Friday Happy Hour

I'll be honest here. Due to my age, my knowledge of the Pokemon franchise isn't all that great. Pokemon came out in 1996, when I was 18 years old. As a result, I just never got into it since it was geared towards younger kids. That doesn't mean I don't know anything about the franchise though. I know that it's a super popular series for geeks slightly younger than myself. I also know that the monsters go through evolutionary changes during their life cycle, becoming larger and more powerful forms of themselves.

To that effect, the wonderful folks over at Drunken Moogle have put together this amazing set of three drinks, named after the different stages of the Charzard pokemon. This leads me to the following question:

If the standard Pokemon catch phrase is "Gotta catch 'em all", would the catchphrase for Pokemon based drinks then be "Gotta drink 'em all"?

I think it really has to be at that point, right?

Ingredients:

Charmander

• 1 splash of grenadine
• 1 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey
• .5 oz Bacardi 151

Directions for the Charmander shot: Pour a slash of grenadine into the bottom of a shot glass. Add the Fireball, then top with the Bacardi 151. Light it on fire, then extinguish before drinking.

Charmeleon

• 1 spash of grenadine,
• 1 splash of scotch
• 1 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey
• Fill with ginger ale

Directions for the Charmeleon cocktail: Mix all the alcoholic ingredients and then pour over ice in a lowball glass. Top with ginger ale.

Charizard

• 2 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey
• 2 splashes of grenadine
• 2 splash of scotch
• 1.5 ounces Bacardi 151
• Fill with ginger ale

Directions for the Charizard drink: Mix all of the alcoholic ingredients, pour into a highball glass and top with ginger ale. If you plan on lighting the Charizard on fire, add the Bacardi 151 last, after the ginger ale, on top of everything else. As always, be careful with flames and don’t try to drink flaming cocktails while still on fire! Fire burns people and stuff and faces.

If Charzard isn't your particular favorite Pokemon, Drunken Moogle also made drink recipes covering the different stages of Bulbasaur and Squirtle as well.