Midnight in Paris Drinking Game + Cocktail
When the clock strikes twelve, your drink turns into something straight from the Lost Generation.
The Rules
- Sip — whenever Gil Pender rhapsodizes about 1920s Paris being the golden age
- Sip — whenever Inez or her parents dismiss Gil's nostalgia as pretentious nonsense
- Sip — whenever Gil meets a real historical figure and fails to play it cool
- Sip — whenever Paul corrects someone with unbearable academic condescension
- Sip — whenever the magical car arrives at midnight to transport Gil back in time
- Drink Twice — whenever Hemingway speaks in his signature self-mythologizing cadence
- Drink Twice — whenever Adriana and Gil share a romantic walk through cobblestone Paris
- Drink Twice — whenever Fitzgerald and Zelda create chaos at whatever party they attend
- Shot — whenever Gertrude Stein offers brutal but insightful feedback on Gil's novel
- Shot — whenever Adriana prefers the Belle Epoque over the 1920s in a meta twist
- Chug — whenever Gil walks home in the Paris rain with Gabrielle at the film's end
Themed Cocktail
The Lost Generation
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Cognac
- 0.5 oz Grand Marnier
- 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
- 0.25 oz simple syrup
- 2 oz dry Champagne
- 1 sugar cube
Instructions:
- 1Place sugar cube in the bottom of a chilled coupe.
- 2Add Cognac, Grand Marnier, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.
- 3Shake for 10 seconds and strain over the sugar cube.
- 4Top slowly with Champagne.
- 5Do not stir — let the bubble form naturally around the sugar.
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Disclaimer: Drink responsibly. This is intended for adults of legal drinking age. Never drink and drive. Always know your limits and drink in moderation.