Shakes, not stirred.

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Beware the Ides of March

We hope the warning doesn’t came too late for all the Roman imperators among our followers, but maybe you should take the day off today. It’s a stay at home/take a bath/keep out of reach of pointy things kind of day. Maybe have a drink, too. This one came out quite mild and sweet, to make up for the rough bitterness of being literally stabbed in the back by loved ones.

Ingredients:

Cherry syrup and a little water for the ice cubes

Marzipan liqueur

Very cold milk

a few laurel leaves (ideally fresh, but dried ones work, too)

Preparation:

Prepare the ice cubes with a mixture of water and cherry syrup in about equal parts and let them sit in the freezer for a few hours. When they’re ready, crush them under your heel like a tyrant (don’t really do that, it’s not sanitary. With ice cubes, that is. Do with your tyrant whatever you please) and place them in a goblet. Cut your laurel leaves into not-too-small pieces (you might want to take them out before drinking, particularly if you used dried ones) and scatter them over the crushed ice; then pour the marzipan liquer and milk over them in a 1:4 ratio. Let the cocktail sit for a few minutes so the ice cubes start to bleed into the toga milk and the juices of the laurel come out before removing the leaves.

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It's not a cocktail, but we kind of accidentally made a marzipan cake feat. weirdly coloured vaguely sunburnt bisexual Richard-slash-Hannibal-esque antlered Shakespeare and felt it had to be shared with the world.

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Alas, now, pray you, Work not so hard

This summer, treat yourself to something nice, instead of the first piece of flotsam that washed up on your shore. Number two of our little Tempest season brings you this light, fruity, easily prepared treat - perfect for lazy day on an island beach. Enjoy The Miranda!

Ingredients:

Pineapple juice

4-6 cl Lapponia buckthorn liqueur

Sparkling wine of your choice (we used a pear flavoured one)

Coconut flakes

Preparation:

Mix the pinapple juice and the sparkling wine 1:1. Add the buckthorn liqueur and sprinkle your drink with coconut flakes. Get away from your crazy family for a bit, lean back in your beach chair, watch the sun set, and high-five yourself on your good life choices.

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It’s summertime!

For a happy and successful summer, follow these easy steps:

1. Ignore your job, studies, or whatever other duties you have until you get fired, expelled, banished, etc. 2. End up on a desert island. Enslave all its inhabitants. Have one of them whip you up this fantastic cocktail - the Prospero. 3. Set up an elaborate plot to get your revenge on... actually, you know what, that sounds too exhausting. 4. Continue ignoring your responsibilities and have your servant make you another cocktail instead.

Ingredients:

Lemon juice

4 cl Curaçao

Tonic water

A handful of kumquats

Preparation:

Make ice cubes out of the lemon juice (mixed with water if you’re not into overly sour stuff). Cut the kumquats in half to set free their flavour. Chuck everything together in a glass befitting your station as a colonialist asshat rightful ruler of this island. See, it’s really easy. Even a caricature of societies wrongfully perceived as beneath you due to blatant racism stupid servant should manage that.

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Hello! Quite a fantastic blog you've got here. William would be proud. We all know the man liked a good drink! But I wanted to ask if you could please do something for Ariel? She's always been my favourite. Also, can we just address how BRILLIANT the idea was to make Shakespeare drinks?! Fantastic thinking you geniuses, you.

My good sweet honey Anon. Where do we even begin? By congratulating you on your excellent life choices for referring to Ariel as “she”, maybe, you A+ human being? Or by thanking you for your very kind words that really mean a lot to us? Or should we simply tell you that, because Ariel rocks and because you’re such a darling, we’re hereby officially announcing the start of our little Tempest cocktail season?

Because that’s a thing that’s about to happen.

So lean back, dream yourself onto a deserted island (the kind that has free wifi and a well-stocked bar) and keep checking this blog!

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I just stumbled across your blog and it's amazing!

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Hey I love ur blog but I'm pretty sure laurel leaves are poisonous, putting them in drinks is probably a bad idea

Dear Anon,

Thank you for your concern! But rest assured, laurel is not poisonous - at least not the kind we used for our cocktail (Laurus Nobilis). It can be found in the herbs section of most supermarkets and is often used in cooking, for example for pasta sauce. There are, however, members of the laurel family that can be poisonous, like cherry laurel (Prunus Laurocerasus), which looks very similar - so please be safe and buy actual laurel, dear followers!

Cheers!(Those of you who are into poison might try this one, though)

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Beware the Ides of March

We hope the warning doesn’t came too late for all the Roman imperators among our followers, but maybe you should take the day off today. It’s a stay at home/take a bath/keep out of reach of pointy things kind of day. Maybe have a drink, too. This one came out quite mild and sweet, to make up for the rough bitterness of being literally stabbed in the back by loved ones.

Ingredients:

Cherry syrup and a little water for the ice cubes

Marzipan liqueur

Very cold milk

a few laurel leaves (ideally fresh, but dried ones work, too)

Preparation:

Prepare the ice cubes with a mixture of water and cherry syrup in about equal parts and let them sit in the freezer for a few hours. When they’re ready, crush them under your heel like a tyrant (don’t really do that, it’s not sanitary. With ice cubes, that is. Do with your tyrant whatever you please) and place them in a goblet. Cut your laurel leaves into not-too-small pieces (you might want to take them out before drinking, particularly if you used dried ones) and scatter them over the crushed ice; then pour the marzipan liquer and milk over them in a 1:4 ratio. Let the cocktail sit for a few minutes so the ice cubes start to bleed into the toga milk and the juices of the laurel come out before removing the leaves.

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This do I drink to thee! (Romeo and Juliet, IV.iii.)

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Do something capitalist and romantic, like taking your partner out for a nice meal, buying them flowers, or pretending to be dead. On special half-price offer when purchased together with a handy dagger, we proudly present to you Friar Laurence’s Potion.

Ingredients:

4 cl Whisky (we’d recommend a fairly mild one like Glenfiddich)

Juice of 2 limes (more if you’re into sour stuff)

A very healthy dollop of woodruff syrup (for colour and sweetness)

Preparation:

Mix everything together and stir well. (Alternatively, if you’re making larger quantities, you can use a shaker and it will come out nice and frothy.) Adjust taste by slightly varying the ratio if you like. Serve to your loved one in a vial while reciting a poem composed in their favour. Might we suggest: “Capulets are red, Montagues are blue; everyone dies, boo hoo hoo.”

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Everyone's favorite fighting Welshman?.... Do I smell a Hamilton reference? Your blog is too awesome, by the way. It combines my two favorite things in the world, and, unlike pickles and ketchup, ACTUALLY TASTES GOOD/GOES WELL TOGETHER.

A Hamilton reference? Nah, that would be absurd, sir. But we’re glad that you’re satisfied with the blog. I mean, right now there are still a million cocktails we haven’t made - but just you wait…!

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Good news of the day: Antonio’s ships finally arrived (took ‘em long enough) - so cheers to that! You know what else is a great thing to toast to? A real friend. You know, the kind of friend who’s been in love with you for ages and who’d let someone cut a pound of flesh off his chest for you, so you can be with someone else. Wait, that’s actually pretty tragic, let me start over. You know, the kind of friend who’s sweet and warm and comforting and makes you feel better after a long, hard day, preferably in a long, hard, not entirely friend-like way and - this isn’t going anywhere else, is it. I give up. Just enjoy this warm, wintery little thing we’ve composed for you - the Antonio!

Ingredients:

Apple juice

4 cl Amaretto

2 cl Licor 43

A spoonful of Cinnamon Syrup

Preparation:

Heat the apple juice, then add the Amaretto and the 43. Stir carefully, and finish with a dash of cinnamon syrup (or two, if you wanna spice things up; you crazy fuck). Serve while hot, just like yourself.

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Hey it's that anon that asked about Puck. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! It's pretty, tasty and just glorious. You make my life. It's kind of a perfect drink for Puck. And I can drink it without changing the recipe and I just. *Hugs you* You have no idea what it means to me. *hugs you again*

Hello, yes, tumblr authorities? Yes, I’d like to report this anon. They’re too adorable. … oh, okay. Yes, sure, we can nominate them for most adorable anon ever. Great. Thanks!

All the hugs for you, anon! <3

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Thanks so much for including a nonalcoholic recipe! As a Shakespeare and cocktail fan who can't currently drink for medical reasons, it's appreciated.

Your appreciation is appreciated!Obviously, some of the others work just as well by simply leaving out the alcohol or replacing it with similar, non-alcoholic liquids, but we want to create some more specifically non-alcoholic ones in the future as well.Cheers!

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Hey ! Is there any chance to see Much Ado inspired drinks soon ? I'll try them all with my friends anyway... So thank you !

Hello there, thanks for the ask! We actually already have ideas for Beatrice and Benedick (those idiots, we love them so much) so yes, definitely happening at some point! Real life kinda got in the way lately so we have some backlog of other stuff we’ll be posting first - but we’ll get around to it in the foreseeable future! <3

(By the way, if you guys or anyone else does make cocktails inspired by this blog and takes pictures, please do tag us in them. We will be absolutely delighted and annoy all our friends by shoving our computers in their faces for weeks to show them.)

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It has come to our attention that there are people who do not consume The Alcohol. Contrary to popular belief of ignorant idiots, that doesn’t make you any less cool. So if you are on medication, pregnant, recovering, Muslim, the designated driver, have children, pets or drunk friends to look after, have to be in school in half an hour or for any other reason decided not to drink today or ever - we love you, and we want you to feel welcome and included here. This one is for you (and everyone else, obviously) - our first spirit without alcohol: The Puck. Queers! I mean, cheers.

Ingredients:

Rhubarb juice

Non-alcoholic sparkling wine

Peppermint syrup

Elderflower syrup

A dash of lime juice

Preparation:

Mix the rhubarb juice and the sparkling wine in about equal amounts. Add the elderflower syrup and stir (careful - don’t wanna lose the bubbles, do you). Slowly pour in the peppermint syrup, let it settle at the bottom half of the glass and don’t stir. Add a some fresh lime juice if you like, then proceed to throw flowers at people and cause chaos.

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The Tybalt: Straight Tequilla

If that’s a pun, we salute you.

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Thank you for this blog. It is my absolute favourite! I must admit, my favourite drink is the Malcolm. I personally drink it sans alcohol, as I'm allergic to alcohol but holy hell is it good. I have plans to make all (or almost all) of them for a friend. She's hell-bent on finding the perfect cocktail and I firmly believe it lies in this here blog. So thank you for the best damn Shakespeare blog ever. You are a gift to humanity.

*happy Elizabethan crying*