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The Dark Knight Drinking Game + Cocktail

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Why so serious? Because this game does not mess around.

The Rules

  • Sip — The Joker licks his lips or runs his tongue along his scars
  • Sip — Batman speaks in his gravelly low-register voice to intimidate someone
  • Sip — Gordon adjusts his glasses or pinches the bridge of his nose
  • Sip — Harvey Dent flips his lucky coin and catches it mid-air
  • Sip — Hans Zimmer single sustained note builds tension under a scene
  • Drink Twice — The Joker reveals a new scar origin story that contradicts the last one
  • Drink Twice — Batman deploys a new gadget from the Lucius Fox arsenal for the first time
  • Drink Twice — Harvey Dents face is shown half-burned as Two-Face under harsh lighting
  • Shot — The Joker makes the pencil disappear through the mobsters head at the meeting
  • Shot — Rachel Dawes dies in the warehouse explosion and Bruce realizes he chose wrong
  • Chug — The Joker hangs out of the cop car window with his face in the wind after the hospital explodes behind him

Themed Cocktail

The Harvey Two-Face

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz bourbon (Buffalo Trace or similar)
  • 0.75 oz Amaro Montenegro
  • 0.5 oz dark cherry syrup
  • 2 dashes orange bitters
  • 1 oz cold brew coffee
  • 0.25 oz simple syrup

Instructions:

  1. 1Add bourbon, Amaro, cherry syrup, simple syrup, and bitters to a mixing glass with cracked ice.
  2. 2Stir steadily for 20 seconds until well-chilled.
  3. 3Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
  4. 4Slowly pour cold brew coffee over the back of a bar spoon so it sinks and creates a dark bottom layer.
  5. 5Garnish with a Luxardo cherry dropped into the dark side of the glass.

Fun Facts

  • Directed by Christopher Nolan.(Source)
  • Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart.(Source)
  • Made $1.0B worldwide on a $185M budget.(Source)
  • Rated 8.5/10 on TMDB (35,399 votes).(Source)
  • Tagline: "Welcome to a world without rules."(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.