Real Life Equivalents

[Fishy Justice]

My google fu might be weak, but this game made me want to try things. I'm very uninformed about the alcohols; so I'm not sure if there are equivalents or if anyone on the internet has tried to make drinks inspired by the game.

Any savvy people out there have opinions?

[YsbrydG]

Disclaimer: These are personal opinions and aren't official interpretations directly endorsed by IronicLark or kiririn51.

A Brandtini is very closely based off the classic Martini as mentioned in the game. Be warned, though; a regular Martini (gin, vermouth, olives) is usually not sweet at all. In fact 9 out of 10 bars will serve you a Martini that will essentially punch you in the face if you are unexperienced with alcoholic cocktails in general. Many bars will serve fruit-based Martinis that are usually much easier to deal with. If you ever find a Lychee Martini, that would be the very closest thing I can imagine a real Brandtini tasting like.

A Bleeding Jane would likely taste like a non-alcoholic Bloody Mary. (tomato juice, beef stock or worchestershire sauce, tabasco.)

A Marsblast may resemble a Negroni (Campari digestive liquor, gin, sweet vermouth). Some bartenders have tried infusing ginseng, ginger and other spices into this drink from time to time, but even without, it's definitely on the strong and manly side. (Some people like to interpret "strong and manly" drinks as "tastes like medicine" which first-time drinkers of a Negroni often find themselves saying.)

Along similar lines, a Piano Man might be similar to a Manhattan (rye or bourbon whisky, sweet vermouth, bitters).

I've suggested the above drinks as aside from the sweet vermouth, most of the other ingredients should be available at the average supermarket. The vermouth and Campari can be difficult to find without going to a proper liquor store.

[La Teniente Rada]

lol , this post gave me the giggles

[ringhloth]

I imagine the sugar rush tasting like Grape Liquor (ie a grape jolly rancher). Which makes it even funnier in my mind when I take a shot of that and pour it into a pint of pure alcohol to get my clients drunk quickly, and they never mind.

[Sang]

I just wondering , what is equivalent to crevice spike ?

[Saishalicious]

How about the Bad Touch ? But seriously i have to make myself a Bloody Mary one of these days ^^.

[Two Hand Tony]

So, a friend and I are hosting a Christmas/ New Year's party this year! We wanted to make a bunch of drinks inspired by the game and serve them during the party (because - hell - that'd be frickin' awesome!)
Only issue is that we're all 19-20, so no alcohol, duh!
So, in looking at all the non-karmotrine (alcohol-free) drinks, I've found real-life-equivalent recipes for the Blue Fairy (with a real, non-alcoholic drink of the same name), Sparkle Star (pretty much a virgin Hurricane, I figured), and the Sugar Rush (similar in flavor and type to a drink called a Cranberry Cutie mocktail).

But I can't find anything on the Fluffy Dream, Crevice Spike, Gut Punch, or Sunshine Cloud. Any more advice or suggestions? Sorry for resurrecting this old thread

(Also along with these, there's of course the Bleeding Jane with easy non-alcoholic recipes for a virgin Bloody Mary, the Piano Man/ Manhattan has a few non-alcoholic recipes out there, and the Marsblast/ Negroni has one or two mocktail recipes, too. However, being non-alcoholic probably takes away from the original flavors of the drinks significantly...?)

[Two Hand Tony]

Originally posted by Saishalicious:

How about the Bad Touch :papyrus:? But seriously i have to make myself a Bloody Mary one of these days ^^.

Also, some have said that a Midori Sour would be a pretty direct equivalent to a Bad Touch!

[ReDragonInc]

Originally posted by YsbrydG:

Disclaimer: These are personal opinions and aren't official interpretations directly endorsed by IronicLark or kiririn51.

A Brandtini is very closely based off the classic Martini as mentioned in the game. Be warned, though; a regular Martini (gin, vermouth, olives) is usually not sweet at all. In fact 9 out of 10 bars will serve you a Martini that will essentially punch you in the face if you are unexperienced with alcoholic cocktails in general. Many bars will serve fruit-based Martinis that are usually much easier to deal with. If you ever find a Lychee Martini, that would be the very closest thing I can imagine a real Brandtini tasting like.

A Bleeding Jane would likely taste like a non-alcoholic Bloody Mary. (tomato juice, beef stock or worchestershire sauce, tabasco.)

A Marsblast may resemble a Negroni (Campari digestive liquor, gin, sweet vermouth). Some bartenders have tried infusing ginseng, ginger and other spices into this drink from time to time, but even without, it's definitely on the strong and manly side. (Some people like to interpret "strong and manly" drinks as "tastes like medicine" which first-time drinkers of a Negroni often find themselves saying.)

Along similar lines, a Piano Man might be similar to a Manhattan (rye or bourbon whisky, sweet vermouth, bitters).

I've suggested the above drinks as aside from the sweet vermouth, most of the other ingredients should be available at the average supermarket. The vermouth and Campari can be difficult to find without going to a proper liquor store.

This is accurate. A standard martini is NOT at all sweet. However, the bar you get it from may often have their own variants of drinks. Like a Long Island Iced Tea. Some bars/restaurants favor a more dry (stronger taste of alcohol, or bitter taste), while others prefer a heavy sweet taste. There are even some bars and restaurants where a LI Iced Tea isn't even alcoholic, just often an Iced Tea with a bitter or sour flavoring.

Anyways, back on topic, a lot of bars also tend to have specialty martini's. They may not be exclusive to that bar, but they're likely harder to find, because other bars might not carry the right types of alcohols. For example, the last bar I worked at had this Crème Bruleé Martini that is exceptionally sweet (the way I made it). The way our manager made it, he'd exclude the heavy cream, letting the vanilla vodka be the dominant flavour, instead of the Godiva White Chocolate Liquor. When I was asked for something sweet, it was my go to. However, I preferred to serve it in a medium rocks glass, on the rocks. I felt the chill let it last longer, and helped it pair better with meals. Whereas the recipe called for a martini glass, unchilled. To me, I always thought the warm tempurature gave it an off texture, like drinking a room tempurature water, soda or milk. Doesn't have the same refreshing impact as on the rocks would. I would say I had the best recipe for it at my bar. For all the staff who had made it, mine received the most repeat customers. Perfect sweet drink with little to no taste of alcohol, but still enough to give you a small kick (metaphorically).

Anyways, long rant with information no one asked for: Over.