#156: SEA CHANGE - HOT BOT SUMMER
Join your Main Mermen of the APDC as they review S2, Ep49 of the 1985 classic animated series, The Transformers!
HOT BOT SUMMER!!! Feeling good...feeling great...how are YOU?? Jeff Bezos of the Sea!! A whole new world!!! Deceptitran: Cowardly, hysterical!! Serious rebellion shit!! Sea Spray and Alana XOXOXO!! Hey you astro-turkeys!! White Rabbit ’85!! That’s the Real World…SUCK IT!! Iconic Moment!! Voice Actors! Script Deviations!! All Hail the Philippines!!!!
JIGGER, BEAKER, & GLASS
We’re well into the summer months here in the Northern Hemisphere, and I think for our “Hot Bot Summer” I’m going to be making us a lot of tropical drinks. So to kick that off, I utilized Aaron’s present to me of this wooden tiki punch bowl and cups to make a Scorpion Bowl.
I took this from Greg on How to Drink, and this is the Trader Vic’s sharable recipe. As with most tiki drinks this has a fair number of ingredients, but they’re pretty standard and easy to find, so just go to our website for this episode’s cocktail recipe.
TLALAKAN SCORPION BOWL
• 2 oz. (60 ml) lime juice
• 4 oz. (120) orange juice
• 1.5 oz. (45) simple syrup
• 2 oz. orgeat
o This is an almond syrup used for lots of tiki drinks, most famously the Mai Tai
• 2 oz. brandy
• 4 oz. gin
• 4 oz. aged rum
• Shake over cracked ice
o I had to get creative for this amount of cocktail so I used a gallon mason jar (3.8 L) to shake
o You could also split it up between a few different shakers
• Open pour all contents into a decorative bowl
• Garnish with grated nutmeg
Now what would a sharable tiki bowl be without fire? We’re going to make a flaming lime boat to float in our cocktail.
Cut a lime in half and float it cut-side-up in the drink. I hollowed the lime half out just a bit because I didn’t want it to tip over; a traditional Scorpion Bowl will have a reservoir to hold the flame without it actually being in the drink.
Soak a sugar cube (or a crouton) with lemon extract, put it in the lime boat and light the cube. It will burn with a bright orange flame for a fair amount of time, and when you grate the nutmeg over the top it will burn and sparkle in a super fun way.
Under normal circumstances it could be fun to use several long straws and all drink out of the same bowl, but with COVID still raging around the world you can also let your guests serve themselves punch-style. I also garnished ours here with some orange slices and maraschino cherries.
HOT BOT SUMMER!!!
