Episode 169: Alma Katsu's Wehrwolf

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The Mikes belt out some wolf whistles and learn about men's accessories. And Nazis.

It's cocktail time!

Three Shots to the Head

Line up three shot glasses. In order, fill them with:

• Jägermeister
• Bärenjäger
• William Wolf pecan whiskey

Shoot them!

Episode 168 The Monk by Matthew Lewis

 

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Let's tonsure our hair, put on the scratchy robes and make the vows with The Two Mikes and Matthew Lewis in The Monk.  Celibacy is not all that is cracked up to be, so throw in a little Lucifer, a smidge of witchcraft and a pinch of lust and you got yourself one hell of a gothic tale. 

 

It's Cocktail Time!

The Bleeding Nun

You are going to layer these liquors.  

Hint: Put the bottle of booze in the fridge before you attempt this.

In a shot glass, pour in a half shot of Kahlua and on the back of a spoon pour in a half shot of Rumchata and then a trickle of Kinky Red.  Shoot it!

Chin Chin.

 

 

Episode 167: Grady Hendryx's Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

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The Mikes' book group reads a book about a book group. This won't end well.

It's cocktail time!

Shelby, Drink Your Juice!

In a champagne flute pour:

• 1/2 shot of Southern Comfort
• orange juice to about halfway fill the glass
• top with club soda

Episode 166 Clare Kohda's Woman, Eating

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Two Mikes learn all about Adult Vampring in Clare Kohda's Woman, Eating.   Sometimes you gotta pay your dues and sometimes you  just gotta drain the blood out of your intern supervisor.

It's Cocktail Time!

Hallucinogenic Milk

1 shot Pernod

Juice of 1/2 lemon

A teaspoon of powdered sugar, or sugar substitute

Shake with ice, pour into a glass, ice and all, and top with club soda.

Chin, chin.  

 

 

Episode 165: John Kelley's The Great Mortality

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In which the Mikes realize they're reading the same book at the same time and decide to record their thoughts, with no regard to what they're really supposed to be reading, which is Claire Kohda's Woman, Eating. 

It's Cocktail Time!

The Black Death

2 oz black vodka

3 oz limoncello

1 oz club soda

stir with ice and garnish with a lemon (or a dead rat)

Episode 164 William Hallahan"s The Search for Joseph Tully

 

                                                 
                     

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Pack up you belongings and quickly relocate with the Two Mikes and William Hallahan and his 70s horror novel The Search For Joseph Tully.   Maybe you'll find a new apartment or maybe you'll just loose your head.  That's one way to enforce rent control. 

 

 It's Cocktail Time

The Wrecking Ball

In a shaker of ice pour:

1 ounce Gin

1 ounce Rum

1 ounce Tequila

1 ounce Triple Sec

1 ounce Vodka

Shake for longer than you'd think and pour into a martini glass or serve over ice. Garnish with lemon or orange peel.  Stay home for the evening.

 

Episode 163: Scott Hawkins's The Library at Mount Char

 

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Wherein the Two Mikes look upon creation and find that it is good enough.

It's Cocktail Time!

Black Sunrise

Make coffee ice cubes

When ready, place in shaker.

Add:

    1 shot espresso

    1 shot Kahlua

    1 shot blackstrap rum

Shake and pour entire into tumbler.

Go to work.

Episode 162: Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids

 

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The Two Mikes hop into the Misery Machine to solve a mystery, along with some damaged kids and a precocious Weimeraner. What they discover is a man in a mask behind a mask behind some tentacles, in a mine, behind a mask.

It's Cocktail Time!

Essential Salts

A day before you make this cocktail, prepare tomato water ice cubes.

• roughly blend four large tomatoes, a hot pepper, a selection of herbs, and a tbsp of balsamic vinegar
• pour into fine sieve lined with cheesecloth and let drip into container. Do not press: you want a clear orange liquid
• make ice cubes out of liquid (save the solids for chili or something)

When ready, rim margarita glasses with a mixture of salts: we recommend Hawaiian salt, smoked salt, and seasoned salt. Just run a lime or lemon wedge around rim, and dredge through salt mixture. Set aside.

In blender pour 1.5 shot of Cuervo Gold tequila and 1.5 shot of sage liqueur per serving you plan to make. Add in four ice cubes per serving. Blend and pour into glasses. Garnish with lime and cilantro or a fried sage leaf.

 

Episode 161 Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires

 

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Are you there God? It is us, The Two Mikes and Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires.  Listen as we journey through a plague ridden world devoid of compassion, and goodness and replete with superstition and horror. Here is where the leaders are most likely the actual spawn of hell.  No, it does not take place in 2022.

It's Cocktail Time!

Arrow in the Tongue

For 15 minutes, gently warm a quarter cup of cream or half and half, with either a Ghost Pepper or a Scotch Bonnett.  Let this cool.

In a rocks glass filled with ice combine:

1  shot of the infused cream

1 shot of Kahlua

1 shot of Cream de Cacao

Stir and garnish with a sliver of the hot pepper skewered by a cocktail sword.

Chin Chin.