Any Game of Thrones fan can tell you that every week of the show is a crazy-emotional roller coaster, full of people scheming and fighting and dying (and not-dying). Watching is even better when you do it with friends (so you can freak out together) and it's the BEST when you do it with friends and fancy themed cocktails.
Go ahead and try some of these drink recipes next Sunday night; Tyrion would want you to.
1. The Promised Prince
When the Red Priestess brings you back to life, you're gonna need something strong and spicy to cope with the fact that you're still stuck up on the Wall. This one will leave you gasping for breath. No shirt required.
The Promised Prince
Serves 1
1 oz spiced rum
0.5 oz Fernet-Branca
3 oz crème de cacao
1 oz Guinness
Optional: black food coloring
Add spiced rum, Fernet-Branca, crème de cacao, and the optional black food coloring to cocktail shaker with ice and shake for 20 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass and top with Guinness.
2. Milk of the Dragon
Once you've announced all of your titles, you're going to be thirsty. This exotic combination of dragon fruit and gin will have you ready for your second rebirth. The Unburnt is ready to get lit tonight!
Milk of the Dragon
Dragon fruit is a crazy-looking cactus that's indigenous to the Americas, but you can find it in most Asian supermarkets. To prepare, cut off the ends of the fruit and slice off the thick skin. Cube fruit. Although the skin of the dragon fruit is insanely colorful, the fruit is more mild with a bit of sweetness. Think of it as an alcoholic smoothie where the gin is the star.
Serves 1
1/2 dragon fruit
0.5 oz lime juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
1.5 oz gin
Add dragon fruit to cocktail shaker and muddle with lime juice. Add simple syrup, gin, and ice, and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into rocks glass. Garnish with dragon fruit.
3. The Bloody Bastard
After a long hunting trip you'll be ready to unwind with one of these in one hand and a knife in the other. Peel back the skin on the oranges to get to all the juicy bits. Leave the rest for the dogs.
The Bloody Bastard
Serves 1
3 oz blood orange juice
1 oz lime juice
2 oz reposado tequila
1 oz simple syrup or agave syrup
Rub the rim of a glass with lime, and dip in salt to salt the rim. Add everything to a shaker filled with ice and shake for 20 seconds. Add a few ice cubes to your glass. Strain cocktail into glass. Garnish with blood orange slices.
4. The Debt Payer
"t's not easy being drunk all the time — everyone would do it if it were easy." —Tyrion Lannister.
When you're the cleverest man in all of the of Seven Kingdoms, you need a drink in your cup and a queen by your side. Prepare to conquer the world and pave your way in gold.
The Debt Payer
Serves 1
1.5 oz Goldschläger
Chilled champagne or other sparkling wine
Optional: edible gold glitter
Add Goldschläger to collins glass, and top with champange. Gently stir in edible gold glitter.
5. Valar MorGuinness
You may have grown up with milkshakes, but you're a badass lady boss now and you still have some people on your list. While sneaking some Guinness and Kaluha in won't make you blind, it could have you seeing the Many-Faced God.
Valar MorGunniess
Serves 1
6 oz Guinness
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
2 oz Kahlua
Add Guinness to a beer mug, add scoops of vanilla ice cream, and top with Kahlua and chocolate syrup. Garnish with cherries.
6. The Rogue Dove
You've lost so much, but now you're ready to take it all back with a vengeance. This unassuming cocktail packs a power punch with limoncello and gin. Get ready to take back Winterfell, bastards beware.
The Rogue Dove
Serves 1
1 lemon
1 oz limoncello
2 oz gin
tonic water
Muddle two slices of lemon in the bottom of a glass. Add ice, limoncello, and gin. Top with tonic. Garnish with lemon peel.
7. Flame and Shadow
You may have been following the wrong Promised One around for the past few seasons — *awkward* — but you won't make that mistake again with this spicy and smoky drink that will have you praising R'hllor. If age has taught you anything, it's that the night is dark and full of cocktails.
Flame and Shadow
Serves 1
Jalapeno Simple Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 jalapeno, cut lengthwise, seeds removed
Cocktail
3 oz grapefruit juice
2 oz mezcal
1 oz Campari
0.5 oz jalapeno simple syrup
In a small sauce pan, over medium heat, heat sugar and 1 cup water until sugar dissolves. Add jalapeño. Let sit for at least one hour or overnight, depending on your spice preference. Combine grapefruit juice, mezcal, Campari, and jalapeño simple syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for 20 seconds. Strain into glass.
8. The Lioness
Got the High Sparrow on the mind? Sit back, relax, and grow your hair out with this whiskey sour topped with your favorite beverage. More wine anyone?
The Lioness
Serves 1
To make simple syrup, just heat equal parts sugar and water until fully dissolved, then cool.
2 oz whiskey
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
Red wine such as cabernet sauvignon
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine whiskey, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Shake vigorously. Add a few ice cubes to a rocks glass and strain cocktail into glass. Gently pour the wine over the back of a spoon so it floats on top.
