2010 Oscar Nominee Inspired Cocktails

Alien Secretion Cocktail

Succumb to the alien sting with this infectiously delicious cocktail. Break through the alien skin to expose the foaming texture below.

Film Inspiration: District 9

Description: Look carefully; the green secretion lurking in the cocktail could speed up this deadly transformation.

Highlight Ingredient(s): gelatin disc and coconut rum

Ingredients

For Drink:
2 Oz Coconut Rum
4 Oz Pineapple Juice
1 Tbsp Midori

For Disc:
Oz plain gelatin (4 5oz. packages)
1 Cup coconut rum (cold)
1 Cup pineapple juice (cold)
2 Cup(s) boiling water

Directions

Mix rum and pineapple juice with ice in a shaker, shake until cold and foamy. Pour into a tall narrow-mouthed glass until almost full.

Using the back edge of a spoon, gently pour the Midori into the glass so it sinks below the foamed pineapple juice creating a green lower layer. Seal with alien disc. (Directions below)

Combine rum and pineapple juice and sprinkle gelatin over cold mixture and let set for a few minutes.

Add boiling water and stir until fully dissolved (5 mins.)

Pour into shallow flat bottom glass pans 1/4 in thick. Chill over night.

Place pan of set gelatin in hot water for a few seconds to loosen from the edges and invert onto a plate lined with wax paper.

Cut into circles slightly larger than the mouth of the glass. Store in refrigerator on trays lined with wax paper until use.

The bright colors, tasty flavors and fun display make for an ideal party punch. So, become one with the Na'Vi people of Pandora with this one-of-a-kind mock-cocktail (non-alcoholic and kid friendly!).

In honor of the hit film Avatar, I came up with this colorful conoction. It's great to sip while watching any movie awards show, but I also love it for parties of any sort.

A mix of fruit-infused flavors soars the taste buds to new heights with a green slushy center surrounded with grape juice and rimmed with pop rock candy. Turn out the lights for an extra-terrestrial treat: the stir stick glows-in-the-dark!

Highlight ingredient(s): Glow stir stick and pop rock candy rim

Adult version: add 1 ounce of tequila to lime Popsicle blend

Ingredients

A fiesta glass
1 lime popsicle
4 ounces of grape juice
Watermelon "Pop Rocks" candy
A lemon wedge

Directions

Moisten the rim of a fiesta glass with lemaon juice and dredge the edge in pink pop rocks.

Blend the Popsicle with a hand mixer.

Pile blended lime pop into center of the pre-rimmed glass.

Float grape juice around glass. Add a green glow stick as a stir stick.

Like LT Aldo Raine, Brad Pitt's character from Inglourious Basterds, this cocktail is all about the bitters.

Film Inspiration: Inglouurious Basterds

Description: A hearty mix of Cognac, orange bitters and a covert spritz of Absinthe proves to put a kick back into any soldier's step.

Highlight Ingredient(s):bitters & Absinthe

Ingredients

• An old-fashioned glass
• 2 Oz cognac
• 2 Oz ginger beer
• 3 dashes of orange bitters
• 1 spritz of Absinthe
• An orange twist

Directions

• Mix all ingredients in an old-fashioned glass over ice. Garnish with burnt orange twist and a spritz of Absinthe from a spray bottle.

This cocktail looks harmless, but it packs an explosive punch. Proceed with caution!

Film Inspiration: The Hurt Locker

Description: This crystal-clear beverage camouflages any trace of the spirits within. An otherwise potent combination of vodka, gin, tequila and rum gets a cinematic twist with lemon-lime soda and a splash of white cranberry juice. Don't let this drink fool you, it only looks harmless.

Highlight Ingredient(s):4 clear liqueurs, lemon-lime soda and White Cranberry Juice

Ingredients

• An iced tea glass
• 1 Oz vodka
• 1 Oz gin
• 1 Oz tequila
• 1 Oz rum
• .5 Oz triple sec
• 2 Oz lemon-lime soda
• 2 Oz white cranberry juice
• 3 to 4 lemon wheels

Directions

• Combine all ingredients in glass over ice, giving it a good stir.
• Float lemon wheels in glass as garnishes, giving it the appearance of harmless lemon ice water.

Let this cocktail ease your fear of flying. Complete with your in flight snack, you'll feel like a platinum awards point member.

Film Inspiration: Up in the Air

Description: Named for the multiplicated sum of proofs in each ingredient, the Mile High is composed of equal parts Southern Comfort and Bacardi 151. Don't forget your complimentary airline snack: a pretzel stick with a top coat of peanuts.

Highlight Ingredient(s): peanut-coated pretzel stick and mini bottles of alcoholFor Pretzel Stick -

• Classic-style pretzel rods
• Crushed Peanuts
• Honey

Directions:

• Lightly coat the end of a pretzel stir stick with honey. Roll in crushed peanuts. Serve as a supplement to The Mile High.

Ingredients

• A highball glass
• 2 Oz Southern Comfort
• 2 Oz Bacardi 151

Directions

• Combine ingredients in highball glass over ice. Top with pretzel stick rolled in peanuts.