You were the only one who could've gotten to that blood orange liquor...

December 10, 2010 3:10 PM

Watching John Carpenter's The Thing with some friends tonight. Can you help me come up with a cocktail for it?

Last time to hang out with a friend before his baby is born, and I wanted to make it fun by pairing our movie with an appropriate cocktail or alcohol. I thought of Yukon Jack as a start, but if y'all can come up with something more creative, I'm in!

posted by BleachBypass to Food & Drink (14 answers total)

Response by poster: As alluded to in the title, maybe something to go with the blood test scene?
posted by BleachBypass at 3:13 PM on December 10, 2010

Best answer: Bloody Marys in little petri dishes.
posted by theodolite at 3:14 PM on December 10, 2010 [5 favorites]

The extraterrestrial?
posted by Artw at 3:15 PM on December 10, 2010

Bloody Marys in little petri dishes

Garlic and Shots in London has an awesome shotglass drink which is like a condensed bloody mary with garlic and chili - it'd be awesome and appropriate, but I'm not finding a recipe online so you might have to experiment a little to find the exact mix.
posted by Artw at 3:19 PM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

Best answer: MacReady drinks J&B at both the beginning (when he pours it into the computer) and in the last scene.
posted by theodolite at 3:21 PM on December 10, 2010

I think the Brain Hemorrhage would work well...
posted by Sprocket at 3:22 PM on December 10, 2010 [2 favorites]

Get dry ice and drop it into drinks and/or a punch bowl. Bonus if there are floating, unidentifiable chunks of fruit.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 3:23 PM on December 10, 2010 [2 favorites]

Float 151 on one of them and test them one by one with a kitchen torch?

Other than that, yeah J&B.
posted by ecurtz at 3:39 PM on December 10, 2010

Response by poster: Somehow I forgot completely about the J&B connection. Though my head already hurts thinking about it.

I love the petri mary idea. Maybe with aquavit, tip o' the hat to the Norwegians.

The Brain Hemorrhage is the most disgusting visual spectacle I have seen in a long time. Well done.
posted by BleachBypass at 3:58 PM on December 10, 2010

For blood, you could go with a negroni.
posted by mrzarquon at 4:01 PM on December 10, 2010

Response by poster: Better yet, just one of the Petri dishes is a Negroni. Now that'd be a surprise! (If only I could get it to jump violently.

Mmm, Campari.
posted by BleachBypass at 4:03 PM on December 10, 2010

Can you maybe freeze fuit juice into red icicles?
posted by hermitosis at 5:04 PM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]

There're a few joints consumed as well, if your crew is into smoking out.
posted by Scoo at 7:37 PM on December 10, 2010

Anything with shaved ice.... or ice with action figures frozen in it.
posted by elroyel1327 at 9:36 PM on December 10, 2010 [3 favorites]