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Trick or Treat - A Halloween Drinking Game

Friday, October 12th, 2007

galliano_shot_drinks32.jpgChatting with the nice folks over at Instrucatbles about Halloween. I was telling them how I was looking a fun, easy and adult Halloween drinking game to share with all of you. Leah, one of the great problem solvers they have over thee took the challenge and quickly came up with this dastardly contest. The game is, called what else, Trick or Treat, except instead of collecting loads of candy around the neighborhood, this one live up to it name.

Here’s how it works:

1) The bartender serves to identical looking drinks. One shot is the trick (as in nasty) one is the treat (as in tasty).

2) The player chooses one, if they get tricked and he/she holds it down, the good shot is free.

Another variation we came up with is a bit more interactive.

Instead of two drinks, there is just one and it can be good or gross. The player starts by picking from a pumpkin a slip of paper with one of many embassing things that you can do at a bar (kiss a stranger, dance on the bar, etc…). They player reads the task aloud to the crowd. The player then can choose either do the task or take the shot, not knowing if it is a trick or treat.

Shot In The Dark Glasses

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

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Perfect for Halloween, the bases of these 2 oz. shot glasses are wrapped in glow in the dark rubber. Made by uber cool design shop SUCK UK, the rubber base is made of a glow in the dark material that glows green when the lights go out. Not only do they make finding your shot a snap, but it looks ultra spooky too.

SUCK UK - Shot In The Dark Glasses
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This Week’s Drink - Red Death

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

dotw logoFall is here and Halloween is just a few short weeks away. So for the next five weeks we will be featuring Halloween Themed Cocktails. This week’s drink is called “Red Death” a combination of an Alabama Slammer and a Kamikaze. What results is your business…

shot1.gifRed Death

1 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Southern Comfort
1/2 oz. Sloe Gin
1/4 oz. Triple Sec
1/2 oz. Orange Juice
1/4 oz. Lime Juice

Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with a cup of ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

recent drinks …
Halloween Cocktails …

This Week’s Drink - Goose My Ass

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

dotw logoIt was bound to happen, a cocktail made with the new super concentrated energy drink 5-Hour Energy. Reader BB sends us this mixture of premium Grey Goose Vodka and high octane 5-Hour Energy. Grab one and hold on!

2 oz. Grey Goose
1 oz. 5-hour Energy Drink

Add to Grey Goose and 5-hour Energy to cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until well and strain into a shot glass.

Thanks BB!

past drinks…

Suck & Blow

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

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The perfect Valentine’s treat!

The Suck & Blow is a fun new way for people to share Jello shots. Invented by Doug Hamer of South Carolina, the S & B , as it is know, is a jello shot encased in a six inch tube. What results is unabated fun, sexy fun. Two drinkers suck and blow to get the shot out of the tube. What a great ice breaker.

The folks at Suck & Blow sell DIY kits and prefilled tubes. I couldn’t tell from the website if the premade shots contain alcohol, bit does it really matter?

Suck & Blow (via Thrillist)

New Videos - Cabo Shots & Sake

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

This is a an old post that has been updated

This week we follow the Misty and Lauren to San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. They visit the Giggling Marlin, a bar notorious for shots. The girls are not disappointed when they are greeted with Jello Body Shots, upside down gravity shots and others. watch the video >>

We also went to Tokyo with the Thirsty Traveler. Ooops

There used to be a video here, but the thirsty traveler doesn’t want you to see it. Sorry. They partnered with a company that asked me to promote the show for free, which I did. Now they don’t need us (so they say) and told us our use of the videos was unauthorized. Yet, they gave us implied right to use it by sending us their code. Embed codes were also available to all on the partner site.

We holler shenanigans.

Anyway we have more videos from producers that would be happy to let you watch,

Cheers!

More videos…

How To Get Free Drinks

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

The English video series “the Real Hustle” demonstrates two bar tricks that could get you a few freebies. Of course, use this power wisely and make sure your opponent hasn’t seen these videos.

Part One — the Hat Trick


Part Two — Geometry Lesson


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Wisebread’s Top 5 Free Drink Hustles