I love watching television. I watch TV shows on my actual televisions, on my computer and on my phone. I watch via cable, Netflix, Hulu, Crackle and other streaming services. Blame the fact I grew up in the Golden Age of Television, when TV was new and it was a status symbol to have a hulking RCA or Zenith smack dab in the living room, but TV is a part of my personal cultural history. It was, and is, a window to the world, albeit a kind of dirty, smudged window these days, but there are still gems if you wipe off that grime. The gems inspire my foray into bespoke TV cocktails.
At the end of a long work day I often mix up a cocktail, flip on a screen and shut my brain down by watching a few hours of the Boob Tube. It's like a small screen happy hour and, not surprisingly, I've come up with a few TV special drinks for viewing time.
TELEVISION INSPIRED
COCKTAILS
BOARDWALK EMPIRE COCKTAILS
BREAKING BAD BLUE CRYSTAL MARGARITA
DOWNTON ABBEY COCKTAIL
GAME OF THRONES COCKTAILS
HAVEN DROWN YOUR TROUBLES MARTINI
MAD MEN COCKTAILS
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK CANTALOUPE DAIQUIRI
TWISTED FAIRYTALE for Once Upon A Time
ROMULAN ALE
ROWDY ROY ROGERS
SEX In The CITY COCKTAILS
SIMPSONS DUH-OH COCKTAIL
SONS OF ANARCHY SAMCRO BOILERMAKER
STAR TREK COCKTAILS 1
STAR TREK COCKTAILS 2
STRANGER THINGS SLUSHY
EMMY COCKTAILS
Then, of course, there's that children's virgin cocktail:
"Television is a weapon of mass distraction."
Updated 20-2018
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