Beverages American ✦ Inspired by: Battlestar Galactica

The Twelve Colonies Ambrosia

Midori, Southern Comfort, Chambord, sour-apple schnapps, blue curaçao and lime are blended over crushed ice into an aggressively colourful Battlestar Galactica-inspired cocktail.

The Twelve Colonies Ambrosia

What It Is

Midori, Southern Comfort, Chambord, sour-apple schnapps, blue curaçao and lime are blended over crushed ice into an aggressively colourful Battlestar Galactica-inspired cocktail.

Origin

A Battlestar Galactica-inspired Earth cocktail named for the Twelve Colonies.

Fun Fact

Aroma changes how strongly we perceive flavour, which is why herbs, citrus peel and warm spices can make a simple recipe taste far more complicated than the effort involved.

Prep
5 min
Cook
—
Total
5 min
Servings
2 cocktails
(halve it if it's just you and today has been a lot)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free
Away Mission
90 min walk
(equivalent to explaining humour to Data, twice)
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Ingredients

  • 3 oz Midori
  • 1 oz Southern Comfort
  • 1 oz Chambord
  • 1 oz sour-apple schnapps
  • 4 oz blue curaçao
  • 2 oz lime juice
  • 2 cups crushed ice

Steps

  1. Add all liquid ingredients to a blender.
  2. Add crushed ice and blend until slushy.
  3. Serve immediately, preferably before anybody starts accusing the blender of being a Cylon.

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Notes

This contains a lot of alcohol wearing very cheerful colours. The Cylon threat is fictional; the hangover is not.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 cocktail
Calories 400
Burning this off: two laps of avoiding small talk at a family gathering.
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.0 g 0%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 10 mg 0%
Carbohydrate 96.0 g
Fibre 0.0 g 0%
Sugars 92.0 g 92%**
Protein 0.0 g
Potassium 120 mg 3%
Calcium 10 mg 1%
Iron 0.3 mg 2%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
**This dish means well. Some numbers above are having a bit of a moment. Delicious? Absolutely. A daily habit? Let's not. Eat it, enjoy it, then maybe take the stairs.

Substitutions

Use equivalent ingredients where needed for allergies or availability, but keep the main sweet/sour/salty/spicy balance intact. This is cooking, not a hostage negotiation.

Storage

Keep covered and chilled. Fresh-fruit or dairy drinks are best used within 1–2 days; fizzy drinks are happiest served the same day before the bubbles file for retirement.

Freezing

Freeze still fruit bases or concentrates if useful, but add carbonation after thawing. Dairy-heavy drinks are better made fresh.