Cocktails And Drinking Games For The True Blood Season Premiere

Some True Blood cocktail recipes and drinking games to make sure you have a killer viewing party this Sunday.

With Season 6 of True Blood premiering on Sunday, June 16th, there are preparations to be made. Considering how trippy and disturbing the previous seasons have been, you're going to want a drink or two. Or maybe more.

Blood Orange Campari Cocktail

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The oranges on these drinks are so blood red and juicy that it'll leave vampires drooling.

Recipe here

Arlene's Bloody Mary

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From the official True Blood cookbook "True Blood: Eats, Drinks, and Bites from Bon Temps".

Recipe here

Witches brew

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Holly, Merlotte's resident witch and waitress, could probably use one of these after all the things she's seen happen in Bon Temps.

Recipe here

The Green Fairy

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This drink's notable ingredient is absinthe, which has been described by some as giving hallucinations. Because more hallucinations exactly what you need while watching True Blood.

Recipe here

Hair of the Wolf

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Hair of the Wolf is made up of hard cider, pale ale, your choice of brandy or bourbon, and apple pucker. Alcide would undoubtedly approve.

Recipe here

Pink Sugar Glitter Cocktails (Fairy Juice)

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Having one of these a day is probably how the True Blood fairies get to be so darned sparkly.

Recipe here

The Hurricane

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A classic Louisiana drink. Let's not forget that time in Season 1 that Bill tried to pass off a killing as a "natural disaster." Goodness knows what he's capable of now with all the power he's been getting.

Recipe here

(Blood) Red Sangria

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Pass this fruity drink off as blood during your True Blood viewing.

Recipe here

Bleeding Mimosa

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Whatever you do, try not to be that person who sucks on a blood orange ice cube while yelling, "I veel suck your blood!"

Recipe here

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Use red food coloring to add the appearance of blood dripping down your cocktail glasses.

Recipe here

True Blood drinking game

Here are some fun quotes and visuals if you decide to play the shots game. Take a shot if:

-Bill says Sookeh.

-A vampire bares their fangs.

-We see Jason's bare chest.

-Arlene is working at Merlotte's alone.

-Bill and Eric have a power struggle.

-Someone accidentally makes eye contact with a vampire when answering the door, gets glamored, and lets them into their home.

-Lafayette says "hookah."

-Pam is sarcastic.

-Tara is pissed off.

-Someone has sex.

-A new character is introduced.

-And they're supernatural.

-Sookie does that weird electric fairy power thing.

-Sookie reads someone's mind.

-Sam turns into the dog or the dog turns back into Sam.

-Tara's mom turns up.

-And is mean to Tara.

-The song that plays whenever Sookie is missing her gran.

Play BINGO

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Take a drink every time you check off a square.

Source here

Or make your own cards using a BINGO generator

Use this link and go crazy with True Blood buzzwords.

I made my own True Blood BINGO cards using the generator here.