy
• 2oz Cognac
• 3 Dshes Walnut Bitters

 Add ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. .

Cole has been struggling with being withdrawn, making friends, and dealing with a problem he isn't willing to share, but when Malcom tries to help Cole, they each find things out about the other that will help them move on and find some closure.

This week we are talking the twist...THE TWIST....and mixing up an odd yet delicious blended cocktail to dive into M. Night Shyamalan's Oscar nominated ghost story.

Join us for coconut and gin, Donnie Wahlberg, supporting actor chances, toy soldiers, psychology awards, and a chat about The Sixth Sense.

This week's cocktail comes from AllRecipes!

• .5 Cup Ice
• 1.5oz Cream of Coconut
• 1oz Gin
• 1oz Amaro Nonino
• .5oz Pineapple Juice
• .5oz Lime Juice
• 3 Dashes Aromatic Bitters

Add all ingredients but bitters to blender. Blend and serve in a rocks glass. Garnish with dashes of bitters on top.

When Andy Dufresne gets sentenced to Shawshank to serve out his two life sentences, only the library, Red, and a small rock hammer can help Andy pass the time, and answer the question of what we need to do to truly be redeemed.

This week we are traveling back to 1994 to talk about one of the most beloved and acclaimed films of them all, plus we are mixing up a grapefruit cocktail  that's sure to be a hit at your next brunch.

Join us for chess boards, cooked books, 3 beers, an escape plan, Morgan Freeman, and a chat about Shawshank Redemption!

This week's cocktail comes from Washington Post!

• 2oz Grapfruit Juice
• .5oz Lime Juice
• 1.5oz White Rum
• .5oz Grapfruit Liquor – Giffards crème de pamplemousse)
• .25oz Allspice Dram
• .25oz Demerara syrup
• Garnish with Grapefruit wedge and Mint sprig

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain/serve over ice in a tall collins style glass.

As we come to the end of 2022, we take a look back at this year in cocktails and movies! Plus we mix up a fantastic little sparkling wine cocktail to ring in the new year! 

• .5oz Limoncello
• .5oz Ginger Liquor
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• Sparkling Wine

Shake Limoncello, Ginger, and Lemon with ice. Strain into champagne flute and top with sparkling wine 

Gonzo the Great and Rizzo the Rat are coming together to tell us the tale of a Christmas Carol, as we follow Ebenezer Scrooge through Christmas past, present, and  yet to come, and see if Scrooge can change his ways and make Christmas merry for everyone.

This week we are mixing up a punch and heading back to revisit the classic Dickens tale with the help of Kermit and the rest of the Muppet gang!

Join us and come and know me better man, a mocktail, creepy ghosts, singing and dancing, rubber chickens, and a chat about The Muppet Christmas Carol!

This week's cocktail comes from Liquor.com!

• 3oz Chardonnay
• 3oz Pinot Noir
• 2oz Cognac
• 2oz Maraschino Liquor
• 4oz Ginger Ale

Orange Garnish

 Combine wine, cognac, and liquor to shaker. Shake with ice, strain and top with ginger ale. 

Ralphie has his hopes and dreams pinned on getting the perfect Christmas gift, a Red Ryder BB Gun! Leaving hints, a visit to Santa, and the prospect of shooting his eye out stand in the way, but Christmas has a way of working things out.

This week we are remembering our Ovaltine and crafting up a chocolatey martini and chatting about one of the most popular Christmas films of them all.

Join us for leg lamp awards, double dog dares, bullies, neighborhood dogs, pink bunny costumes, and a chat about A Christmas Story!

This week's cocktail comes from Pineapple Paper Co. 

• 1oz Kahlua
• 2oz Vodka
• 1oz Heavy Cream
• Pinch of Ovaltine

Rim martini glass with Ovaltine powder. Add ingredients to shaker with ice, shake and strain into glass and enjoy! 

When Kevin wishes for his family to disappear, and when he wakes up and realizes they are gone, it will be up to him to learn about being a family, and protect his house from the notorious wet bandits!

This week we are mixing up a cocktail and a mocktail and taking a look at the 1990 Christmas classic about being left behind.

Join us for kombucha, shovel slayers, important holiday messages, Brut aftershave, long haul flights, polka, and a chat about Home Alone!

Cocktail come from The Bitter Lemon!

• 1oz Orange Vodka
• 1.5oz Cranberry Juice
• Club Soda

Add vodka and cranberry to an ice filled rocks glass and top with club soda. Garnish with orange slice.

• .5 Cup Kombucha
• Squeeze of Lime Wedge
• 1 tsp Agave Nectar
• Club Soda

Add kombucha, lime, and agave to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into ice filled rocks glass. Top with club soda if desired.

John McClane  makes his way to a Christmas party to reunite with his wife, but  Hans Gruber has other plans for the evening, leaving John to save the day....and Christmas!

This week we are tackling a long divisive holiday classic, drinking sake, and trying to decide if our barefoot hero is worthy of being a Christmas icon!

Join us for teddy bears, explosives, twinkies, peach schnapps, and a chat about Yippie Ki Yay, it's Die Hard!

This week's recipe comes from Secrets of the Booze!

• 2oz Cranberry Juice
• 2oz Sake
• 2oz Sparkling Rose Wine
• 1oz Peach Schnapps
• Sugar to Rim Glass

Rim glass with sugar. Add all ingredients but schnapps into a pint glass. Drop in shot of peach schnapps....or just add it, and enjoy! 

You're a wizard Harry! When young Harry learns the truth about his family and his abilities, he is off to Hogwarts to learn the wizarding ways, make friends, and set off on his path towards "He Who Shall Not Be Named!"

This week we are boarding the Hogwarts Express with two versions of Butterbeer, picking our wands, and diving headfirst into the wizarding world!

Join us for golden snitches, potions class, mountain trolls, Fluffy, chocolate frogs, Hufflepuffs, and a chat about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone....Philosopher's Stone.....the first one.

Cocktails come from Delish.com and How to Drink!

• 4 cans cream soda
• 1/4 cup butterscotch syrup
• 1cup heavy cream
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4cup melted butter

Combine Cream Soda and Butterscotch Syrup. Whisk Heavy Cream, Sugar, Vanilla, and Butter to make whipped cream. Top soda with whipped cream.

• 3 pints Ale
• 1 Tsp Ginger
• 1 Tsp Nutmeg
• 5-6 Cloves
• 1 Cup Demerara Sugar
• 5 Egg Yolks
• 4oz butter

Add Ale, Ginger, Nutmeg, Cloves to a pot and bring to a simmer. Whisk Sugar and Egg Yolks together to combine until smooth. Slowly incorporate egg mixture to simmering beer mixture. Melt in the Butter to the mixture.

Rudy is a young man with a dream of going to Notre Dame, and putting on that gold helmet and taking the field for the Fighting Irish, but it's going to take a lot of determination and a little help along the way to prove to everyone he could do it.

This week we go to South Bend and do some studying with a riff on the French '75 and try our best to get into one of the most prestigious universities and best football teams around.

Join us for fight songs, Catholic priests, a young Vince Vaughn, helpful mentors, fulfilling your dreams, and a chat about Rudy.

This week's cocktail comes from Her Loyal Sons!

• 2oz Irish Whiskey
• .5oz Lemon Juice
• Hard Cider 

Shake whiskey and lemon juice with ice. Strain into champagne flute and top with cider.

When T'Challa rises to the throne, he'll have to chart a path for his people and ultimately decide the future of Wakanda, meanwhile facing opposition to his status as Black Panther and being caught off guard by a tragic family secret.

This week, we discuss the best of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and dig into the importance and the nuance that a superhero movie can have. Plus, we mix up an easy yet gorgeous riff on a margarita to go alongside it.

Join us for vibranium, car chases, purple flowers, Oscar nominations, waterfall fight scenes, mezcal, and a chat about Black Panther!

This week's cocktail comes from Paste! 

• 1 oz. Cointreau
• 2 oz. Mezcal
• 1 oz. Lime
• .25 oz. Orange
• 3 blackberries  

Muddle blackberries with other ingredients. Shake with ice and strain into an ice filled rocks glass. Rim with salt if desired. 

Will Hunting is a genius, but what should be expected of him? Should he stay with his friends? Go off with Skylar? Change the world? Only a mutually beneficial relationship with his therapist Sean can help Will find his course in this world.

This week we are going out for caramels, getting phone numbers (how bout dem apples!) and chatting about the brilliance of Robin Williams and the script writing of two up-and-comers in Hollywood.

Join us for mathematics, the Red Sox, M.I.T., park benches, and a chat about Good Will Hunting!

This week's cocktail comes from Spiced!

• 2oz Apple Cider
• 2.5oz Bourbon
• 1 Tbsp Caramel Syrup 

Combine all ingredients in shaker with ice, shake and strain into rocks glass with ice. Garnish with cinnamon sugar rim. 

Clarice Starling is a blossoming FBI agent, but when she gets tasked with doing a psychological profile on Dr. Hannibal Lector, and their unexpected quid pro quo is going to put Clarice right in the path of Buffalo Bill.

This week we are opening a bottle of Chianti, celebrating episode 100, and talking about one of the best films of all time.

Join us for 5 Oscar wins, an incredible score, haunting characters, moths, night vision goggles, misquoted dialogue, and a chat about Silence of the Lambs.

This week's cocktail comes from Cointreau!

• .75 Cointreau
• 1.5 Rye Whiskey
• .75 Lemon
• Dash angostura/aromatic bitters
• .5oz Chianti

Add all ingredients except Chianti  into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into martini glass. Float Chianti over the back of a spoon. 

There's only one problem with Santa Carla, it's all the vampires! When our brothers  Michael and Sam find themselves in this new town, fitting in and making friends could be more dangerous than they first think...this is the murder capitol of the world after all.

This week we are squeezing some blood oranges and talking about a cult classic of vampiric proportions.

Join us as we make our way to the beach, ride a dirt bike, make friends at the comic book store, talk about good dogs, taxidermy with Grandpa, and have a chat about The Lost Boys!

This week's cocktail comes from Secrets of the Booze!

• 2-2.5 oz Blood Orange Juice
• 1.5oz White Rum
• .5oz Simple Syrup
• Egg white

 Add ingredients to cocktail shaker, shake, then shake with ice. Strain into coupe glass.

At Camp Crystal Lake, there was an unfortunate incident, and a string of terrible murders that followed. Is the camp safe to re-open or are our new camp counselors going to be looking at the same fate as those before them?

This week we are mixing up a fun crystal lake cocktail to go along with one of the most classic of slasher films, as we talk about the history and the impact of this low budget smash hit.

Join us for archery, Rumchata, Kevin Bacon, plot twists, jeeps, creepy sounds, and a chat about 

Friday the 13th!

This week's cocktail comes from The Drunken Moogle!

• 1oz Vodka
• 1oz Rumchata
• 2oz Blue Raspberry or Blue Curacao

Add vodka and Rumchata to a shooter sized shot glass. Put rocks glass upside down on top of the shot glass and invert. Fill with blue curacao or blue raspberry, then release the shot glass to combine.  

The Sanderson Sisters are back trying to hold on to life at the expense of present day Salem, but this time there's a new coven in town that's going to do their best to save their town and their friendship.

This week we do a sequel with another witchy cocktail as we revisit a family favorite Halloween film.

Join us for dry ice, potions, black cats, Halloween, witchcraft, and a chat about Hocus Pocus 2!

This week's cocktail comes from The Flavor Bender!

• 1.5oz apple brandy or apple vodka chilled
• 3oz Blackberry Shimmer Liquor
• 1 tsp Grenadine

Add ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into martini glass. 

They're Here! When the Freeling family comes under attack by their own home, and their youngest daughter gets kidnapped, they'll have to turn to the experts if they want to get their daughter back and make it out of their possessed home.

This week we are kicking off Halloween season by taking on a horror movie classic that changed the narrative on a haunted house and making a delicious and complex cocktail to go along with it.

Join us for sherry, TV remotes, swimming pools, creepy clowns, bad decisions, hair dye, and a chat about the classic Poltergeist!

This week's cocktail comes from Waitrose!

•  20ml vodka  
• 10ml Tio Pepe sherry 
• 20ml St Germain elderflower liqueur* 
• 10ml fresh lime juice 
• 1 generous tsp lemon sorbet  

 Add ingredients to shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain into glass with ice.  

Beca has big ideas but is skeptical of joining in, of being vulnerable, and of Aubrey's leadership, but if the Bella's are going to triumph over the Treblemakers they'll have to come together!

This week we are mixing up a jiggle inducing cocktail, singing some songs, and going back in time 10 years to celebrate this aca-mazing tale.

Join us for pitch pipes, Bulletproof, red solo cups, mash-ups,  and a chat about Pitch Perfect!

This week's cocktail comes from Chiquita Latina Fun!

• 1 oz Vodka
• 3 oz pineapple juice
• .5 oz blood orange syrup
• 1 oz Sprite
• twist of lime (optional)

  Shake all ingredients except Sprite with ice and strain into ice filled glass. Add sprite.