The Big Ginger
Where: The Local
Ingredients: Two shots of Jameson whiskey, ginger ale.
Price: $6.
- Barbara: I can see why this could be dangerous.
- Joe: Why would you waste Jameson by putting ginger in it? Whiskey for beginners.
- Jake: This is pretty easy drinking.
- Amanda: It's an alternative to beer.
- Emily: A watery, heavy, good guy's cocktail.
Jenna Jameson
Where: Temple
Ingredients: Jameson whiskey, ginger syrup and ginger ale, served with chunks of ginger.
Price: $10; $7 from 5-6 p.m. daily.
- Joe: Is this supposed to smell like a porn studio? Not as sweet.
- Moe: Better than the Big Ginger.
- Amanda: Tastes the same as the Big Ginger.
The Local may be known for its Big Ginger, but the Temple's very similar Jenna Jameson was considered superior by most of the Drinking Squad.
Night of the Hunter
Where: La Belle Vie
Ingredients: Imperial vodka, Licor 43, Oloroso sherry and sea salt, garnished with Marcona almonds stuffed in green olives.
Price: $12.
- Barbara: This tastes like butterscotch.
- Moe: I want to put it on pancakes.
- Joe: I just don't get it. I couldn't do a whole drink. Weird, salty sweet.
- Emily: Good taste, overwhelming. A dessert drink.
- Amanda: It burned my throat. The olive is a good complement.
The Drinking Squad went all out sampling La Belle Vie's creative cocktail menu. Other favorites: the Parlez-Vous, City of Light, Fire Women and Margie Had Sex in the Pantry.
The Zombie
Where: Red Dragon
Ingredients: Bacardi Dark, Bacardi Light, Bacardi 151, Myers's Rum, Red Dragon's juice mix (sweet and sour, pineapple juice and orange juice).
Price: $9.
- Emily: I'm not overwhelmed. Here's a $9 drink that's gonna get me drunk. The younger ones seem to love this dirty bar. It brings me back to college.
- Joe: My new breakfast drink -- it's like Sunny D.
- Barbara: A quintessential rum drink.
- Amanda: It's like fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice.
Wondrous Punch
Where: Red Dragon
Ingredients: Bacardi Dark, Bacardi Light, Bacardi 151, Myers's Rum, grenadine, Red Dragon's juice mix.
Price: $9.
- Emily: The Zombie, but sweeter.
- Joe: It's the same drink! If the Zombie is my new breakfast drink, this is my new brunch drink.
- Barbara: It's boozier than the Zombie. Tastes like Kool Aid or Crystal Light. If you drink too many of these, you're puking.
- Amanda: About the same as the Zombie, but easier to drink and get totally drunk.
- Moe: I wouldn't have any more than a Dixie cup. A whole one would be too sweet. A college drink, for people who want to get drunk.
- Jake: A rummy taste, but still citrusy. I still like the Zombie better.
10:45 P.M.: One down, five to go. Barbara's husband shows up at the Dragon and they leave. With five bars left on the itinerary, the rum is starting to hit the remaining squad members. Here's where they start getting giggly.
