Axton / The Commando (Borderlands 2 cocktail)

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Bourbon
.5 oz Southern Comfort
.5 oz Lemon juice
1 teaspoon Runny honey
1 sprig Lemon balm

Directions: Fill an old fashioned glass/rocks glass with ice. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the bourbon, southern comfort, lemon juice and runny honey to the cocktail shaker and shake. Strain over the ice in the old fashioned glass/rocks glass and garnish with a sprig of lightly bruised lemon balm.

“YOU get a bullet! And YOU get a bullet! EVERYBODY gets a bullet!” 

Drink created and photographed by Manuka Cliffe.

The Psychotic Biotic - Jack (Mass Effect cocktail)

Ingredients:
8 ml Vodka
8 ml Whiskey (Jack Daniels is recommended)
8 ml Bourbon
6 ml Red Bull
Habanero Tabasco Sauce 

Directions: Coat the insides of a shot glass with the hot sauce, then layer in the ingredients as listed. Jack packs quite a punch. Don’t take her lightly.

Drink created and photographed by Save Game. Check them out for more Mass Effect drinks, as well as their excellent commentary for each drink/squadmate. 

Vera (Firefly cocktail)

Ingredients:
2 oz. Bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz. Bacardi 151
1/2 oz. Sake
3/4 oz ginger syrup
3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters

Instructions for Ginger Syrup:
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup fresh diced Ginger
In a pot or large pan, add the water, sugar, and half of the ginger in the beginning.  Boil for 1-2 minutes while mixing. Then add the other half once the first batch gets mushy. This makes it nice and spicy.  Let sit until everything is nice and syrupy, then remove from the stove and let cool. 

Directions: Add ginger syrup and bitters to an Old Fashioned Glass.  Next add the rum and whiskey. Fill with cubed ice then float the Sake on top. Before drinking, give the glass a quick swirl to lightly distribute Sake.

Note from the creator:

I figured if Jane would drink a cocktail, it would be one of the original and manliest of cocktails, and Old-Fashion. But in the Firefly universe, American and Chinese cultures have mixed, so I felt it needed an Asian twist. This is where the ginger syrup and Sake comes in. The Bacardi 151 bumps the manliness factor of this drink up by giving a much higher alcohol content, plus the Bacardi gives an extra spicy, smokey flavor. Enjoy yourself a Vera.

“This is my very favorite gun… I call it Vera” -Jayne Cobb 

Drink created and photographed by Eddie Strickland.

The Eeveelution of Shots (Pokemon shot set)

Ingredients:
Eevee:
1/4 simple syrup
1 oz Bourbon whiskey
dash Angostura bitters
dash Orange bitters

Vaporeon:
3/4 oz Blue Curacao
3/4 oz Vodka

Jolteon:
3/4 oz Limoncello
3/4 citrus Vodka
1/4 tsp sugar to dissolve

Flareon:
1 oz Fire Water (Hot Cinnamon Schnapps)
1/2 oz Bacardi 151 
1 pinch cinnamon

Espeon:
1 oz Hpnotiq
1/2 oz Gin
1/8 oz Grenadine 

Umbreon:
1 oz. Kraken Black Spiced Rum
1/2 oz Coconut rum

Leafeon:
1 oz. Midori
1/2 oz. Light rum
1/3 oz. Gin

Glaceon:
3/4 oz Irish cream
3/4 oz Ice 101 peppermint schnapps 

Directions: All of but two of the shots (Flareon and Glaceon) can be made simply by mixing the ingredients in a shot glass.  For Flareon, layer the Bacardi 151 on top and light on fire.  Sprinkle the pinch of cinnamon over the fire for a cool effect.  For Glaceon, layer the Ice 101 peppermint schnapps on top of the Irish cream.

“Because its genetic makeup is irregular, it quickly changes its form due to a variety of causes.” -Pokedex entry for Eevee in Pokemon Black and White

Drink created and photographed by Eddie Strickland.

caoine: The Good Doctor (Mega Man / The Protomen cocktail)

Ingredients: 

• Bourbon (recommend Maker’s Mark, Bulleit, or Knob Creek), as much as you can handle
• SNAP (a ginger liqueur) to taste
• Ginger beer (ideally Reed’s Extra Ginger Brew or Gosling’s Ginger Beer)
• 2 Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine cherries

Directions: To make Doctor Light’s cocktail, mix all ingredients and serve on the rocks in a lowball glass. Spear the two cherries on a cocktail toothpick and place on top.

Emma Story, the drink’s creator, explains, “There was some discussion a while back about how shameful it is that the Drinkify entry for the Protomen is… a Bud Light. While I’ve been known to drink whatever shitty beer is available when the occasion calls for it, I figured we could do better than that… This has been a favorite cocktail of mine for a while, and I have served it to both K.I.L.R.O.Y. and the Reanimator with good results.”

Drink created and photographed by Emma Story.