Want to get laid out early from a night of drinking? Put that beer down, it’s not going to do you any good. What you need, my friend is a high-proof cocktail. They have a higher alcohol content than regular drinks, so these concoctions will be sure to knock you off your feet. Unfortunately, that also means you’re going to really regret them in the morning.
So if you order these during dinner, beware: you’re in for a rough time!
1. The Zombie
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Named “The Zombie” because this high alcohol content cocktail is said to be able to bring the dead back to life. That’s powerful. This drink includes 1/2oz Bacardi 151 rum, 1oz pineapple juice, 1oz orange juice, 1/2oz apricot brandy, 1 tsp sugar, 2oz light rum, 1oz dark rum, 1oz lime juice. To make this drink, all the ingredients are blended, while the rum ‘floats’ on top.
2. The Cuba Libre
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Believed to be invented in the 1900’s, you can understand why prohibition was a thing if this is what they were drinking. It contains 2.5oz of rum topped with a special lime cola made especially for the restaurant by Brooklyn Soda Works, and a wedge of pineapple soaked in moonshine.
3. The King’s Sculptor
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While this drink may have a regal sounding name, it will make a king act like a jester. This drink has Louis Royer “Force 53″ Cognac, bosc pear, chocolate bitters, fresh ginger juice, fresh lemon juice, and King’s ginger liqueur. A drink surely fit for a king.
4. The Black Russian
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The name is intimidating enough. Anything Russian usually means business and this cocktail is no exception. The drink only requires coffee-flavored liqueur and vodka (try adding vanilla-flavored vodka for a different kick).
5. Death In The Afternoon
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Yea. Look at that name. This drink doesn’t joke around. It calls for a pretty solid amount of absinthe with a champagne floater. The combination of anise-flavored liqueur and the bubbles will make you forget you’re drinking highly concentrated alcohol, which is never good.
6. The Diamondback
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This apple-y cocktail will knock you off your chair if you’re not careful, so be sure to examine the contents before taking it to the face. Rittenhouse 100, Laird’s Bonded, also 100 proof, finish with 110-proof green Chartreuse and BAM! You’re drunk.
7. The Aunt Roberta
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Sure, this drink is named innocently enough, I’m sure your Aunt Roberta would never harm a soul, but this drink packs quite a punch. 1oz absinthe, 1.5oz vodka, 1/2oz 151 rum, 1oz brandy, 3/4oz gin, 1/2oz blackberry liqueur. That’s right, nothing but alcoholic beverages.
8. The Hurl Hurl
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Okay if you order this drink after reading it’s name, you are a brave soul aren’t you? The cocktail contains 1 part of Amaretto, cranberry juice, crème de banane, Malibu rum, melon liqueur, peach schnapps, raspberry liqueur, Southern Comfort, and triple sec.
9. The Vaportini
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While technically not a “drink” this vaporized cocktail will leave you dizzy. Inventor Julie Palmer created the glass apparatus – from which spirits are inhaled after being heated to 140°F – claiming that taking alcohol directly into the bloodstream has the advantage of “almost no calories, no carbs, no impurities and immediate effects.”
I think I need an aspirin already just looking at those cocktails. They are INTENSE. On second thought, maybe you should just stick with the beer. Or water.
