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Announcing the Winning Wonkettini Cocktail!

by Ken Layne  2:15 pm July 17, 2008

Big sale on Patriotic Truck Nutz!We asked you to come up with the new D.C. Cocktail of the Now, and good jesus did you people respond. There were a hundred or so actual drink recipes submitted in the comments, and your editors painstakingly tested them all in our elaborate Experimental Bar. The winning choice — with small adjustments by Wonkette and mixologist Scott L of the new Asian Spice restaurant in Chinatown — will amuse your brain, delight your senses and, most importantly, fuck you up.

The winner is genericuserid, and Asian Spice will treat her to $50 worth of drinkin’ for this spectacular recipe:

genericuserid says at 9:43 am, July 15th, 2008

  • 1-1/2 oz. vodka
  • 1/4 oz. Chambord® raspberry liqueur
  • 1/4 oz. fresh pineapple juice
  • 1 twist lemon peel

Pour each of the above into a tall bar glass. Shake with ice, serve in a martini glass.

It sounds mighty girly, and is all pink and bubbly, but all my man-friends call this “the blackout drink.” It will f*#k you up.

To which we add, in tribute to so many of your recipe ideas and the basic tenets of patriotic liberty:

  • 1 dash of bitters
  • Garnish with two maraschino cherries, stems tied together a la Truck Nutz
  • Serve with a little American Flag toothpick

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Wonkettini. There it is. Take it and drink.

{ 69 comments }

shortsshortsshorts July 17, 2008 at 2:18 pm

I can’t believe the beer in a martini glass idea didn’t fly. That is Wonkette class right there.

Serolf Divad July 17, 2008 at 2:18 pm

OMFG, I’m getting my balls tatooed just like that! Then, when some right-wing retard complains that I’m not wearing a flag pin, I’ll whip out my balls and be like: “How much do you love America?! Yeah… I didn’t think so

tunamelt July 17, 2008 at 2:20 pm

Congratulations. I wonder how hard it will be to convince someone to make this at a bar over here.

bitchincamaro July 17, 2008 at 2:21 pm

Must leave work, go to bottle shop. now.

AfghanVet July 17, 2008 at 2:22 pm

May I suggest that instead of juice you use fresh pineapple muddled in the bottom of the shaker. The drink will be even better.

JeffGoldblum July 17, 2008 at 2:22 pm

That is an elitist drink and I am bitter about it and I am clinging to my PBR, thanks.

jimh July 17, 2008 at 2:23 pm

What!?! I thought for sure the winning entry would include “bile”.

weirdiowasculpture July 17, 2008 at 2:25 pm

[re=38604]Serolf Divad[/re]: The pain you are willing to undergo for your country is an inspiration to us all. I myself would only be willing to have my balls dipped in red, white, and blue tie-die. My condom is off to you sir!

WIDTAP July 17, 2008 at 2:27 pm

$50? Hey even Obama has $56 for the bar tab.

Truculent July 17, 2008 at 2:29 pm

My balls are already blue, I’m white, and those little spider veins in my cheeks are red from too many martinis of the non-Wonkette kind. So I’m a walking American flag, motherf**ker

Banzai77 July 17, 2008 at 2:33 pm

Now that’s Hooch I Can Believe In.

bitchincamaro July 17, 2008 at 2:34 pm

[re=38634]Truculent[/re]: Win!

tsunami July 17, 2008 at 2:42 pm

beer with a shot back rules. girly-man judges.

Anita Cocktail July 17, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Congratulations, judges: barkeeps will now be cleaning coral-colored vomit from filthy bar restrooms everywhere! well, at least in the blue states.

StupidGeek July 17, 2008 at 2:44 pm

I rate this 4 whore diamonds. It would have been 5 if actual whore diamonds had been incorporated in the drink.

Serolf Divad July 17, 2008 at 2:45 pm

It sounds mighty girly, and is all pink and bubbly, but all my man-friends call this “the blackout drink.” It will f*#k you up.

Isn’t that the same thing as calling it the “date rape drink?” Just sayin’

ProfessorJukes July 17, 2008 at 2:45 pm

This isn’t even an original recipe, except adding the bitters. I’ve always known it as a “French Martini” or, even better, a “French Hooker”, although some French Hooker recipes call for sour mix instead of pineapple.

http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink1504.html

Personally, I just mix the vodka with some Night Train, and serve over ice. Lots of ice. (“That NightTrain’s a mean wine.”)

schvitzatura July 17, 2008 at 2:48 pm

genericuserid probably lives in Coeur d’Alene, ID…

Servo July 17, 2008 at 2:48 pm

Cool. Lee Greenwood got neutered.

btwbfdimho July 17, 2008 at 2:49 pm

[re=38604]Serolf Divad[/re]: Verrrry good, but don’t get confused and try the flag pin instead.

NotUrEvryDayWEzl July 17, 2008 at 2:50 pm

I am getting f*#ked tonight! Err… f*#cked up! Yeah!

popsicle schitk July 17, 2008 at 2:58 pm

Umm, nice picture. But what happens when you squeeze the nutz?

Maj. Major Major Major July 17, 2008 at 3:00 pm

[re=38665]ProfessorJukes[/re]: So you knew about the drink but you didn’t submit it? Ha Ha! Loser.

queeraselvis v 2.0 July 17, 2008 at 3:02 pm

[re=38665]ProfessorJukes[/re]: Stealing recipes?!? Is genericuserid really Cindy McCain in disguise?

popsicle schitk July 17, 2008 at 3:05 pm

Anybody applying for the job quality checking the flag-decal condom for the truck nutz, ensuring snug and uniform application?

policonoclast July 17, 2008 at 3:06 pm

[re=38665]ProfessorJukes[/re]: oh, nutz! someone didn’t do proper vetting! you know that the Paultards will have a field day with this.

Andropov July 17, 2008 at 3:07 pm

[re=38665]ProfessorJukes[/re]: Wonkette is the new Cindy McCain.

PeteJayhawk v2.0 July 17, 2008 at 3:07 pm

What’s the word?
Thunderbird!
How’s it sold?
Good and cold!
What’s the jive?
Bird’s alive!
What’s the price?
Thirty twice!

NotMyRealName July 17, 2008 at 3:09 pm

How long before this shows up on Tiki Bar TV?

Herbal_T July 17, 2008 at 3:12 pm

WTF? How did my absinthe, red bull, and tequila drink not make the cut?

And “man friends,” in and of itself, is exceptionally “girly.”

jagorev July 17, 2008 at 3:13 pm

The maraschino cherries are just a stroke of genius. Kudos to whomever came up with that.

Herbal_T July 17, 2008 at 3:13 pm

[re=38690]popsicle schitk[/re]: Freedom jizz

Truculent July 17, 2008 at 3:16 pm

[re=38717]Herbal_T[/re]: I think they saw “bull semen” instead of Red Bull. Happens sometimes when you real things real fast.

Doglessliberal July 17, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Sounds perfect and elitist to me, but I am going to be blotto because it is not my husband’s type o’ drink (he goes with elitist beers), so I am going to have to drink his, too, and I am serious lightweight with the booze.

trai_dep July 17, 2008 at 3:25 pm

If that drink doesn’t scream, “I’m a bottom” faster than getting caught wearing a male g-string with Liberace’s face silkscreened across the pouch then I’ve got some portly Black off-duty police officers to blow.
As all real men know, if you’re going to wear a man g-string, it damn well better have He-Man’s face on it.

Ken Layne July 17, 2008 at 3:26 pm

Believe me, this was not an easy decision. We — Jim, Sara, ScottL the Drink Master & me — went through all of these, again and again, got down to six finalists, endlessly debated the merits of each, and finally chose this one with some alterations suggested by many others. We were the motherfucking Supreme Court of Cocktails.

NotUrEvryDayWEzl July 17, 2008 at 3:32 pm

[re=38734]Ken Layne[/re]: But could the Hague try and override you?

bago July 17, 2008 at 3:42 pm

And did you willingly go to the bar and get date raped to ensure the quality of the product?

fishstickz July 17, 2008 at 3:45 pm

I should get something for suggesting the Truck Nutz cherries. Perhaps a bottle of hobo wine?

confusionanddelay< July 17, 2008 at 3:45 pm

Though a woman, I don’t do well with the fruity drinks. My own wonkette cocktail involves elitist champagne, and a (brown for Barry) sugar cubed soaked in, of course, Bitters (and just a tiny drop of LSD for the unicorn rainbows, optional).

V572625694 July 17, 2008 at 3:49 pm

[re=38734]Ken Layne[/re]: “…went through all of these, again and again,…” It was a dirty job, but someone had to do it.

KevoTron July 17, 2008 at 3:54 pm

[re=38665]ProfessorJukes[/re]: Yes! A decade of bar service makes me an authority on this and it is, indeed, a French Martini. Substitute vanilla vodka and it becomes a Raspberry Cheesecake Martini.

Still though… the Truck Nutz are a classy touch Wonkette.

WhatTheHeck July 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm

[re=38734]Ken Layne[/re]:
As the motherfucking Supreme Court of Cocktails you should have chosen the runner-up as the first place winner.

Vewol Mevemont July 17, 2008 at 4:03 pm

I thought my cream of corntini was a winer. Looks and tastes the same on the way up as the way down. That’s gotta mean something.

Doglessliberal July 17, 2008 at 4:03 pm

[re=38734]Ken Layne[/re]: You really need to get some money from Truck Nutz, as this site has provided some serious free advertising for that fine product. (not that it has lead to any sales….)

sati demise July 17, 2008 at 4:07 pm

The pineapple represents Hopeys island roots,
the vodka= Hopeys understanding of the former Soviet Union,
the lemon, our Latino friends
the raspberry, France, of course

so one must add the cherry Nutz and bitters to this elitist drink
and the ‘Merican flag, which must be waved while chugging down this Wonkettini

afterwards, buttsecs!

columnv July 17, 2008 at 4:28 pm

[re=38757]Doglessliberal[/re]: Don’t underestimate the irrational buying capacity of wonketteers. I have a pair of nutz dragging off of my prius as we speak.

hazmaq July 17, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Foul! If one of the criteria was to ‘fuck you up’, you East Coasters are pussies! Or cheap bastards.
1-1/2 of vodka.. and that’s all it takes??

Wow. My ‘Sex all over the Citytini’ used 3oz.

Shit- I’m movin East.
I’ve been wastin good booze!

RobPetrified July 17, 2008 at 5:09 pm

How is 1 1/2 oz of 80 proof vodka and 1/4 oz of 20 proof Fou Fou gonna fuck anybody here up?
It might fuck Mitt Romney up.
Anonymous Lobbyist [and some other liberal type girls] is rumored to put this on her breakfast cereal, and wash it down with a beer and a shot of Jim Beam.
It does sound like a tasty dessert thingy, though.
In a purse full of rainbows kind of way.
Not that there’s ANYTHING wrong with that.

RuperttheBear July 17, 2008 at 5:09 pm

I’m not sure that this will taste like ass, which seems to be the sine qua non for a Wonkettini. But if you say it’s a Wonkettini, I’ll make it taste like ass. WITH MY MIND. Black is white, white is black, etc.

Perrys Mollycoddler July 17, 2008 at 5:13 pm

I was hoping my blended Red White and Blue Wonkettini would win, but I’m glad you at least incorporated my American Flag toothpick idea.

Lazy Media July 17, 2008 at 5:16 pm

[re=38731]trai_dep[/re]: Yeah, and how does that make it less Wonkettey? This is one homo-intensive site.

genericuserid July 17, 2008 at 5:45 pm

It IS a french martini, and I’m sorry – i didn’t know it had to be original! I’m a pinko communist! I can’t even stand myself! Aaagh! east-coast-liberal-dope-smokin-hippie!

But it is TOTES tasty, and is an automatic balckout when combined with other boozels.

seanr1978 July 17, 2008 at 5:54 pm

That winning drink is ridiculously basic (and good – I’ve made them myself many times). A better one is Halo’s Ginger Cucumber Martini: muddle ginger, cucumber, sugar, roses lime juice, and mint leaves in a glass, add ice and vodka, strain into a chilled martini glass. That’ll fuck you up a lot faster than the chambord concoction, but it is literally the perfect summer drink.

roundofapplause July 17, 2008 at 6:19 pm

[re=38734]Ken Layne[/re]: all in a days work, eh?

Ken Layne July 17, 2008 at 6:26 pm

[re=38856]Perrys Mollycoddler[/re]: Oh that was one of my finalists. And I plan to make THREE BLENDERS of those, one day, because that’s the minimum amount you can make, as it requires THREE BLENDERS full of booze. But it was too complicated / labor intensive for a lonely bartender to make for one person, so we took the happy flag toothpick and said goodbye to the rest.

Anita Cocktail July 17, 2008 at 6:34 pm

[re=38917]Ken Layne[/re]: Maybe you should publish a li’l drinks cookbook, like the lame-ass PTO at my kids’ school always does. Make sure you get a cheapo spiral binding at Staples and charge 16.95 apiece.

anabellum July 17, 2008 at 7:35 pm

geeze…im beginning to think a possible addition to the wonkettini should the juice of sour grapes…

congratulations genericuserid…[even though my unposted recipe was better]…

masterdebater July 17, 2008 at 8:47 pm

Vodka? A martini is made with GIN! Oh, yea, I know it is out of fashion with folks who grew up on cheap well drinks, but damn, you drunks are supposed to know this stuff. Oh, and Boodles…not that cheap almost-gin crap!

ChatteringClass July 17, 2008 at 9:06 pm

[re=38917]Ken Layne[/re]: Did any of the Hendricks Gin submissions make the finals? And if so, can you pass on thoughts/recommendations? I’ll try the “official” one, but I find myself agreeing with masterdebater… a martini is made with GIN!

Combover July 17, 2008 at 9:33 pm

[re=38757]Doglessliberal[/re]: I’m the only one who bought one … er, two?

Neilist July 17, 2008 at 11:50 pm

I didn’t win?????

FIX! FIX!

I’m getting Kitty Harris to do my recount.

(And if necessary, we can wring her out like a sponge, and garner about 5 liters of cheap gin.)

scotterl July 18, 2008 at 2:36 am

[re=39071]ChatteringClass[/re]: I’m guessing one did. Hendricks is (in Sean Hannity voice) the best gin God has ever given man.

confusionanddelay< July 18, 2008 at 8:14 am

O man how lovely to wake up to talk of delicious delicous gin. yummm…hendricks. But I really love ordering a martini made with Boodles, too. It’s just fun to say, even sober.
And yes, fruity vodka ‘martinis’ are for small children.

ivenson July 18, 2008 at 9:54 am

[re=38710]PeteJayhawk v2.0[/re]: I always heard it as “fifty twice”. Goddamn inflation.

Perrys Mollycoddler July 18, 2008 at 2:30 pm

[re=38917]Ken Layne[/re]: I hate lonely bartenders. Just for the record, you can also do the Red, White and Blue as a frozen margarita –

Red: strawberry margarita stuff, tequila, ice, triple sec
White: tequila, extra ice, lime juice, triple sec
Blue: tequila, blue curacao, ice

Again, three blenders, blah blah. you get the point.

Andropov July 19, 2008 at 1:41 am

I’ll say it again:

One part piss
One part vinegar

Andropov July 19, 2008 at 1:41 am

…and repeat.

thefrontpage July 21, 2008 at 11:55 am

Here’s a good one: one shot Jagermeister, one shot rum, two shots of Pabst Blue Ribbon, some Worcestershire sause, a little bit of Tabasco, and a raw oyster. It’s excellent.

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