Laur, we just completed the Season of Love premiere here in LA
We did!
And that's super exciting and there are a lot of folks
who are getting ready to have their own
watch parties. - Very exciting!
And I think they need a special cocktail for it.
Agreed!
My favorite cocktail in the world is called the Lion's Tale.
Okay. - And it's super classic
and I think that we're gonna try a spin on that today
Season of Love spin on the Lion's Tale
Yeah!
So, uh, I think most, you know
first step is we chill the glass.
- I didn't know that was a step
so that is actually very good to know
Yeah - Chill your glass
Chill your glass
But yeah, you gotta, you gotta keep it cool.
Chill it out, kinda like Mardou
Oh.
But not, not like Laur.
(Laughter)
Meanwhile, we're gonna get to mixing.
>- Let's do it.
And when I say we're gonna get to mixing I mean you.
cause that's the power of delegation.
(laughs)
First, we're starting with Old Forester, this is a bourbon-based cocktail
Okay.
This is a really high proof bourbon.
Yeah, it's 100 proof
Yeah
- Things are about to get crazy! - Yeah especially since we're about to do two ounces of this.
- Okay double it up!
- Double the trouble!
- Make it a couple! - Happy Holidays!
- Yeah!
- Making memories and then forgetting them.
Alright, so that's one, yeah - Uno
- And uh, then there's two
We are - I can smell that from here.
Yeah - Are you already getting crunk?
Oh yeah let's do this! - Woo!
- Next we are going to do about three or four shakes of this.
- What is that? - This is bitters. - Bitters.- Angostura - We're gonna last some
- Yeah because I just sprayed it on, yup
(Lips smacking)
Maybe you can actually get it in the cup I missed
- Alright
- Go for it
- Uno, dos, tres - Yup
- One . . . oops
- Two (laughs)
Just go to town - Go for it
- Get crunk - Just like salt and pepper
You just eye ball it - Yeah, to taste
- And if you could please, we're going to do
half a lime, or half an ounce of lime juice
whatever measurement you're gonna go for
I find about half a lime is the right amount
- There we go
- Excellent
Excellent
Um and then you take the world's largest bottle of simple syrup
This is unnecessary, but useful for right now
We should add like a bar spoonful
- Okay - Super sweet cocktails
Ahhh, don't spill, don't spill, don't spill, don't spill
- Ah, ah - Ah!
There we go
- What is this? - This is Saint Elizabeth's All Spice Dram
- Can I smell it? - You can
- Oh that's good - That's good
- That's yeah, that's holidays - It's spicy and
It's sassy and
- And I feel like if Iris
would have Christmas candles in her house
this is what that would smell like
Her whole Christmas party pretty much smells like - Smells like this?
We're gonna to do half an ounce cause
a little really goes a long way with this
To chill our little hearts
We're just gonna drop some ice cubes in here
and I need you to do me a huge favor
- Yeah
Shake it
- Yes but those are some powerful ingredients in there
we need that really well mixed
- What are we calling this cocktail?
The Dirty Snowflake
- The Dirty Snowflake
- Okay - So
I need you to give that a shake for every time
Lou either drops something
knocks something over
Or straight-up falls down
Like when she forgets how to walk or human
- That's a lot of shakes - (laughs) That's a lot of shakes
(Laughter) - So
Let's count 'em out here we go - Okay
- We're gonna shake this baby
(Martini shaker rattles)
This is the love, this is the extra something
that makes it
This is also why I'm not a bartender
- Is this like one of those moments Mardou would have
like a wind machine as like you're aggressively shaking
- When does she not have a wind machine? - (laughter)
And the really hard part is I think this is frozen (knocks shaker on table)
Shut
(breath sounds and laughter)
(knocks shaker on table)
- Uh, and this is something to be aware of if you use this type of shaker at home
- Yeah - Cold sometimes doesn't like to cooperate
So just give it a smack, warm it up, breath on it
All of it works
Dump the ice out somewhere
And now
I would like, if you please, a long slow pour because
what we know in Season of Love is no one can get enough slo-mo action
- Okay
- I know you're tired from the shaking
- I don't wanna . . . - Yeah, bring it on up, yeah!
(sings) Christmas Crunk with Season of Love
(sings) Oh yeah Mardou - I can't multitask while I pour
I know focus! - I'm focusing!
(sings) Mardou's making you a cocktail - (sings) Yeah, yeah
(sings) Yeah making you a cocktail and this is why I don't sing in the movie
- So normally you would garnish a cocktail - Mhm
Um, and this particular drink usually calls for an orange peel
but that's just . . . That's not us guys
And there's something really special about Milk Duds
- Have you ever had Milk Duds? - I've never had Milk Duds
- You've never had Milk Duds? Alright I'm about to treat her to a movie and Milk Duds
- Movie and
- Oh we're making Milk Duds super classy! - Super classy!
- Little caramel nugget of goodness - Do you want to try a Milk Dud?
- I do - Do you want a Milk Dud?
- (scoffs) Yeah - Here you go
- Thank you - You're welcome
- Alright, eye contact, eye contact, eye contact (Together) Cilnk clink clink clink clink clink
- Mmm, that's good - I see why Iris felt that this was really important
>- Mhm
- We probably need like a couple on there to be classy
- Like olives - Like olives, yeah!
- Wow, super classy
- That probably works a lot better in a cocktail glass.
- Mhm - Look at this, watch this now
Magic - Amazing.
- Here you go
- Definitely spirit-forward - Spirit forward?
- Yes
Here I go
I'm still chewing on that Milk Dud though
Oh! This is really good! - Yeah I know you're surprised right?
- Yeah - That we made something and it was actually good
- Yeah, it tastes like something I would actually order
- Would you like, pre-order it?
- I would pre-order it so I could get it by December first
- So it's a take on a whiskey sour
If anyone has ever enjoyed a whiskey sour you're really going to like this
This is going to be like your new Christmas whiskey sour
- Yeah!
I would also say this is also a sipping drink so you could sip it while you watch the movie
- You don't want to be slamming these
- No - That's a quick way to get to crunk
- Yeah but every time Jessica Clark's character Lou does trip.
- Yeah that's a good time to take a sip
- That is a good time to take a sip, make this a little bit of a drinking game
- Yeah. Oh! - Do you wanna try any?
- I do want to try some, thank you! And for everyone else, let us know what you think
a Season of Love drinking game would comprise of
- Crunk and fun - That's how it's supposed to be right there
Thank you, Laur - Thank you, Hope