The Broken Coil!!
Today’s drink is inspired by a mess that occurred last Friday in my library. Not your run-of-the-mill disaster, last week’s flooding situation involved bubblegum-pink liquid streaming down columns and sneaking through ceiling cracks (the way being paved many times over from previous leaks). It looked a little like this:
The HVAC unit in the room above had sprung a leak after a coil broke - and the floor was a sea of shocking pink antifreeze.
This situation obviously needed a cocktail to commemorate its bizarreness (besides the happy hour beer it immediately inspired).
Broken Coil
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz apple brandy
2 dashes of grenadine
2 dashes pink grapefruit juice
1 tbs lime juice
- Shake ingredients well and strain into a martini glass.
- Garnish with plastic sheeting. Not really
I thought about making this drink more sweet and potent for some gut-rot action that simulates what I imagined was happening to my skin as drops of antifreeze rolled off my arms. But an enjoyable cocktail sounded better.
Be prepared for any disaster with careful drink planning post-cleanup!!
*no books were harmed during the making of this drink, and only one was harmed during the disaster.
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