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Interstellar Drinking Game + Cocktail

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

One hour on Miller's planet is seven years of drinking on Earth. Pace yourself.

The Rules

  • Sip — Hans Zimmer's organ score swells and shakes the room
  • Sip — Cooper's truck or spacecraft kicks up dust on a new world
  • Sip — TARS delivers a deadpan joke or adjusts its humor setting
  • Sip — Cooper calls out "Murph!" across time or distance
  • Sip — A clock, watch, or countdown timer appears onscreen
  • Drink Twice — Michael Caine recites "do not go gentle into that good night"
  • Drink Twice — The Endurance passes through or near the wormhole
  • Drink Twice — Cooper watches years of video messages from his kids at once
  • Shot — The giant wave rises behind them on Miller's planet
  • Shot — Cooper enters the tesseract behind Murph's bookshelf
  • Chug — Cooper and Murph reunite at her bedside and he hasn't aged a day

Themed Cocktail

The Endurance

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz gin
  • 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
  • 0.5 oz honey syrup
  • 0.25 oz absinthe
  • 1 drop saline solution

Instructions:

  1. 1Rinse a coupe glass with absinthe, swirl to coat, and discard the excess.
  2. 2Add gin, lemon juice, and honey syrup to a shaker with ice.
  3. 3Shake for 12 seconds until frost forms on the outside.
  4. 4Strain into the absinthe-rinsed coupe.
  5. 5Add one drop of saline solution on top. Garnish with a lemon wheel threaded with a rosemary sprig.

Fun Facts

  • Directed by Christopher Nolan.(Source)
  • Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine.(Source)
  • Made $747M worldwide on a $165M budget.(Source)
  • Rated 8.5/10 on TMDB (39,232 votes).(Source)
  • Tagline: "Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here."(Source)

Disclaimer: Drink responsibly. This is intended for adults of legal drinking age. Never drink and drive. Always know your limits and drink in moderation.