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Manly Drinks

As a man, it’s hard to convince yourself to order a mimosa with your Sunday brunch. That’s why I am a huge fan of the Manmosa, which Heather introduced to me at Boss Tweeds on Sunday. The recipe is simple:

- 1 can of Beer
- 4 oz. Orange Juice

Believe it or not, it’s delicious. Perhaps the most amusing thing about the Manmosa is that it’s considered more “manly,” despite the fact that it contains less alcohol than a mimosa.

This got me thinking: are there other drinks where we can replace key ingredients with beer to make them more masculine? Here are some suggestions:

Drink: Long Island Iced Tea
New Name: Guido Iced Tea
Ingredients:
- 1 part Vodka
- 1 part Tequila
- 1 part Rum
- 1 part Gin
- 1 part Triple sec
- 2 parts Beer

Drink: Cape Codder
New Name: Cape Codder, Hold the P-Town
Ingredients:
- 1 can of Beer
- 4 oz. Cranberry Juice
- 1 wedge of Lime

Drink: Tom Collins
New Name: Chuck Norris Killed Tom Collins
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Beer
- 1 oz. Lemon juice
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 3 oz. more Beer
- Garnish with cherry, orange slice, and a roundhouse kick to the face.

Drink: Cosmopolitan
New Name: N/A
Ingredients:
- Sorry, there is absolutely no way to make a cosmo masculine.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 at 2:26 pm and is filed under Food and Booze. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

11 Responses to “Manly Drinks”

  1. August 29th, 2006 at 5:33 pm

    says:

    What Dave said…

  2. August 29th, 2006 at 7:44 pm

    says:

    yeah, thanks for the credit, asshole.

  3. August 29th, 2006 at 8:08 pm

    says:

    apologies for using the passive voice, jerk. :-)

  4. August 29th, 2006 at 11:12 pm

    says:

    you should seriously try these concoctions. and add some flames. yes!

  5. August 29th, 2006 at 11:46 pm

    says:

    Strong Island wuddah been bedda.

    Just saying…

  6. August 30th, 2006 at 11:03 am

    says:

    are bloody mary’s manly?

  7. August 30th, 2006 at 11:10 am

    says:

    I’d go for Maker’s Mark on the rocks to complete your manly brunch. But a Bellini would be FABULOUS!

  8. August 30th, 2006 at 12:47 pm

    says:

    How about this:

    Mike’s Harder Lemonade

    - Take one Mike’s Hard Lemonade
    - Open it, pour it out
    - Throw bottle at hard surface, watch it shatter
    - Pick up shards of glass, eat them
    - Open a 40 of OE
    - Drink OE, belch

    I think it’s excellent. You can also do the same with any girlified malt beverage (Zima, Smirnoff Ice, etc).

  9. August 30th, 2006 at 5:07 pm

    says:

    my boyfriend and i have been making these for a while - we call the drink a ‘MOS, and while yes, there is less alcohol than in a mimosa, its either cheaper (if you use non-headache inducing champagne in a mimosa) or much nicer to your head and stomach (if you use crap sparkling wine or cheap champagne in your mimosa)…either way its a winner.

    i knew someone who drank beer, jack, and diet coke, which is somewhat “manly” due to the absolutely disgusting taste of the concoction…but i wouldn’t reccomend it at all.

  10. August 31st, 2006 at 10:32 am

    says:

    Um, out here in fly over country take your manmosa and drop a shot of amaretto and you now have a lunch box shot. Down it like an Irish Car-Bomb. It’s good.

    Otherwise, stick with some kind of stout or whisky. Sometimes gin/vodka tonics do the job.

  11. September 6th, 2006 at 8:37 pm

    says:

    Brits mix beer with everything. They call ‘em shandy’s:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radler

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