Inyri Ginovef & Winter On Gold Beach
“I’m sure you’ve heard of a Lianna Iced Lemonade, which is all and well, but I’m more of a tea and lemonade mix type and I decided to make something a bit more different on that front to get that but with the frozen goodness of a Lianna Iced Lemonade. And if you call this a margarita, I swear I will jump over this bar and test the structural strength of every last bottle on this rack…”
“Alright, first you’re going to need a larger sized glass, a pint works, because this is not a one and done shooter. This is something to be enjoyed at length, because I’m also the kind of drinker who likes to have something that tastes good, not just drinking paint thinner and reactor coolant because it’ll get you hammered faster. I’m Corellian, it takes more to get me hammered to begin with, might as well enjoy it.”
“So, you’re going to next need a blending unit and plenty of ice. This is a frozen drink, so obviously this is all going to be blended with ice. If you have to slap it all together, fine, but personally, I like to use fresh brewed black tea using Chandrillan black leaves, they seem to have just the right bite without being overpowering and then I also favor lemonade made from lemons harvested from Corellia’s equator; if only because for whatever reason, those farmers know how to not spoil their lemons from the fields to the store. I hear anything grown by the Ithorians is a good bet, but if you’re making quite a few, for a party, say, then yeah, premade black iced tea, unsweetened, and lemonade is fine. The key here is you don’t want your face looking like it’s going to implode, so not too bitter or sour. You’re looking to have this account for half of your serving size.”
“Now then, you can adjust how much of this you want, I tend to go for the remaining half, but I’m also Corellian, so you can go with a quarter and add more tea and lemonade, but here’s what you’re going to add next;”
“One part vodka; personally I prefer Corellian or Kuati. If you reach for that Nabooian or Twi’leki swill, I will dump this all out on your head. Do not test me, the Naboo have no clue how to make booze, just like they can’t make a ship that’s functional, and the Twi’leks just let their stuff sit too long, it tastes like it’s going bad fresh off the shelf.”
“One part gin, and you can go Corellian, Coruscanti, or Rodian on this. In fact, the Rodians are pretty good at this, you might want to stick with them. Not sure why, I just like the taste of Rodian gin, has a good bite but doesn’t taste like I could use to refill fuel slugs on a freighter. If you use Mandalorian gin labels, you’ll just ruin it, because all they know how to do is ruin things, including alcohol.”
“One part rum, and the further from the Core, the better the rum. My folks told me about a pirate gang that ran in the Outer Rim that were ruthless but had the best rum in the galaxy. The Coreward worlds just get too hoity toity about it, and the pretentiousness ruins my buzz. Plus there’s not a Coruscanti rum company worth a thing in my experience.”
“Alright, now, pour all of that into the blending unit with the ice, and set that thing to kill. It should sound like TIE Fighters being mauled by a rancor in here. If you break the blending unit, you did it right...I’m just kidding. But the ice seriously shouldn’t be chunky, this isn’t like an asteroid belt that I’m trying to hotshot through in a beat up old freighter. All the booze is there to get the job done without screwing up the flavor, and again, I went heavier on the booze because I can take it. If you have smaller races or races with lower limits, adjust accordingly.”
“And then pour all of that into the glass I told you to get earlier, and there you go. Winter on Gold Beach...no. Gold Beach is nice year round, I was born and raised in a town near there. Anyways, like I said, this drink isn’t to knock you on your six and make you forget your problems, followed by waking you up with a hangover like the Battle of Endor is going on inside your head. This is a drink that’s meant to be enjoyed, so that when you get hammered, it was a smooth ride. The hangover part, I can’t speak to. I’ve successfully dodged most of them so far.”