#160: THE SEARCH FOR ALPHA TRION - SPIT ON IT
Join your Johnny Drum Crew of the APDC as they review "The Search for Alpha Trion," from season 2, episode 53 of the 1985 classic animated series, The Transformers!
A pop in the dingus!! A new Shout-Out!!! Muff-bang!!! Magic is science we just don’t understand!! Maybe you’re a non-pervert!! Ryan’s van: “Mold Grower!” We’re still going to Baltimore, right?! Return to work?!? Hot Spot USA!!! Elita and the Female Autobots!! Alpha Trion’s human nose!! You have two Earth hours!!! Voice Actors! In the Real World!! Script Deviations!! Iconic Moments!! You shut your serviceable mouth!!!
Man, we CANNOT find this stuff in our area.
What would YOU call this thing?
FLIGHT OF THE DAIQUIRIS!
Most people probably think of a blender drink when they hear “daiquiri,” but that’s a pretty recent development. The history of the daiquiri is far too involved and rabbit-holey to go into here, I’ll just say the idea that it was invented my American mining engineers in Cuba during the Spanish-American war seems pretty ludicrous.
There are countless ways to make this cocktail. It’s kind of what they call a Mr. Potato Head, in that you can plug-and-play the parts in a ton of combinations. I have for you here today 3 varieties.
· THE BASIC (2-1-1 ratios)
o 2 oz. (60) white rum (Cruzan aged light rum)
o 1 oz. (30) simple syrup
o 1 oz. lime juice
§ Shake with ice and pour into a chilled coupe
· THE FUNK
o 1 ¾ oz. (52) white rum (Cruzan aged light rum)
o ¼ oz. (7) Jamaican over-proof rum (I used Rum Fire)
o 1 oz. (30) simple syrup
o 1 oz. lime juice
§ Shake with ice and pour into a chilled coupe
Over-proof Jamaican is a rum with a tropical fruit, overripe banana funkiness to it. Even with this tiny amount it is very present in the cocktail. The Rum Fire brand in particular has a label that looks like it was designed on an Angel Fire website.
· THE HEMINGWAY
o Like the daiquiri itself, the story of this version of the cocktail has a nebulous history. Supposedly it started as Papa ordering a daiquiri with double rum and no sugar, which would be a horrible 4 oz. of booze and 1 oz. of lime. And it may or may not have been because he was diabetic. Which is always good for a weapons-grade alcoholic. The modern recipe is much improved.
o 2 oz. (60) white rum
o ¼ oz. (7) maraschino liqueur
o ¾ oz. (22) lime juice
o ½ oz. (15) grapefruit juice
§ Shake with ice and pour into a chilled coupe
This trailer makes it look like a heist/action movie, but it’s not that at all; it’s so much better. It’s a very slow-burning, tragic story about salesmen behind the 8 ball.
