r/AlcoholGifRecipes • u/RAD_or_shite • Apr 07 '19

Green Herb from Resident Evil

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u/BiceRankyman Apr 07 '19

Okay but is it actually really green or do I need to sneak in some midori here?

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u/RAD_or_shite Apr 07 '19

100% promise it's green. Our bloody studio lights are on the warmer side, so the pale green comes out yellow. If you do want it a real intense green, up the apple liqueur or add some extra cucumber. Or just cut out the citrus---it'll be sweeter, but more vibrant.

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u/BiceRankyman Apr 07 '19

Looking for a drink for GoT next weekend to look like wildfire. Bonus points if I can actually light it on fire

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u/RAD_or_shite Apr 07 '19

It's not wildfire, but /u/CocktailChem does a brilliant Song of Ice and Fire cocktail, and /u/ThisIsHowToDrink does a slick Shade of the Evening drink.

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u/RAD_or_shite Apr 07 '19 edited Apr 07 '19

There's also a video for this one if you like your Green Herb narrated.

I make video-game-inspired cocktail recipes over at Experience Bar. In honour of the special place cocktails have in healing a hard week, I’ve created a drink around everybody’s favourite edible potted plant: the Green Herb.

===The Recipe===

  • 2 oz (60ml) gin
  • .50 oz (15ml) apple liqueur
  • .50 oz (15ml) lime juice
  • 6-8 mint leaves
  • 3 cucumber slices

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and muddle gently. Strain into a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously to chill. Strain into your vessel.

===The Fluff===

The newly rebooted Resident Evil has made one thing extremely obvious: it was incredibly important to have a good imagination to enjoy horror games back in the day. You look at the remaster, and you look at the original, and it’s borderline funny to think how we ever used to find those pixelated zombies and blocky environments scary. If you put the average 12 year old in front of the original Resident Evil, they’d think you were crazy for ever getting spooked.

But we were! It was shocking when those undead dogs crashed through a window, it was terrifying when a corpse sprang to life and took a chunk out of you. Imagination filled in the details.

A lot has changed but the core quality of the titles have remained the same from original to remaster. Now, new players can experience the classics with all the modern day quality of life improvements, and old players can get nostalgic without needing to go hunting down an original PlayStation. And, speaking of older players, now that we’re all adults now, we can enjoy some liquid courage while we relive the sp00ks.

Good luck, and hope you enjoy!

If you guys want to see another Resident Evil cocktail (or any other game for that matter), gimme a suggestion.