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Equestria's premier bartender, brewer, and distiller.
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Dear Drinkers.

I do hope you, and yours, are enjoying this St. Valentines Day.

However.

We are here gathered. In recognition. In remembrance. In celebration.

We gather here, today, for Spock The Cat.

Spock has, sadly, passed. I can only offer Wiggles my deepest, and most heartfelt condolences.

Spock, however. Spock, I am certain, left this world knowing that above, and beyond all else. He was loved. By his mom, most of all. But also by thousands; by *Thousands*, who reached their five fingers out to his seven, and sought to assist him in his hours of need. And assist him we did, and we have. There’s still one Donor Recipe to come, and don’t think I’ve forgotten it. First, though. Remember his space-eye? The sideways growing claw? The Polydactyl-Polydactyly? Remember him. Remember this goober of a butt, who, no doubt, wherever he is, is trying to grab onto something using far too many toes. I know of at least one thing he managed to grab onto. All of our hearts. Goodbye Spock, and Good Boy. It is with both a heavy heart, and deep honor, that The Pony Keg inducts its first honoree from real life.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have no rose to lay before your marker. No dirt to toss upon your soil. I’ve got this, buddy. So this’ll have to do.

A Spock The Cat

Ingredients:

  1. 2oz Godiva white chocolate liqueur
  2. 1oz Gosling's Black Seal rum
  3. 1oz Rumchata
  4. 1oz Amarula Cream liqueur
  5. Frozen Tumbler.
  6. Ice
  7. Chocolate Syrup
  8. Magic Shell
  9. A plate
  10. A brand new paintbrush, one of the little tiny ones, that you’re going to clean, and only ever use for this.
  11. A Ferrero Rondnoir. (This is the Dark Chocolate version of a Ferrero Rocher)
  12. A Swizzle-Stick. (You can ask, if you don’t know what these are, they’re cocktail stirrers, you want ones that are kinda pointy on one end.)

Special Equipment:

A Cocktail Shaker.

Making a Spock The Cat.

  1. Place Tumbler into freezer. Get this as cold as possible.
  2. Pour Magic Shell and Chocolate Syrup onto the plate in a 2 Magic Shell to 1 Chocolate Syrup squeeze ratio, then swirl up with paintbrush.
  3. Remove glass from freezer, and, using paintbrush, paint on a big chocolate spot on the inside of the glass. Put it back in the freezer for an hour or so. Repeat this twice more.
  4. Pour Godiva, Gosling’s, Rumchata, Amarula, and Ice into Shaker.
  5. Shake!
  6. Gently, but firmly, while it’s still inside it’s foil, push the cocktail stirrer all the way through the chocolate. So that it’s sitting where it’d be partially, but not wholly, submerged by the drink.
  7. Remove glass from freezer
  8. Place Stirrer-Garnish in glass, without scratching chocolate, but without wasting time.
  9. Strain shaker into glass.
  10. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Spock The Cat!

This recipe uses the same technique I’ve used a few times on here, of freezing chocolate on the walls of the glass. This time, with the white drink, the chocolate splotches will give the resemblance of Spock’s Coat. The garnish, peeking up out of the drink? Why, that’s Spock’s goofy Space-Eye. And the warm feeling this drink’ll leave in your chest and cheeks? That’s a thought or two, for the little guy this drink honors.

And hey, if you really feel you need to do something, why not donate to a really worthy cause, in Spock’s name.  

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Rusty  Nail’s Recipes.

Dear Drinkers, We come to honor yet another of those who have taken the time, money, and compassion in their hearts, to save a seven-toed spot-monster; Spock. Yes, today’s drink is honoring one of those who have helped to try and save that dear kitty, but, in truth, they’re not far from that at all, in their daily life; brewing up huge batches of medicine and magical ministrations, and taking them to major cities, delivering them free of charge. Well, we here at The Pony Keg know a thing or two about brewing up huge batches of stuff.~ This one won’t be big, but it’ll getcha.~ 

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

It’s Sundried Tomato! (NSFW)

He does his best work in his garden, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not capable of shaking the dirt off his hooves, and finding some time to cut loose and play a prank or two. 

A Sundried Tomato

Ingredients:

  1. 2 cups Tomato Juic...6oz Spicy Bloody Mary Mix. (YOU ARE GONNA THANK ME FOR THAT,)
  2. 1/2oz Honey Simple Syrup (Put 2oz honey in a mug with 1oz hot water. Tah-dah, you’ve made the syrup.)
  3. 2oz Honey Vodka
  4. 1 1/2oz Pineapple Juice
  5. Ice
  6. Salt and Pepper to taste
  7. Lime Wedges
  8. Chilled Pint Glass
  9. Pickled green beans, olives and cocktail onions
  10. Sundried Tomatoes
  11. Few Shakes Tabasco Sauce.
  12. 1 Tiger Lily
  13. Mint-sprigs.

Special Equipment:

A Cocktail Shaker.

Making a Sundried Tomato.

  1. Put Ice into Shaker.
  2. Put Simple Syrup over Ice
  3. Pour everything else that is not the limes, olives, onions, green beans, glass, tomatoes, Lily, or Mint into the shaker. 
  4. Shake!
  5. Pour into glass.
  6. Add limes, olives, onions, green beans, and tomatoes  (JUST A FEW OF EACH, DO NOT CRAM THIS FULL OF STUFF.)
  7. Decorate with Lily and Mint(Stick them stem down into the glass); both are edible, as an after-drink breath cleanser!
  8. Drink!

You’ve just made a  Sundried Tomato! (NSFW)!

The choice of ingredient here was glaringly obvious. The use of Honey and Mint, though, were requested as they’re favorite flavors of Sundried Tomato. The Lily was included as a nod to Sundried’s own desires, doubts, and determination.

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

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Rusty Nail’s Recipes

Dear Drinkers,

Once again, it is time to honor one of the supporters of our dear friend, Spock. When they heard the call, they answered. Which is keeping in the overall personality for this honoree. She’s eccentric, but then, it doesn’t seem like anyone who travels around like she does avoids a little eccentricity. She might be a touch overly amorous, but that just means she’s got love to spare, and love’s a coin all too rare, today.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This Time Traveller might be on the younger end of things from where she originates, but that still puts her well past the legal age here, and easily able to enjoy the drink that The Pony Keg has concocted to honor this dedicated and devoted feline supporter.

A Doctor Dimension

Ingredients:

  1. 2oz Irish Whiskey
  2. 1oz Simple Syrup
  3. 1/2oz Orange Juice
  4. 1/2oz Lemon Juice
  5. Ice
  6. 1/2oz Red Wine (A Shiraz is suggested.)
  7. Chilled Rocks Glass

Special Equipment:

A Cocktail Shaker. A Spoon

Making a Doctor Dimension.

  1. Put Ice into Shaker.
  2. Put Simple Syrup over Ice
  3. Pour Whiskey over Simple Syrup.
  4. Pour juice over Whiskey
  5. Shake!
  6. Place ice in glass.
  7. Strain shaker into glass.
  8. Pour red wine over back of spoon, VERY GENTLY, VERY SLOWLY, to float it on the top of the drink.
  9. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Doctor Dimension!

Our dear Honoree has a couple of aspects I wanted to capture here. One was a love, on her part, of Red Wine. This can make the cocktail choice tricky, as wine-inclusive cocktails are ones I’ve always found to be more difficult to craft. Thankfully, her Irish Heritage suggested a solution to me, and produced the drink you see before you.

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

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Rusty Nail’s Recipes

Dear Drinkers,

We come to another of the drinks designed in honor of those supporting our dear Spock’s GoFundMe! This Service-minded Patriot spends his days fixing up Aerial Cav., and his nights drinking with the guys. Here at The Pony Keg, we appreciate this kind of Service, and, moreover, appreciate that kind of Drinker.~

Ladies and Gentlemen,

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It’s Saber!

An Army Helicopter Maintenance Worker, This guy is driven by the rectitude of his convictions, and his devotion to his compatriots. For those factors, and for helping a cat in need, The Pony Keg honors him.

A Sabre Rattler

Ingredients:

  1. 1 1/2oz Cognac
  2. 1oz Citron
  3. 1/2oz Grapefruit Juice
  4. 1/2oz Simple Syrup
  5. Ice
  6. Sparkling White Wine (Ok, Champagne, but really, do what you can on your budget. Most Grunts don’t have enough cash-on-hand for Brut Champagne.))
  7. Chilled Wine Glass

Special Equipment:

A Cocktail Shaker.

Making a Sabre Rattler.

  1. Put Ice into Shaker.
  2. Put Simple Syrup over Ice
  3. Pour Cognac over Simple Syrup.
  4. Pour Citron over Cognac
  5. Pour juice over Citron
  6. Shake!
  7. Strain into glass.
  8. Top with Sparkling White
  9. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Saber Rattler! (Based on Saber)

The drink this is based upon, according to legend, originated back in WWI, among American Pilots, there, fighting, prior to America’s Entry into the war. Those Americans took the basic cocktail, and added Cognac to it, thereby ramping up the alcoholic content to a more American Palette. Those original pilots compared it to being hit by a 75mm cannon. My version increases that content yet again, while balancing the acidity, to help mask its effects. I think that’ll just about do for Armored Cav.~

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

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Rusty Nail’s Recipes

Dear Drinkers,

It’s been a while. How are you all doing? Staying busy? Were you holidays as joyful and restful as they could be? Ready to face 2017 with a renewed sense of grit and determination?

Well, today’s honoree knows a little bit about grit and determination. She’s had to use quite a bit of it throughout her life, in order to reach where she is today. But, through vigor, and perseverance, and an ironclad knowledge of who she is, she’s not only managed to earn a place among The Pony Keg’s Honorees, but to be the first in the “Donate $50 to Save Spock And Get A Rusty Nail Recipe” beneficiaries.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It’s Star Struck! (Star Struck’s Mod Link)

She’s managed to make it to where she stands today, and where she’s standing is, frankly, Fabulous.

A Star Struck

Ingredients:

  1. 1 1/2oz Cranberry Vodka
  2. 3 dashes Grenadine
  3. 1oz Cointreau
  4. 4oz Lemon Lime Soda
  5. Ice
  6. 1 Pink Hibiscus
  7. 1 tuft Cotton Candy
  8. Maraschino Cherry
  9. Chilled Tumbler

Special Equipment:

None! You can make a Star Struck using just your hands.

Making a Star Struck.

  1. Put Ice into glass.
  2. Pour vodka over ice.
  3. Pour Cointreau over vodka
  4. Add Grenadine Dashes
  5. Pour Soda over Grenadine
  6. Top with Cherry, Cotton Candy, and Hibiscus
  7. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Star Struck! (Star Struck’s Mod Link)

This drink is garnished in an overwhelmingly over-the-top “Girly-Drink” fashion, as much as I hate to use that denotation, echoing Star Struck’s own usual personal presentation. The drink itself is based off of a recipe that is named after a key section of Star Struck’s own personal development.~

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

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Anonymous asked:

would you ever make drinks w/o alcohol? i've only seen a few of yours around and they look awesome but! i don't drink alcohol ;;

I’ve made a number of drinks without alcohol over the years, usually from the request of the person the drink involves, but also sometimes just as it fits the character. The Curly Que, The Filly Twi, and the Silver Lining are three I’ve made that I can think of off the top of my head that are non-alcoholic. You can find all three in the drinks menu to the right-hand side of my page.

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if i left some drink in a 10$ stainless steel flask since thanksgiving (i think thats 8 days? in the fridge also) is it still safe to drink?

It is 100% safe to drink.

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[[mod]] Many of you out there will no doubt be familiar with @ask-wiggles​, the mystic force behind @ask-king-sombra and @equestrian-post​. This cat up there is hers, and right now, Wigs could use some help raising some funds for veterinary bills.

From my perspective, Wigs has been a massive inspiration to me, and seeing ol’ Kingsley Sparklefriend follow this blog from its fledgling days was one of the first signs that this thing I’d started in the grip of blackest depression just might get somewhere.

So here’s a proposition.

Donate $20 or more to Spock’s recovery, and I’ll whip up a 512x512 PNG of your OC you can use as a Telegram sticker.

Donate $50 or more, and I’ll upgrade your OC to a Child of Everfree. You get to see your character as they’d appear in this story, as a (non-human (trust me)) species of your choosing.

If this floats your boat, here are the rules:

Via gmail.com, email citizenseverfree with the following information:

- Contact information (tumblr, twitter, dA, etc.) - Screenshot of your donation amount - Character references (visual preferred) - Desired pose/expression (remember: drawing will be 512px square in size) - Desired monster species (for $50+ donors only)

One single-character drawing per person. However, you may request drawings on behalf of multiple people.

The drawings made for this donation incentive will be final and no revisions will be considered. However, you may request in your email to see a preliminary sketch if you would like. No revisions will be considered after the sketch is complete.

Estimated turn-around will be within one week (seven days) of receipt of donation information.

I will not accept any character requests on donations made after closure of the GoFundMe. Donations made after the GoFundMe closes will not be eligible for this incentive.

I reserve the right to stop this donation incentive at any time, without prior notice. In practice, I will likely announce on this page if I close this incentive.

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Thank you for your consideration.

- Couch

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COUCH IS AN AMAZING PERSON WHO IS DOING AN AMAZINGLY KIND THING FOR ME AND MY KITTY WOWOWOWOWOWOW

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUCH!

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So, it’s been a hot little minute since y’all have heard from me, Dear Drinkers. All I can say is “Grad School is a Hell of a Drug.” That being said!

Wiggles is a dear friend.

Spock is a dear cat.

So!

FOR ANYONE WHO DONATES $50 TO SPOCK’S GOFUNDME.

I WILL MAKE THEM THEIR VERY OWN RUSTY NAIL RECIPE.

I mean, I’m gonna need the same proof stuff that Couch is asking for, up there, in the above post, and I’m gonna need it submitted here on Tumblr, or sent to AskRustyNail at Gmail dot Com

But you get me that, and some info on the character you want made into a drink, and yeah. I’ll make that happen.

For Spock... and for Wiggles.

Thank y’all for your time, Dear Drinkers!

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The coffee machine at my office is broken and, given my super-early commute schedule, I don’t have time to give to my French press before I leave.  After five days without coffee, I gave in to desperation and visited Starbucks.

Turns out they have a chili mocha drink now.  I love spiced coffee, so I gave that a try.  @drambuieandscotch can rest easy knowing his recipe is vastly superior to the garbage Starbucks produces.  It’s not exactly setting the bar very high since Starbucks makes absolute shit coffee, but credit where it’s due all the same.

Here’s hoping the weather gets cold enough this year to actually allow me to make Rusty’s drink instead.

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You heard it here first, folks.

Better’n Starbucks, for four years running.~

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Rusty Nail’s Recipes

Dear Drinkers, welcome to fall! We’re fully into the month of Spoopiness, and the temperatures are finally starting to fall enough that wearing delightful coats is finally an option that is not a penury. Today’s honoree is, herself, no stranger to hardship. No stranger to abuse, and overstress. And her ability to overcome these trials,overcome every obstacle placed in her way, and manages to do so with a smile on her face... when she isn’t running in terror. Thankfully, she doesn’t remember that terror too often.

Ladies and Gentlemen.

It’s Dolly!

This brave little Donkey Pony remains as upbeat and optimistic as she can, given the fact that she has the ever so occasional fugue-state. Despite this, she does what she can, from day to day to get by, and get better; and that’s something we should all admire.

A Dolly

Ingredients:

  1. 8 ice cubes.
  2. 3 scoops Phish Food Ice Cream.
  3. 1oz Stoli Sticki
  4. 1oz Baileys Irish crème
  5. 1oz Kahlua
  6. Whipped Cream
  7. Chocolate Sprinkles
  8. Maraschino Cherry
  9. Chilled Tumbler
  10. Spoon
  11. Straw

Special Equipment:

A Blender

Making a Dolly.

  1. Put Ice, Ice Cream, and Liquor into Blender
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. Pour into chilled glass
  4. Top with whipped cream
  5. Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles.
  6. Top with Cherry
  7. Add straw
  8. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Dolly

The use of the spoon is to allow you to eat the chocolate chunks from the ice cream. This drink is modified from the recipe for a Mudslide. The Honey Vodka increases the sweetness, and better hides the alcoholic taste. The use of the Phish Food Ice Cream introduces marshmallow into the drink, and further masks the liquor. Just like its honoree, it packs quite a punch, under the surface.~

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a newly created Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

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Dear Drinkers. Y’all know I take requests. Well, today’s honoree comes from some very heartfelt ones of those. I’ve gotten a bundle of requests over the five years I’ve been running my blog. From requests to honor art, to requests to honor achievement, to requests just because they happened to really like the person. Today’s honoree, however, was requested multiple times, by multiple people, for what they meant and represented to the trans and genderqueer communities. Given the weight of that request, I’ve been working to try and find just the right recipe for today’s nominee, who isn’t quite one thing, and isn’t quite another, but IS one hundred percent himself, and that’s what we’re here to honor.

Ladies and Gentlemen

It’s Aero!

This be-scarfed little pegasus is doing his best to be who he is, and to figure out what he wants to be, with the help of some very loving parents, a big sister who treats him as big sisters are wont to do, a closet full of couture clothing, and a couple strategically placed magazines. Hopefully, he gets to where he’s going; and with a support network like that around him, I’d say he’s got a good chance.

An Aero

Ingredients:

  1. 2oz Tequila Reposado.
  2. 1 leaf Sorrel, finely chopped.
  3. Ice
  4. 3 dashes grapefruit bitters
  5. A chilled Collins glass
  6. 4oz fresh grapefruit juice
  7. Miracle Berry

Special Equipment:

A Muddler

Making an Aero.

  1. Chop Sorrel leaves
  2. Put leaves and bitters into glass, and muddle.
  3. Add ice.
  4. Pour fluids into glass
  5. Stjr.
  6. Drink!
  7. Eat berry.
  8. Drink!

You’ve just finished making an Aero!

You’ll notice that this drink is actually consumed twice! The first time, you’ll notice the bitterness, and acidity that exists in the drink, leading to an unfinished feeling with regards to the flavor. Taking the Miracle Berry, however, coats your tastebuds in Miraclin, and allows the hidden flavors present behind those other factors to really shine through, and present themselves as they would want to be seen.

Seems kinda familiar, hmm?~

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a newly created Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

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Dear Drinkers! It’s been, goodness, more than a month, since I graced your screens and pallets with a brand new recipe honoring a member of our community. And, well. Ok. Look. Today’s honoree deserves this. They just do. There are few people out there who work as hard, or try as desperately to self-promote their content. Yes. I’m aware. It can come off as abrasive. It can come off as annoying. But honestly; we’d be poorer without them, and their terrifying, terrifying antics.

Ladies and Gentlemen

It’s Banana Pie

Ok. Look.

Look.

I know.

But there’s a whole bunch of blogs who’ve received their first follower, or reblog, from Banana Pie. Their gimmick is a goofy form of interaction that spans the community. “Gives U Banan” or “Gives u job in Banan Stand” are comments that we, as a community, for better or for worse, recognize as almost universal interactions and experiences.

And that deserves some recognition. That deserves a little honor.

A Banana Pie

Ingredients:

  1. An entire banana, peeled.
  2. A drinking straw.
  3. 2oz 99 Bananas
  4. 1oz Creme de Banane
  5. A chilled Collins glass
  6. A Knife
  7. Coconut Pineapple Sparkling water

Special Equipment:

A refrigerator with a freezer.

Making a Banana Pie.

  1. Take peeled banana and knife, and slice banana into slices a centimeter thick or less.
  2. Skewer Banana Slices on Drinking Straw.
  3. Put straw and bananas into Freezer, until they have frozen solid.
  4. Pull frozen banana slices off of straw, and put them into the glass
  5. Pour liquor into glass.
  6. Top glass with Sparkling Water
  7. Stir gently.
  8. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Banana Pie!

This drink uses a TON of Bananas. That sparkling water isn’t going to cut the sweetness; it’s going to modify it slightly, but this is a sticky-sweet drink. The frozen Banana slices are going to function like ice, but without diluting the drink. The natural banana flavor from the fruit is also going to do a tiny bit to curb that sweet. If you’re feeling adventurous, try adding an ounce of chocolate liqueur, or an ounce of Razzmatazz, or two ounces of cranberry juice.

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a newly created Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

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courier 6 is basically florida man

  • Nevada Man survives two bullets, beds the shooter
  • Nevada Man doesn’t know what fish are
  • Nevada Man fights army of roman empire cosplayers
  • Nevada Man sends zombies into space
  • Nevada Man fights giant mantises to the death in an arena
  • Nevada Man gets his brains scooped out, doesn’t die
  • Nevada Man gets fisted by robot prostitute
  • Nevada Man hates Johnny Guitar
  • Nevada Man serves faithful companion as dinner
  • Nevada Man gets mistaken for grandchild by giant blue lady
  • Nevada Man wishes he had spurs that jingle jangle jingle
  • Nevada Man kills the president, walks away wearing pajamas
  • Nevada Man gets his shit wrecked by giant wasps
  • Nevada Man breaks world record sarsaparilla soda consumed/minute
  • Nevada Man murders person(s) for their cool outfit
  • Nevada Man sells his house doctor into slavery
  • Nevada Man has no idea how to play card game
  • Nevada Man kicked out of casino for being too lucky
  • Nevada Man debates philosophy in front of nuke
  • Nevada Man says fuck you, attacks with robot army
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Nevada Man beats 261 year old man to death with golf club

Nevada Man helps solicit prostitute ring for local club

Nevada Man collects all the guns, only uses 2

Nevada Man abducted, claims he was forced to rob casino

Nevada Man eats drugs with native, kills bear while high

Nevada Man argues with own brain, seduces said brain.

Nevada Man locks himself in obvious trap to spite former leader of fanatics

Nevada Man blows up entire stockpile of nuclear warheads with toy laser.

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Rusty Nail’s Recipes

Today’s recipe comes from two places. The first is an innate sense of pride; in a town I called my home for a good portion of my life, in a college that cradled me to its bosom as we went 14-0 to win the Fiesta Bowl, in streets so deep in beer-cans the day after the Michigan Game that they were literally stacked like snowdrifts. In a state that houses some of the best football, basketball, baseball, hockey (SHUT UP, PIRATE DASH!), soccer, and collegiate sports in the nation. The home state of Aviation. The home state of most of our founding astronauts. The state where the rivers burn, and the State Tree is the Buckeye.

Which brings me to the second inspiration for today’s recipe, and the honoree thereof!

Ladies and Gentlemen…

This Befreckled Buckeye is an utter sweetheart, and loves nothing better than to show off how to make the official candy of her home state!

A Peanut Bucker

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Van Gogh Dutch Chocolate Vodka
  • 1 oz NutLiquor Peanut Butter Vodka
  • .75 oz Godiva Dark Chocolate
  • .5 oz Cream
  • Chilled Martini Glass
  • Chocolate Syrup
  • A Buckeye (THE CHOCOLATE CANDY)
  • Ice

Special Equipment:

A Cocktail Shaker.

Making a Peanut Bucker:

  1. Drizzle chocolate syrup in chilled glass, then put glass back in the fridge to continue chilling.
  2. Add everything but the Buckeye, the Glass, and the syrup into the shaker, and shake it firmly, but slowly; shake it too fast, you’ll make the cream all frothy. A nice slow Shooka-shooka-shooka, here, folks.
  3. Strain into glass (This means keep the Ice Out)
  4. Wedge Buckeye onto edge of glass as a garnish
  5. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Peanut Bucker!

The drink makes use of layered chocolate flavors to really accentuate the rich, decadent chocolatey treat Ms. Bucker takes her name from. The drizzled syrup that’s then returned to the fridge, before having the drink poured over it is so that there is a third, and even fourth chocolate flavor permeating the drink as it is held.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, my friends!

A classic, and still quality.~

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Rusty Nail’s Recipes

Dear Drinkers. It is July the Tenth. Which means something, here at The Pony Keg.

You see; once upon a time, it was 2011.

We hadn’t yet recovered from the Housing Market Crash, I’d recently been accepted back into college to finish my degree, and for MONTHS, I’d had friends ( @askcharliefoxtrot ) telling me about a cartoon I needed to watch, about magic, and friendship, and colorful cartoon horses.

I’d resisted. I’d derided. And then I watched it, and, well, I was boned.

July the Tenth, Two Thousand and Eleven. Inspired by blogs such as the brilliant, but sadly gone Ask Pinkamena Diane Pie, and @asklilmissrarity , I took to Tumblr, and I created Rusty Nail. I created The Pony Keg. I created the Everfree Distillery. I created the Four Left Hooves Brewery.

And I created, what I’d later learn, was the third OC Pony to ever be Ask-Blogged on Tumblr. Only a scant three months after the first Tumblrpon blog ever, Ask Apple Bloom. (Thanks go to @fishermod​ for the data)

Dear Drinkers. Ladies and Gentlemen. Genders of all Spectrums.

Welcome to The Pony Keg’s Five Year Anniversary.

I cannot even begin to count, or name, or thank all of the brilliant people who have left their mark on me, and my blog, over the years. @askcharliefoxtrot​ deserves deep thanks. @askmerriauthor​ , for drawing their dumb horse dating my dumb horse, and, inadvertently, leading me to start the recipes, rather than screw up their storyline. Thank you for that; its been one of the best things to happen to this blog. @asksweetcream​ , You relentless flirt. You were one of the ones to really help shape Rusty’s personality from a booze-horse, into what he is today. @askpenwright​ , and @jumped-out-pinkieanswers​ , for helping me realize that my blog didn’t have to be RP, or art. That my blog could be whatever, and however I wanted to interact with the community. @egophiliac​ and @ask-wiggles​ for being continual, relentless inspirations to do better, to be better, and to never be satisfied with what it is that I am doing; to strive, as a creator, to be better.

And @technomod​ . My significant other for nearly three years now (We’re comin’ up on October.~) Met me because of this blog. You have. You have done so very much, to keep me, to help me, to guide me. From the very bottom of my heart, thank you.

And so, Dear Drinkers, I present to you The Pony Keg’s Five Year Anniversary Honoring! Today’s honoree has had a rough go of it. Hungry. Lonely. Flea Bitten. Lost at Sea. Nearly drowned. And now, stranded somewhere that French is, in fact, the Lingua Franca. It’s a good thing that artistic talent is coin wherever you travel, and our poor little misfit has that in droves. The other thing they have in abundance is a far, far rarer coin, and one that will pay their way to whatever end the eventually reach.

Hope.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

They have had it ROUGH. Life has been shitting on them from just about each and every direction it can, and, well, even if they’re too young for it yet, I figured they deserved something good, to match their relentless and boundless drive to survive.

Buckle in for this one, folks; occasionally, I get to make a recipe that makes me happy, even if it’s not going to be practical. And Crayon, dang, you get a good one.

A Crayon (The Homeless Artist) Ingredients:

  1. Beefeater Gin
  2. Lime Juice (A LOT of Lime Juice.)
  3. Bottled tonic water
  4. A Lemon
  5. A glass
  6. A Knife (You’ll want a sharp, thin one, like a paring knife, or a scaling knife)
  7. A spoon
  8. Food Coloring in each of the ROYGBIV colors.
  9. One Verbena Blossom

Special Equipment:

An ice cube tray. A Hammer. A Medical Grade Liquid Nitrogen Aerosol Sprayer. Liquid Nitrogen.

Making a Crayon (The Homeless Artist).

  1. Put Gin and Tonic Water into glass in a 2 parts Gin to 3 parts Tonic Water mixture
  2. Cut end off Lemon.
  3. Hollow out Lemon.
  4. Fill Ice Cube tray with Lime Juice..
  5. Put two to four drops of food coloring into each of the cube-sockets. Mix into Lime Juice. Create ROYGBIV Lime Juice. One color per socket.
  6. Freeze Lime Juice.
  7. Remove colored Lime Cubes.
  8. Smash with hammer, creating shards of ice.
  9. Place end of Nitrogen Sprayer at bottom of glass, and pull sprayer back upwards, spraying into drink. If done correctly, you have just made a Gin And Tonic Slush.
  10. Spoon Slush into Lemon.
  11. Top Slush with Rainbow Lime Ice.
  12. Decorate with Verbena Blossom (Do Not Eat)
  13. Use Spoon.
  14. Drink/Eat!

You’ve just finished making a Crayon The Homeless Artist!

This creates a very traditional Gin and Tonic, using the two most common garnishes for the drink in exceptionally novel ways; one as an ice-decoration, one as the container from which you consume the concoction. It’s an unusual twist on what should be an expected experience. Much like our honoree. Also, the sheer quantity of citrus in this should probably help poor Crayon stave off Rickets.

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a newly created Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!

Here’s to another Five Wonderful Years!

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