Impress the Jedi lurking about Mos Eisley with a drink that will make them think you juiced Yoda. Qui-Gon’s Gin Fizz 1 shot gin 2 inches fresh cucumber 1 fresh mint leaf ½ lime 1 tsp simple syrup ½ cup ice 2 drops green food coloring ginger ale Use your lightsaber to slice off a two inch hunk of fresh
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Summer time is here. As a geek, that means copious consumption of two things – books and alcohol. Our own Silvia Sellerio went on a quest to efficiently combine the two by recreating Nanny Ogg’s Scumble from Terry Pratchett’s epic Discworld series. While I can’t vouch that it’ll dissolve a nail, I can say it’s deceptively strong and does indeed
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We pay our last respects to True Blood’s final season with a week of drinks almost as delicious as Sookie’s Fairy Blood. Get ready for a tasty trip back in time as we explore drinks your favorite vampires would’ve quaffed before they were turned. Nan Flanagan (Turned 1194) THE WOMAN Nan Flanagan had a lifelong love of politics. She climbed
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We pay our last respects to True Blood’s final season with a week of drinks almost as delicious as Sookie’s Fairy Blood. Get ready for a tasty trip back in time as we explore drinks your favorite vampires would’ve quaffed before they were turned. Talbot (Turned 1310) THE MAN Talbot grew up a spoiled Greek Byzantine prince. Russell Edgington was
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We pay our last respects to True Blood’s final season with a week of drinks almost as delicious as Sookie’s Fairy Blood. Get ready for a tasty trip back in time as we explore drinks your favorite vampires would’ve quaffed before they were turned. Sophie-Anne Leclerq (Turned in the early 1500’s) THE WOMAN Before she was turned over five hundred
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We pay our last respects to True Blood’s final season with a week of drinks almost as delicious as Sookie’s Fairy Blood. Get ready for a tasty trip back in time as we explore drinks your favorite vampires would’ve quaffed before they were turned. Lorena Krasiki (Turned 1759) THE WOMAN It’s hard to believe someone as bloody- minded as Lorena
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We pay our last respects to True Blood’s final season with a week of drinks almost as delicious as Sookie’s Fairy Blood. Get ready for a tasty trip back in time as we explore drinks your favorite vampires would’ve quaffed before they were turned. Bill Compton (Turned 1865) THE MAN Bill Compton survived the Civil War only to be killed
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The good folks at Mantry sent me a manly crate full of manly foods guaranteed to put hair on your chest. Since I don’t have a fine, strokeable beard, I recruited two gentlemen from FanboyTV to witness and comment as I opened the box. Within, we found: $15 Pok Pok Thai Basil Drinking Vinegar $10 Gordy’s Thai Basil Jalapenos $8
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We pay our last respects to True Blood’s final season with a week of drinks almost as delicious as Sookie’s Fairy Blood. Get ready for a tasty trip back in time as we explore drinks your favorite vampires would’ve quaffed before they were turned. Godric (Turned around 10 BCE) THE MAN While Godric was born in Gaul (modern France and
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We pay our last respects to True Blood’s final season with a week of drinks almost as delicious as Sookie’s Fairy Blood. Get ready for a tasty trip back in time as we explore drinks your favorite vampires would’ve quaffed before they were turned. Eric Northman (Turned around 930 AD) THE MAN Vikings were the badasses of the ancient world.
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