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The 2022 Thanksgiving Show Featuring the Three Best Cocktails for Thanksgiving

Or How to Survive Thanksgiving With Your Crazy Right Wing Relatives and Learn the Three Best Cocktails for Thanksgiving@
With the Army of Drunks

Happy Turkeybloat to us all! And this can mean only one thing: Awkward moments around the dinner table with your Qanon-adjacent ranty right wing uncle/grandpa/dad/brother. As usual, the drunks have your back!

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In this show, we give you all the counter-knowledge you need to clap back against those AON-soaked talking points. Including such topics as:

  • Litter Boxes in Schools for Cat-Identified Kids
  • California Letting 11 Million Illegal Immigrants Vote
  • Hunter Biden’s Laptop
  • The Flat Earth
  • And many* more!

(*OK, maybe a couple more.)

Remember our motto: “ALWAYS ASK THE SECOND QUESTION!”

Coffee brews backstage at MixMa$ter Therm’s booze lab

We also go over THE THREE BEST THANKSGIVING COCKTAILS with recipes, even! We’re that f*cking thorough!

  • The Sage Old Fashioned a.k.a. The Wise Man
  • Grisly’s Cosmic Cardigan
  • The Desperation Cocktail (don’t)
  • The Nutty Irishman

First is the SAGE OLD FASHIONED, also named THE WISE MAN by Therm a few days after the show when he finally came up with a good idea. Why wise? Because it’s got sage syrup! Get it? Sage? Look, it’s Thanksgiving, you’re going to have to endure a certain number of bad, dad-grade jokes.

THE SAGE OLD FASHIONED a.k.a. THE WISE MAN

We forgot to take a picture of the Sage Old Fashioned / Wise Man, so we had an AI make one for us.

First, you’ll need to make some sage syrup. It’s easy and doesn’t take long, so don’t be a turkey weenie about it, just buck up and make the stuff.

SAGE SYUP

  • 1 cup sugar (or 2 cups if you want “rich syrup,” you decadent bastard.)
  • 1 cup water
  • 10 sage leaves
  • A jar or bottle to store it in

First, cut the stems off the sage leaves. They’re bitter bastards. Then combine the sugar, water, and sage leaves in a pot. Stir it slowly over low heat until the sugar is dissolved, then let it simmer on very low for about ten minutes more. Pour the syrup into a jar along with the sage. Let sit over night to let the sage infuse even more. Then test it. Sagey enough for you? Good! Then remove all the leaves but one — ‘cuz it looks cool — and get ready to use the stuff.

MIX THE SAGE OLD FASHIONED

  • 2 oz bourbon
  • 1/2 oz sage simple syrup
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • Sage leaf to garnish

Stir the bourbon, sage syrup, and bitters in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a rocks glass with one large ie cube (if ya got one.) Garnish with a sage leaf. Bury face in mashed sweet potatoes.

THE NUTTY IRISHMAN

The Nutty Irishman is the perfect drink for after Thanksgiving dinner. The chemical tug-of-war provided by the coffee and the alcohol give you that “relaxed pep” you need when you still have hours to go before you can pour yourself into the car and escape the feast of family dysfunction.

And hey, if you like your family, then it’s just plain delicious

Therm’s Nutty Irishman

  • 6-8* oz dark coffee,
  • 1/2 oz Frangelico,
  • 1/2 oz Bailey’s
  • Optional 1 oz Irish Whiskey*
  • Optional Whipped Cream
  • *You’ll probably wanna use that extra 2 oz of coffee if you add the whiskey.

Pour it all into a nice lookin’ glass. Then if you’re feeling MixMa$tery, add some whipped cream on the top. And if you’re feeling really MixMa$tery, whip that cream yourself and add a little Bailey’s to it before you do.

An IA rendition of the Grisly’s Cosmic Cardigan. Because yes, we forgot to take a picture again. We were drunk.

GRISLY’S COSMIC CARDIGAN

Fill a pint glass with ice, Pour in rum and allspice dram.  Add a can of Grisly’s cosmic black.  Garnish with orange peel. Sit by fire. Enjoy the warm glow of the 21st century.

Grisly’s Cosmic Black in its Natural Habitat

And oh yeah, here are some AI generated pictures of The Muddler, like we told you about. Why does the AI have him saying “DULLLBY?” Um… Uh… BEWARE THE MUDDLER! <muddle muddle muddle>

Buck’s Bandcamp page is here:
https://buckaedown.bandcamp.com

And, as always, Grisly’s Cosmic Black, the best damn bourbon and cola in a can!
http://shop.grislyscosmic.com/
Use code ARMY22 at checkout to get 10% off!

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THE 2022 SHAMELESS BURNING MAN SHOW

The 2022 Shameless Burning Man Show
With Andie Grace and Tabitha Hewitt.

Yes, this is the one where we taste-test the best drinks for Burning Man. So listen up, chump!

EVERYONE: “Hey assmonkeys, when are you going to put up the Burning Man 2022 show notes?”

US: “Jesus, at least two months after the event is over. Three if we really put our heads down and apply ourselves. Why?”

So just how many of our fans are Burning Man types? Well, from the comments we get, a lot more than those of you so-called “regular people” who stay at home on Labor Day weekend NOT telling us just how much you like us, even if how much is “not very.”

And since so many of our fans are Burners, we figured why not just lean into it and shameless;y do a show around that damn thing they do in the desert? And as a public service to all of our Burner fans, we’re taste-testing all of those weird desert cocktails you mix out there in the playa hoping against all reason that combining alcohol and electrolytes will magically keep the booze from dehydrating you along with the sauna-grade heat and sub-zero humidity.*

*So what if sub-zero humidity isn’t scientifically possible. We don’t care. If you’ve been there, you know what we’re talking about.

We also talk to two experienced BMorg official-type-people types to find out just what the hell is going on behind the scenes at Burning Man. Spoiler: None of it is about drug orgies, pagan rituals, or cops on molly.

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AND HERE’S WHERE WE USED TO EMBED THE SHOW UNTIL LIBSYN AND WORDPRESS CONSPIRED TO FUCK US. JUST GO HERE:
https://armyofdrunks.libsyn.com/the-2022-shameless-burning-man-show

But before that, let us shamelessly plug the one drink everyone loved: The Grisly’s Cosmic Float! (Full disclosure: Yes, this is the company one of us owns. Sorry.)

First, get yourself the best bourbon and cola in a can from shop.grislyscosmic.con

Then get:
– Vanilla Ice Cream
– Caramel Sauce
– Whipped Cream — Ideally vanilla Whip-Shots
– Vanilla Wafer Cookies
– Sprinkles

RECIPE:
Crush the cookies into crumbs. Rim a large glass with caramel and dip it in a bowl of cookie crumbs to make it look all crumb-covered and stuff. Put a scoop of vanilla ice cream, then a big shot of caramel sauce, and pour in the Grisly’s Cosmic Black. Top it with whipped cream and a whole cookie, then drink it like a boss!

Or watch the video that wordpress won’t embed right here!

https://youtube.com/shorts/IFkn93meJ-4?feature=share

And now, onto the Playa Classics! NOTE: all drinks involve mixing in the same damn glass you’re going to drink the thing out of, in whatever ratio seems to make sense to you at the time.

DRINKINGREDIENTSMATTTHERMBUCKERIC
Clown JucieBeer & ClamatoYesYesNo“Present”
GatoraditaGatorade & TequilaNo“Present”YesYes
PickletiniVodka & Prickle BrineNoNoNoYes
Rocket SauceVodka, Gatorade, Energy Drink“Present”NoYesNo
RadlerBeer & LemondaeYesYes“Soft Yes”“Soft Yes”
The Playa Drink Ratings Chart

LINKS TO OTHER SHOW STUFF

Andie’s Burning Man Podcast
https://burningman.org/podcast/

Buck’s Music
https://buckaedown.bandcamp.com

Eric’ Grisly’s Cosmic – The Best Whiskey and Cola in a Can or your life back!
https://shop.grislyscosmic.com/

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