Smart Bitch Happy Hour: A Contest!

Book Cover Contest Ahoy! Get out your minibar bottles and start mixing! Kathleen O’Reilly has sent me a fair pile of her new book, Nightcap and I’m loving my new postage scale like you have no idea. And it’s almost Friday, sort of, so let’s start the Smart Bitch Happy Hour with a contest.

Since the O’Sullivan brothers own a bar, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to create a drink recipe and name it. It doesn’t matter if the drink actually tastes good – so many mixed drinks are made with vodka, which makes me wicked ill, so don’t worry that I’m standing by with a titanium liver and a top shelf bar ready to test-drive your concoctions. Heh. “Concoctions.”

So, bang a gong, it is on. Bring in your best made-up Smart Bitch Happy Hour cocktail (Heh heh. “cocktail.”) and post it in the comments. It doesn’t have to be about sex or screwing or banging a bartender but hey, with the language of mixology, there’s plenty of room for some funny recipes. You have until 2am eastern to post your drink mix (Last Call!), and then comments will expire.

Kathleen O’Reilly will judge the top 5, and winners get books. Sorry, I can’t ship alcohol across state lines without a license. Otherwise I’d send you booze, too.

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  1. R. says:

    As you can imagine, this was originally created out of what was left over at the end of an achaeology job out in the field. It’s very good though! We always called it a tequila fizz but maybe it needs a better name….

    How about “Ancients’ Ruin”?

  2. E.D'Trix says:

    The Hershey Highway

    2 oz. Vanilla Vodka
    1 oz. Kahlua
    1/2 oz. half and half
    enough Hershey’s syrup to properly lube…er, FLAVOR.

    Blend together with ice, and remember to relax before you begin.

    The Popped Cherry

    2 oz. Rum
    1 oz. Vodka
    Grenadine to taste

    Mix together and top with Sprite and a generous amount of split marachinos.

    Savor the sweet taste of experience.

  3. Spoon says:

    I came up with this drink in Florida. Best name I’ve been able to come up with is the Tropical Spoon:

    2 shots coconut rum
    Orange juice

    Garnish (if desired): Drop a wedge of lime in. (Because, for the last time, you put the lime IN the coconut …)

  4. Dayle says:

    There’s an erotica anthology coming out sometime this year called Screaming Orgasms and Sex on the Beach, edited by Shanna Germain, in which all of the stories are inspired by drinks (both the naughty named ones and others—mine was inspired by a drink called The Witch of Venice, which actually sounds disgusting because it has creme de bananas in it).

  5. sherry thomas says:

    Just Swallow It

    Salt
    A shot of Baileys
    A shot of lime juice

    Drink it very fast, before you can taste it.  And then lick your lips, smile at the person who gave it to you, and say, “Okay,  hon, time to reshingle the roof.”

  6. This one is sooo easy and man we couldn’t believe how great it tasted. We figured this one out while pushing a week on the islands and having so much fun no one wanted to go in for ice and beer.
    You take Malibu Rum, plastic bottle no glass on the beach of course, and Diet Vernors.
    I know it sounds completely nasty, but you can’t believe the taste that comes from it. It’s almost like a vanilla-nut burst of summer in your mouth.
    It’s even good flat or warm. (LOL)
    You can do shots or just take whats left of the rum and dump it in a 2 liter.
    We love this stuff and call it a Dirty Summer Lovin.
    Even the men who are all about the beer liked it a lot.
    The only problem is it goes down way too easy… Yikes. You can go from zero to mouthy bitch, PDQ.

  7. Svenja says:

    „Pond water“ – aka „Green algal bloom“

    5 cl Cachaca or white rum
    1 cl Blue Curacao
    1 cl Triple sec
    5 cl orange juice
    15 cl passionfruit juice
    1 cl grapefruit juice

    Mix and serve on crushed ice.

    Svenja (long-time lurker, first-time poster)

  8. Beth says:

    Nipple Ring

    1 shot vanilla vodka
    1 shot baileys
    1 shot butterscotch schnapps

    Mix and serve straight up. Garnish with a cherry.

  9. hanne says:

    I hereby give you five magnificent drinks, all originating from my [insert gender neutral word for sorority/fraternity here]:

    Inexperienced
    4 cl (1 shot) Southern Comfort
    Top with Sprite/seven up

    Unstable
    8 cl Southern Comfort
    Top with Sprite/seven up

    Incompetent
    16 cl Southern Comfort
    Top with Sprite/seven up

    Indigestible
    4 cl Sprite
    Top with Southern Comfort

    And finally -for a similar effect as described in plainjane’s charming little story:

    Monkey Wank
    4 cl Baileys
    1 shot (4 cl) Coke

  10. R. says:

    How about recipes for “TSTL” and “Asshole Hero”?

  11. Leslie Hubanks says:

    The Category Romance Cocktail

    Ingredients:

    A crystal glass (Waterford preferred)
    2 Tbs Pie Cherries pureed (A virgin with mixed feelings)
    3 Oz Champagne (Sparkle and some cash required)
    2 Oz Tequila (Made from cactus because a little prick now and then is a good thing

    Optional ingredients: Egyptian pickles (lots of salt, garlic and hot stuff) For the Chic Sheikh; Bad coffee and bitters for the Divorced Cop version; and Whole Organic Milk for the Tanned Bland Hero.

  12. MAL says:

    Awesomely Good Milk Shake

    3 scoops ice cream
    1 shot espresso
    1 shot Godiva chocolate liqueur (for chocolate shakes)
    (sub 1 shot baileys for vanilla shakes)

    Blend or float, and top with whipped cream.

    Coco-Loco Style Margarita

    Combine in one 40oz Blender:

    20 oz   ice chips or cubes
    1 shot triple sec
    4 shot tequila (gold is nice)
    4-6 oz pineapple concentrate, frozen

    Blend. Dip rims of margarita glasses in honey, then in toasted coconut. Makes 4.

  13. Melissa Marr says:

    Ok, I miss mixing, so I’m going to play . . .

    Topshelf Seduction

    2 oz Vodka (Stoli or Absolut)
    1 oz Godiva Chocolate liqueur
    1 oz Chambord Raspberry liqueur

    *ALT: Raspberry Vodka

    (straight-up, chilled martini glass, no rocks, no garnish, serve with truffles & candlelight)

    She’s Sweet But She Bites

    2 oz Vodka (Stoli or Absolut)
    1 oz Grand Marnier liqueur
    1 oz Chambord Raspberry liquer

    *ALT: Raspberry Vodka if you want more berry
    (shaken & strained, chilled martini glass, no rocks)

    Vampire Kisses

    1 oz Midori
    1 oz Chambord Raspberry liquer
    1 oz Triple Sec
    dash sours
    dash of cranberry for the red trickle look [Do this last step in front of the customer]
    (cocktail, heavy rocks)

    *ALT—Kisses with Teeth
    -add 2 oz Vodka instead of Triple Sec

  14. Elyssa says:

    The Gary Ferber

    *flavor it to your liking*

    Pineapple juice
    Crushed ice
    Vodka
    A dash of tequila
    Shake well
    Pour in a margarita glass (either salted or sugared), serve cold and add a dollop of whipped cream and maraschino cherries.

    Copycat Cassie

    Take a drink from above
    Copy the exact order
    And claim it as your own

  15. Did you forget the anti-freeze, Carrie?

    He’s got the pineapple juice in there—no need to make it overly sweet!

  16. Angelina says:

    In response to the request for a TSTL coktail – it’s called a can of Ginger Ale – they don’t know any freakin better and the ale part throws ‘em off.

    My favourite Drink: SO not a Virgin Bloody Mary

    Glass full of ice – hit the bottom with a spash of Guiness Beer. Add your Mix of Choice 3 to one with Vodka. Add Tabasco and Worsteschire (sp) to taste. Serve with both olives and Dill spears.
    That’s what makes it definately not a virgin, the spear and the balls.

    If family is visiting – use equal parts mix and vodka.

  17. Prettyhairs says:

    The Cocksucking Lesbo (Think about it)

    1 (or 2 if you like it sweet) scoop vanilla ice cream

    An amount of whatever makes you happy of Malibu Rum

    An equal amount of Passõa (passion fruit liquor)

    Top off with orange juice

    Serve in tall, pink glasses and with straw and something frilly.

    Oh and to add to the lovely recipes with Baileys and acids:

    Car Bomb

    Take a tall glass, pour in a shot of Whisky

    fill up with Guinness (but not till the rim)

    take a shot glass with Baileys

    drop the shot glass in the tall glass and hurry the hell up with drinking:)

  18. Maureen says:

    A Bailey’s Smoothie

    Put in a blender:
    2 ice cubes per person
    3 1/2 ouces Baileys Irish Cream per person

  19. R. says:

    I don’t what to call it, other than “yummmmm”:  get yourself an Arby’s Jamocha shake, add a shot of Frangelico, stir thoroughly with your straw, then suck and slurp.

    Oh.

    Wow.

  20. Julie says:

    The Raging Hard-on

    One shot of Jack Daniels
    One can of Red Bull
    One crushed Viagra

    The Broken Hooker

    One bottle TGIF’s Mudslide
    add:

    Mile high teased hair with a bad dye job
    Skin tight fur collared coat
    Skin tight black leather pants
    One black knee high stiletto boot
    One walking cast
    Finish with one metal walker.

    (My daughter saw this woman last Saturday)

  21. KL says:

    I created the Rose Fart a few years ago:

    lg rocks glass with ice
    2oz white rum
    1/2 oz Grand Marnier
    Fill w/ diet 7Up
    Garnish with a rose bud

    Of course, I didn’t realize what a rose fart was and thought I was so damn clever to come up with such a name. Alternate names discussed for this drink over the last few years:

    Queef Quaff
    Carb-B-Q (it was Atkins-friendly, now passe)
    Death by Ploot Ploot

  22. Tilda Kincaid says:

    The Heaving Bosom

    1 ounce Chambord Raspberry Liqueur
    2 ounces Absolut Raspberry Vodka
    A generous splash of 7-Up (or any other lemon-lime soda)

    Shake and strain.  Serve straight-up in a chilled martini glass.  Garnish with two large, heaving raspberries.

    The Lovable Rake

    2 ounces Southern Comfort
    A generous splash of simple syrup
    1 orange slice
    2 cherries

    Muddle fruit in bottom of rocks glass.  Add ice, SoCo, and simple syrup.  Swizzle and serve.

  23. Freezair says:

    Being technically underage for this sort of thing, I know nothing about cocktails (*snort*), but OHEMGEE I am laughing my appendix out at some of these! “Man Titty?” “Stiff Concotion?” “Broken Hooker?” Good lord… Must not disturb roommate…

  24. April says:

    Forbidden Fruit

    1 1/2 oz. Three Olives apple vodka
    1 1/2 oz. POM pomegranate juice
    1 cup crushed ice
    1 sprig of mint

    Put pomegranate juice, apple vodka and cup of ice into a blender set on low for five seconds until firm.

    Add to a crystal glass.

    Garnish with mint to add to the taste and to give your drink the proper illusion of leaves.

    Then enjoy your immoral indulgence.

  25. QoftheU says:

    Had to de-lurk for this one…

    The Bookie:

    1 to 2 shots of scotch
    top with cranberry juice
    ice is optional

    Called “the Bookie” because it tastes exactly the way old books smell. Invented in university by an English students’ association. Really, you have to try it to believe it. Exactly like setting foot in a second hand book store!

  26. DBN says:

    I confess to having had my fair share of PJ (Purple Jesus)!

    Bitches Tit:
    Heavy Cream
    Kahlua
    Baileys Irish Cream

    Spit or Swallow:
    Bailey’s Irish Cream held in mouth
    Shoot Lime and Lemon juice in
    Swish

    Secret Baby:
    Malibu Rum
    Orange Juice
    Atomic Fireball in the bottom of glass

    Hidden Husband:
    Bourbon
    Coke
    One shot Jagermeister

  27. Rae says:

    Slutz

    1 jigger coconut rum
    1 jigger peach schnapps
    1 jigger vodka
    4 oz orange juice
    2 oz sprite

  28. Felicia says:

    Ok the first mixed drink I was ever introduced to by my grandmmother (for brunch and yes she was something else)

    Kir Royale:
    1 cl creme de cassis (black currant syrup)
    9 cl champange

    I was about 16 at a fancy hotel (it was in Munich so hold yer horses) and just the thought of the drink makes my nose itch (the champange bubbles)

  29. --E says:

    Captain Jack Sparrow

    1 oz dark rum
    1/2 oz creme de cacao
    1 oz apple juice (yes, really)

    Shake with ice. Strain and serve in martini glass. Garnish with cherry.

  30. em-oh says:

    Sweet Death Punch

    1 bottle malibu rum pineapple flavor
    1 1 liter bottle sprite
    1 can concetrate welches ruit punch
    1 40 oz vodka

    mix serve and enjoy!

    (one nite the girls and I from my dorm wanted to get drunk but no one could drink vodka straight up so we added what we had and came up with this)

  31. Kathleen O'Reilly says:

    Y’all are making this SO very hard.  All this makes me want to take off for the licker store and do some taste-testing. 

    Assuming that it’s okay with Sarah, I think I’d love to collect all these up and put them on the website, immortalized….

  32. Fluffy says:

    Welp, I’m new here but I’m going to give it a go, although this has nothing to do with anything related to Kathleen O’Reilly. Having just found yesterday your review of Catherine Coulter’s Devil’s Embrace(when i read the book, even my shameless romance-reading self went “wait…WHAT?”), i offer, made up on the spot:

    the Devil’s Embrace
    2 oz Pomegranate liqueur (for that middle-eastern sort of flavor)
    1 oz bumboo (for the pirate in all of us)
    Top with a large dollop of Creme Anglais before attempting to drink (for…well, you know)

  33. Stephanie says:

    I really wish I could come up with a good recipe named “the Turgid Member”, but I can’t. *sniffle*

  34. R. says:

    I really wish I could come up with a good recipe named “the Turgid
    Member”, but I can’t. *sniffle*

    Whatever it is, it’d better be a stiff one.

    use13 – is that 13 ingredients, or 13 inches??

  35. Laurel says:

    Although I’m not surprised to see there already is one with this same title, here’s my

    Captain Jack Sparrow

    The “water” (not milk) from one fresh coconut
    1 ounce dark rum
    Juice of 1 key lime

    Mix well and serve. Stagger around yelling WHY IS THE RUM GONE until your friends no longer find this amusing.

  36. KJsGrrl says:

    The Husky Murmur

    1 can strawberry crush
    splash of vodka
    splash of tequila
    splash of gin
    splash of peach schnapps
    1 large plastic cup (no need to dirty a real glass!)

    Swirl it around in the cup, gulp it down. Once it’s down you’ll be talking with that same husky murmur all the sexy people use in romance novels…or you’ll just be headed straight to the bathroom to pay homage.

  37. Liviania says:

    The Sexy Librarian
    1 oz gin
    1 oz sprite
    splash of peach nectar
    Kiwi slice

    Serve over ice.

    (I don’t actually drink, so I don’t advise trying this.)

  38. Liviania says:

    Edit button isn’t working for me, but that should be 2 oz. gin.

  39. rebyj says:

    The Flaccid Villain

    Andre Cold duck
    Fernet Branca Bitters
    ice

    Fill a tall glass with lots of ice, add the cheap Cold Duck like the bimbos he prefers add a shot or two of the expensive Bitters to represent his expensive tastes in his own selfish desires.
      Have it served to him by an toothless old fat tavern wench who will curse him with her visage ,ever present when ever he ponders evil intent or sexual desire!

    Everyone knows the heroine avoids being raped by the villain because he can’t ever get it up, now you know why!

  40. sistergolden says:

    The Bodice Ripper
    1/4 cup of sprite
    1 splash of cranberry juice
    1 marishino cherry

    Best served *virgin* while listening to Warrant’s Cherry Pie, however if you’re wanting something a bit more risque, feel free to add 2 “jiggers” of rum and switch the tune to GnR’s “Sweet Child o’ Mine”.

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