Drinking With...

Pour up The 3:15 and join McCash as he relives this legendary (for better or for worse) remake alongside Brittany Fernandez and Stoney Keeley. Today, we're drinking with...The Amityville Horror. 

To make The 3:15: 

Ingredients

• 2 oz black vodka (or regular vodka)
• 1 oz blackberry liqueur
• ½ oz cranberry juice
• ½ oz fresh lemon juice
• ¼ oz simple syrup
• Club soda
• Fresh blackberries and a rosemary sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. Fill a shaker with ice and add the vodka, blackberry liqueur, cranberry juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
2. Shake well.
3. Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.
4. Top with a splash of club soda.
5. Garnish with fresh blackberries and a lightly torched rosemary sprig

Pour up a Skeleton Key cocktail and join McCash as he relives this 2005 swamp-set thriller alongside Brittany Fernandez and Stoney Keeley. Today, we're drinking with... The Skeleton Key. 

To make the Skeleton Key cocktail: 

Ingredients

• 2 oz rye whiskey
• ½ oz blackberry liqueur
• ½ oz Benedictine
• ¼ oz fresh lemon juice
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash aromatic chocolate bitters (optional)
• Smoked rosemary sprig (for garnish)
• Blackberries and a lemon twist

Instructions

1. Fill a mixing glass with ice.
2. Add the rye, blackberry liqueur, Benedictine, lemon juice, and bitters.
3. Stir until well chilled.
4. Strain over a large ice cube in an old fashioned glass.
5. Lightly torch the rosemary sprig (or gently smoke it), extinguish the flame, and place it in the glass.
6. Garnish with a blackberry and a expressed lemon twist.

Pour up a Claustrophobic Cocktail and join McCash as he ventures deep into the caves alongside Brandon and Stoney. We're kicking off Spooky Season today, drinking with... The Descent. 

“The Claustrophobic Cocktail”


Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz dark rum
• 0.5 oz blackberry liqueur
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/4 oz simple syrup
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• 1/4 oz red wine float (for that “blood in the water” effect)
• Optional: tiny pinch of activated charcoal if you have some

Instructions:

1. Add rum, blackberry liqueur, lime juice, simple syrup, and bitters to a shaker with ice.
2. Shake until cold and slightly aggressive
3. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
4. Slowly float the red wine on top (pour over the back of a spoon).
5. If using charcoal, stir lightly for a shadowy, cave-black look.

Pour up a Whoop That Trick cocktail and join McCash as he looks back on the film that delivered an Oscar to Three 6 Mafia alongside Brandon and Stoney. Today, we're drinking with... Hustle & Flow.

Whoop That Trick
Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 0.5 oz peach liqueur
• 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
• 0.5 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey + water)
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• Optional: small pinch of cayenne or a thin slice of jalapeño
• Splash of ginger beer

Instructions:

1. Add bourbon, peach liqueur, lemon juice, honey syrup, and bitters to a shaker with ice.
2. If you want heat, toss in a jalapeño slice or tiny pinch of cayenne.
3. Shake hard
4. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
5. Top with a splash of ginger beer.

Pour up a Small Town Secret and join McCash as he relives this tense David Cronenberg thriller alongside Brandon and Stoney. Today, we're drinking with...A History of Violence. 

To make the Small Town Secret, you'll need
• 2 oz rye whiskey
• ½ oz cherry liqueur
• ¼ oz maple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash orange bitters
• Orange peel
• cherry

Instructions
1. Fill a mixing glass with ice.
2. Add rye whiskey, cherry liqueur, maple syrup, and both bitters.
3. Stir for about 20 seconds until well chilled.
4. Strain into a large rocks glass with a single cube.
5. Express an orange peel over the drink and drop it in.
6. Garnish with a cherry.

Pour up a Skull Island Colossus and join McCash as he relives Peter Jackson's take on one of the most epic stories in cinema history alongside Brandon and Stoney. Today, we're drinking with...King Kong. 

To make the Skull Island Colossus, you'll need:

• 1½ oz dark rum
• ½ oz overproof rum
• 1 oz coconut cream
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• ½ oz fresh lime juice
• ½ oz banana liqueur
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• banana slice for garnish


Instructions

1. Fill a shaker with ice.
2. Add dark rum, coconut cream, pineapple juice, lime juice, banana liqueur, and bitters.
3. Shake well until chilled.
4. Pour into a large rocks glass or tiki mug filled with crushed ice.
5. Float the overproof rum on top.
6. Garnish with a banana slice.

Pour up The GOAT and join McCash as he relives this raunchy Ryan Reynolds-led comedy alongside Brandon and Stoney. Today, we're drinking with...Waiting...

To make The GOAT, you'll need: 

• ½ oz Jägermeister
• ½ oz peach schnapps
• Splash pineapple juice

Shake and serve as a chilled shot.

Pour up a Tripod Attack and join McCash as he relives this Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg collab that dominated the box office alongside Brandon and Stoney! Today, we're drinking with...War of the Worlds.

To make the Tripod Attack:

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz black vodka (or regular vodka + drop of black food coloring)
• 1 oz pomegranate juice (
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
• 0.5 oz simple syrup
• Splash of ginger beer

Instructions

1. Fill a shaker with ice.
2. Add vodka, pomegranate juice, lime juice, and simple syrup.
3. Shake well until chilled.
4. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
5. Top with a splash of ginger beer for a fizzy effect.

Pour up a Motor Boating Cocktail and join McCash as he relives this institution of 2000s era comedies alongside Brandon and Stoney. Today, we're drinking with...Wedding Crashers.

To make the Motor Boating Cocktail:

Ingredients

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 oz peach schnapps
• ½ oz fresh lemon juice
• ½ oz honey syrup
• 2 oz chilled Prosecco or Champagne
• Dash of orange bitters
• Garnish: Orange twist

Instructions

1. In a shaker with ice, combine bourbon, peach schnapps, lemon juice, honey syrup, and bitters.
2. Shake well
3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
4. Top with Prosecco.
5. Garnish with an orange twist

Pour up a Basin City Blackout and join McCash as he relives this translation of Frank Miller's iconic graphic novel alongside Brandon and Stoney. Today, we're drinking with... Sin City.

To make the Basin City Blackout:

Ingredients

• 2 oz rye whiskey
• 1 oz black vermouth
• ¼ oz maraschino liqueur
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• cherry for garnish

Instructions

1. Add whiskey, vermouth/amaro, maraschino liqueur, and bitters to a mixing glass with ice.
2. Stir until chilled and silky.
3. Strain into a chilled coupe or lowball glass.
4. Garnish with a single red cherry—let it sink like a drop of color in a black‑and‑white frame.