Saurian Brandy recipe
1/4 cup grated orange rind
1 pint 100 proof vodka
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup grade A maple syrup
Put orange rind in a half-pint jar with 1/4 cup vodka. Seal it and
shake occasionally. Let it steep overnight.
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Pour sugar and 1 2/3 cups vodka into a 28 ounce bottle. Seal it and
shake until all the sugar is dissolved, then add the maple syrup.
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Filter the orange extract through a fine handkerchief or coffee filter
until it becomes clear.
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Add a tablespoon of the final extract to the vodka syrup mixture and
mix well. If your orange peels are much more or less aromatic than
average, adjust the quantity so that you have enough to hide the
maple flavor, without having enough to make the liqueur bitter or
recognizably orange flavored.
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Romulan Ale recipe
375 ml Bacardi 151 rum
375 ml Everclear alcohol
375 ml Blue Curacao liqueur
Combine ingredients in a (just over) one-liter bottle. Chill in freezer
for two hours. Serve in shot glasses. Makes your ears pointy.
Yeah, those ‘con’ drinks done by sci-fi fans...look out!
There are a couple I know of done by sci-fi and fantasy fans (among them being my sister). The first one is the ‘signature drink’ of RadCon, the sci-fi-con held every year in the Tri-Cities, WA. (You will rembeer, the Tri-Cities is the home of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation).
The drink is known as “Toxic Waste”. As for the ingredients, they are a closely-guarded secret. I CAN tell you that it involves fruit, fruit juice, and approximately 3 or 4 kinds of spirits. I was priveledged once to take part in the preparation of a batch of “Toxic Waste” by rolling and peeling the fruit (oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and limes) that went in it. I was not permitted, however, to observe the mixing of the concoction, which was done behind closed doors in the hotel room’s bathroom. Even the empty bottles were covered so as not to reveal their contents.
What makes “Toxic Waste” fun is that it can only be served in the “official bucket”. It’s a 5-gallon white food-grade plastic bucket plastered with warning stickers taken directly from the Hanford site, stickers such as “Biological Hazard”, “Radiological Danger”, and so on.
As a final touch, a block of dry ice is carefully inserted into the mixed concoction to allow cooling of the drink...not to mention the eeirie fog that overflows the side and adds that ‘special touch’. It is said that if one drinks nothing but “Toxic Waste”, they will not experience a hangover, no matter how plastered they get.
As far as I know, this has YET to be proven.
The second drink is also a mixture, and it’s called “Dreamberry Wine”. The recipe isn’t a secret, but I can’t remember all of the the ingedients. I DO remember it involves Mad Dog 20/20, gin, grape juice, and huckleberries that that have been soaked in Everclear for 6 weeks. The standard warning is “Don’t eat the berries”...which of course, everyone does. Very delicious, deceptively smooth, and will knock you on your ass if you’re not careful.