Drinks Recipes for Episode #22: The Official TVP Powerades

In preparation for the TVP Power Hour and drinking game EP, we created two 'powerades.'

TVP Powerade #1

• 1 pt tequila 
• 2 pt blood orange - strawberry - rosemary - cilantro juice*
• Top w/ club soda
• Garnish w/ lime zest and rim the glass w/ salt
  

*To make blood orange - strawberry - rosemary - cilantro juice: Puree 4 strawberries, 1 blood orange (sliced and peeled), 2 tsp rosemary, and 2 tsp chopped cilantro until it forms a thick liquid. Use a sieve to strain the mixture of any seeds, pulp, etc.

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TVP Powerade #2

• 2 pt apricot - raspberry - green apple - basil - ginger juice*
• 1 pt (rye) whiskey
• Squirt of lemon juice

*To make apricot - raspberry - green apple - basil - ginger juice: Puree 1 apricot (sliced), ⅓ cup raspberries, 1 green apple (sliced), 2 tsp chopped basil leaves, and 1 tsp ground ginger until it forms a thick liquid. Use a sieve to strain the mixture of any seeds, pulp, etc.; dilute the remaining juice with water, to taste, if needed.

Pre-Tease For Episode #22 of The Vodka Press Podcast

Many fans requested that we do a Power Hour or a drinking game EP during this season of The Vodka Press podcast. We love to give the fans what they want, so we've decided to do both...in the same episode.

That's right - on this week's episode of The Vodka Press, we'll be doing a Power Hour and also trying out the drinking game.

For those folks who haven't done a Power Hour before, it's "a drinking game that involves drinking a shot of alcohol each minute for an hour" (definition from this pghcitypaper.com article). In our TVP variation, Kit, Karly, and I are doing a swig a minute of our chosen drinks.

As for the TVP drinking game, we're using some fan suggestions from my last fan comments post. The 'drink' words are:

• exciting
• perpetuate/perpetually
• sex/sexy
• hitting the nail on the head
• anytime anyone mentions her boyfriend
• anytime anyone mentions Karly's cat, the pretty princess Leia

Tune in to The Vodka Press on Wednesday for my official teaser for this episode - I'll be sharing more details about the EP including what films we'll be reviewing. You can listen to it on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and/or directly from our show's site. On Wednesday night, I'll be posting recipes for the official TVP Powerades right here on www.thevodkapress.com.