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Oscar Nominated Cocktails: The Blind Side #nablopomo #blogher #atthemovies
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 7:12PM 
Here are some Oscar inspired cocktail recipes that I’ve compiled for your drinking and movie-watching pleasure. The cocktails in this post are based on “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock. It was nominated for Best Picture in 2010 while Bullock received a Best Actress nomination for her performance in this film.
"The Blind Side" lost the Oscar to U.S. Army war drama, "The Hurt Locker." You don’t have to be a fan of Bullock, “The Blind Side” -- or the Oscars, for that matter, to make these cocktail drinks but it surely makes for a fun evening of Netflix rentals or Blu-ray DVD enjoyment whether you’ve already seen this movie or not.
Bombay Blind Side
(from The Nibble)
To make this “Blind Side” cocktail, mix 1½ ounces of gin, ½ ounce of dry vermouth and one splash each of tonic and lemon juice in a martini shaker with some ice. Shake the ingredients up and then pour it into a glass using a strainer.
The Blind Side
(by Jason Adams at Entertainment Weekly)
Combine 2¼ ounces of half-and-half, 1 ounce of Sambuca and ½ ounce of either Baileys or another brand of Irish cream liqueur in a martini shaker filled with ice and then shake this stuff up well. Fill a glass with ice and then pour The Blind Side mixture through a strainer, into the glass. Top this cocktail off with whole coffee beans. Adams says that this is a girl drink, particularly a dessert cocktail for moms to celebrate a good day. I say whatever the case is, it appears to be a winner – even for those who may not like coffee.
So, which one of these Oscar nominated cocktails for “The Blind Side” do YOU plan on drinking at your next movie night?
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Reader Comments (3)
I definitely have to go with the second cocktail. I can't handle the strong taste of alcohol in the first, but do indeed love a little Kahlua or Baileys to sip on!
The Bombay Blindside sounds like a winner.
But the drink I really want is the "There Will Be Blood". From what I hear it consists of mixing 2 shots of absinthe, 2 shots of tequila, 2 shots of everclear, 2 shots of whiskey, and 7-UP. Shake everything together, pour over ice. Hand a baseball bat to the stranger next to you, then throw the drink in their face. Prepare yourself for what happens next ;-)
Alana,
EW had a photo of the second cocktail and it looked so yummy, I'd drink it, if I liked Bailey's or coffee tasting stuff...but alas, it's one of those things that just isn't for me. If you make it though, let me know how it comes out.
Herman,
That "There Will Be Blood" recipe is just asking for trouble, man! lol. That's the kind of drink to make for someone who is a pain in the you-know-what....then again, wouldn't that be like instigating or provoking the trouble? Aw hell...they don't call it "There Will Be Blood" for nothing.