The Matrix Revolutions Drinking Game + Cocktail
Everything that has a beginning has an end — and an empty glass.
The Rules
- Sip — Machine City or the real sky crackling with machine lightning appears on screen
- Sip — Agent Smith monologues about purpose, inevitability, or the word 'choice'
- Sip — Niobe pilots the Hammer hovercraft through a narrow tunnel at suicidal speed
- Sip — Sentinels breach Zion's dock bay and the human soldiers open fire on them
- Sip — Neo walks blind — his eyes burned out — guided only by machine light perception
- Drink Twice — Bane reveals himself as Smith-possessed and attacks Neo on the Logos
- Drink Twice — The Kid opens the dock doors of Zion while Sentinels are pouring through
- Drink Twice — The train station Mobil Avenue trap holds Neo prisoner alongside Sati and her parents
- Shot — Neo and Smith's final fight crater the ground over and over in slow apocalyptic rainfall
- Shot — The machines withdraw after Smith is destroyed — golden sunrise breaks over Zion
- Chug — Neo crucified on the machine tower, carried away by the machines, the war finally ends in silence
Themed Cocktail
Zion's Last Stand
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz mezcal
- 0.5 oz dark rum
- 0.75 oz blood orange juice
- 0.5 oz agave nectar
- 0.25 oz hibiscus syrup
- 3 dashes black walnut bitters
Instructions:
- 1Combine mezcal, dark rum, blood orange juice, agave nectar, and bitters in a shaker with ice.
- 2Shake vigorously for 15 seconds and strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
- 3Drizzle hibiscus syrup over the top without stirring to create a bleeding red layer.
- 4Garnish with a dehydrated blood orange wheel and a pinch of smoked black salt on the rim.
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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.