The 11 Manliest Cocktails In The World

You wouldn't be caught dead drinking a cosmo, but all your friends will be drinking these at your funeral.

11. Irish Car Bomb

Why is it manly?: What's manlier than going mano-a-beero with a pint of the world's thickest stout mixed with a shot of whiskey? Knowing that if you don't chug it fast enough, you'll be downing chunks of curdled Bailey's cream.

Recipe:

3/4 pint Guinness stout

1/2 shot Bailey's Irish cream

1/2 shot Jameson Irish whiskey

10. Kentucky Tea

Why is it manly:? You can get shot in the face by an Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms federal agent just for making this cocktail.

Recipe:

1 mason jar halfway full of moonshine

Fill the jar with branch water

9. Rusty Nail

Why is it manly?: I can't put my finger on exactly why, but there's something oddly macho about asking your girlfriend if she would like to sip on your Rusty Nail. Recipe:

¾ oz. scotch

¼ oz. Drambuie

8. Snake Bite

Why is it manly?: Anytime a drink is compared to a snake sinking its fangs into you and depositing venom in your bloodstream, chances are, it's probably pretty stiff. Basically it's straight up Yukon Jack, which has been known to make balls hairy. The only reason there's a dash of lime juice is so you won't get scurvy.

Recipe:

2 oz Yukon Jack liqueur

1 dash Lime juice

7. Jagerade

Why is it manly?: To be honest, I don't know if this is manly or just gross. Either way, a man can never get enough electrolytes.

Recipe: 8 oz chilled Gatorade energy drink

4 oz Jagermeister herbal liqueur

6. Gin and Juice

Why is it manly?: Snoop Dogg likes to drink this when there are bitches in his living room gettin' it on until six o'clock in the morning, so that has to be worth something. Gin and juice was also the morning cocktail of soldiers and officers in WWII. That's right, this is what you drank right before you killed a bunch of Nazis. You can't say that about Malibu and pineapple.

Recipe: 2 1/2 ounces Gin.

1 oz. orange juice.

Equal parts mind on your money and money on your mind

5. Nuclear Waste

Why is it manly?: This is the only thing Keith Richards drinks now. According to the man himself, ""Whiskey wasn't agreeing with me anymore. The old body couldn't take it. Brandy is a killer, and wine is best with food, so somehow I settled on this. Plenty of ice. Lovely." If it's good enough for Mr. Richards, it's good enough for this list.

Recipe:

2 oz. premium vodka

1 oz. Sunkist or any orange soda Plenty of ice

4. Tequila Sunrise

Why is it manly?:First off, it's a breakfast cocktail. And secondly, "2 measures tequila" is short for, "as much tequila as your glass will hold." It may look a little fruity but it's about as tropical as a back alley in Tijuana.

Recipe:

2 measures Tequila Orange juice

2 dashes Grenadine

3. The Original Sazerac

What makes it manly?: This cocktail takes the classic New Orleans recipe and adds—what else—a nice, healthy addition of Absinthe. Because if huffing rye whiskey doesn't make you a man, mixing it with mythical psychadelic liquor that tastes like cough syrup will make sure everyone knows you have a penis.

Recipe:

1 tsp Sugar

1-1/2 oz Rye whiskey

1 Dash Herbsaint, Pernod or Absinthe (to coat the glass)

2 dashes Peychaud bitters

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 Lemon peel twist

2. Martini

Why is it manly?: Well, it's pretty much straight alcohol, with just enough vermouth to remind you that you're not drinking disinfectant. Plus, James Bond drinks it, and he bangs lots of chicks and beats the crap out of dudes with names that describe a hideous disfigurement they have that also provides them with some sort of physical superiority.

Recipe:

2 1/2 oz Gin

1 1/2 tsp Dry Vermouth

1 Olive

1. Manhattan:

Why is it manly: You may say "it's got a cherry, nothing with a cherry is manly." Well, nibble on this: It's notorious for being the favorite drink of the Italian Mafia, who are notorious for killing people. I'm not saying killing somebody makes you a man, but it's probably not the best idea to call someone who just threw someone off a bridge a "cherry drinking pansy."

Recipe:

*3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 1/2 oz Rye whiskey dash Angostura bitters

1 Maraschino cherry

Alcoholic Art: Liquor Under a Microscope

English Oatmeal Stout by BevShots


Have you ever wondered what your favourite libation looks like under a microscope? Picture a scientist, drunk off White Russians; staring into his glass and thinking — I bet this would look really cool if I magnified it! To the Lab-Mobile! A few years and a few sloshy nights later, BevShots was born. A company that sells beautiful magnified prints of your favourite alcoholic drinks. Below is a small collection of the prints being offered along with the photography technique used, enjoy responsibly



Whiskey Magnified

Gin Closeup

HOW ARE THE IMAGES CAPTURED?

The images are made by first crystallizing the drink of choice on a lab slide. Using a standard light microscope with a camera attached, the light source is polarized and passed through the crystal. This creates the magnificent colors we see in our favorite drinks.
Each image is created by using a pipette of each particular drink and squeezing a drop onto a slide. Then the droplets are allowed to dry out and the slide is placed under the microscope and a picture is taken. It can take up to four weeks for the alcohol to dry out completely in an airtight container, and the whole process can take up to three months.



White Russian


Tequila!

Pina Colada

Cocktails can have fruit and soft drinks in them which contain citric acids and complex sugars which dry out well and look great photographed. The incredible shapes and colours of the boozy artwork are highlighted by shining natural light on top and through the bottom of the slide.


American Amber Ale


Scotch Scotch Scotch. I Love Scotch


Vodka Tonic

Some drinks such as vodka do not have as many impurities in them as cocktails such as a pina colada. So when they break down into their constituent parts they can fall apart and not dry out properly. This means that photographing something like vodka can take up to 200 attempts to get it right.


Japanese Rice Lager

English Pure Brewed Lager

THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOLIC ART

- In 1992, a research scientist named Michael Davidson stumbled upon a genius idea right under his nose - literally. In his 25 year career through the many facets of microscopy, he had taken photographs under the microscope of a collection of items - DNA, biochemicals and vitamins
- Looking for novel ways to fund his Florida State University lab, Davidson decided to take his microphotographs to businesses for possible commercial opportunities. While presenting his pictures to established retail companies, one necktie manufacturer changed his creative direction with just one word – cocktails
- With this new direction, Davidson took his microphotography a step further. Along with mixed drinks, he picked out a few favorite brews and wines too, took some shots of the beverages under his microscope and the Molecular Expressions Cocktail Collection was born. The drink-donned neckties were top shelf from 1995 to 2002, and now his images are available as framed prints with BevShots
- BevShots are licensed from Florida State University and Michael Davison, but the man who keeps the party going is Lester Hutt, president of BevShots MicroArt, LLC. While working on his graduate degree in chemistry from UC Berkeley, Hutt worked on NASA’s Mars probes. Apple, Inc. then called on him to be a part of history as they released their revolutionary new product, the iPod


Japanese Dry Lager

And we’ll all drink Champagne til it’s a damn shame - Jay-Z