Monday 24 December 2012

Happy Snowdown Showdown



Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe Snowdown! I hope to see you all next year as we attempt to get to 100 champion drinks and beyond! Please enjoy this classic holiday cocktail to rev up your Snowdown spirit.

Unfortunately this is the last post for 2012. There will be no updates till 2013. I'll be spending the holiday period making up some drinks from the backlog. Thanks for all the support you guys have given since I started and I'll see you next year!

-Nimhain

Sunday 16 December 2012

Elise, The Spider Queen


Warning: Drink this will not give you spider like powers!


Creator's Note: I Live! Sorry guys, like most people I've been very busy this holiday season. As such it doesn't give me much time to make new drinks.

I hope to release at least 1 more for this year, and start getting ready for next year.

Tuesday 30 October 2012

Happy Harrowing

As promised I have 2 new Champion cocktails, straight from the Shadow Isles to help put a chill to you Harrowing Celebrations.

Hecarim, the Shadow of War


The drink may have a kick to it, so may the Champion behind it...


Karthus, the Deathsinger


There's no sweeter taste than the last drink of the Dying....

Thursday 25 October 2012

Renekton, the Butcher of the Sands


Chaos will follow!

Creator's Note: Keep an eye out early next week as I will be 2 cocktails to spice up your Harrowing Celebrations.

Sunday 21 October 2012

No Alcolol this Week

I must apologize but I haven't gotten a new Alcolol ready for this week. I'm currently experimenting with new drinks (nothing I'm happy with yet) and tracking down ingredients.

Sorry!

Friday 21 September 2012

Twisted Fate, the Card Master


Just the luck of the pour!

Creator's Note: We just hit the 50th Cocktail! 

Thank you to everyone who comes to enjoy these drinks! Let try and reach 100!

Friday 7 September 2012

Poppy, the Iron Ambassador


Non-Alcoholic so you don't get Hammered!

Creator's Note: To turn this drink into a cocktail, add 20ml Malibu or Strawberry Liquor.

Wednesday 15 August 2012

Thursday 19 July 2012

Wednesday 11 July 2012

Friday 6 July 2012

Morgana, Fallen Angel


Even angels like to drink...

Creator's Note: For lemonade I used sprite but home-made lemonade should work fine too.

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Udyr, the Animal Spirit



Now Remember, don't drink and jungle!


Tiger Stance:
15ml Drambuie
10ml Orange Juice
5ml Lemon Juice

Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a shot glass.


Turtle Stance:
15ml Midori
15ml Triple Sec
10ml Ouzo

Layer ingredients in order (Midori=bottom/Triple Sec=middle/Ouzo=top)
into a tall shot glass.


Bear Stance:
15ml Jack Daniel’s
15ml Creaming Soda

Pour ingredients into a shot glass, then stir.


Phoenix Stance:
30ml Cinnamon Schnapps (100 proof)
1 Dash Tabasco Sauce

Pour schnapps into a shot glass, add sauce.


Creator's Note: Thank you to everyone for the well wishes last week. I'm very happy to be back creating AlcoLoL for you.

Udyr is going to be the only champion (for now) to have a drink for each of his moves as something special (and I couldn't decide which of his stances to do).

Monday 18 June 2012

No Update this week....

Unfortunately I got really sick end of last week and I'm currently on medicine which means no alcohol and I can't taste anything so no mocktails either (I mean really unless it's  got a really strong flavor I can't taste anything different between food).

This means no new AlcoLoL this week. However I'll have some yummy cocktails ready for next week.

Wednesday 13 June 2012

Maokai, the Twisted Treant


"I will end this misuse of alcohol"

Creator's Note: To turn this drink into a cocktail replace the Hazelnut syrup with Frangelico

Jarvan IV, the Exemplar of Demacia


Drinking this will not make you royalty...

Saturday 9 June 2012

Janna, the Storm's Fury


Trying to drink this in a single gulp will leave you breathless...

Creator's Note: You can turn this into an alcoholic drink by substituting the coconut syrup with Malibu rum.

Olaf, the Berserker


BROMACIA!

Creator's Note: You can switch Especial Kahlua with regular Kahlua or Tia Maria.

Wednesday 30 May 2012

Sejuani, the Winter's Wrath


Beware Brain Freeze...


Creator Note: To turn this mocktail into a cocktail, divide the coconut milk into 60ml Coconut Milk + 30ml Coconut Rum.

Friday 25 May 2012

Q&A with Nimhain

Hello! I've been reading some of the threads and feedback that AlcoLoL has been receiving and I'd like to answer some of the more frequently said comments/ questions.

You couldn't make these drinks in a real bar....
I'm aware that some of my drinks have a lot of alcohol in them and thus cannot be made up in a real bar. I am not a bartender nor have I had any training as one. This is just something I do for fun and as a hobby outside of video games.

Most of these drinks aren't even original...
I did mention in the Welcome post that I would be using both a few originals (because it's really hard to create 100 or so completely original drinks) and existing drinks (hopefully tweaking them to get a slightly different effect). I try to make each drink feel unique but it can be hard to without sacrificing flavor.

That looks like it would taste awful...
I've drunk everything I post (unless it has a ingredient that I have an allergy to, then I get my partner-in-crime Sirrian to drink it for me). I'm aware that people enjoy different tastes to my own, but I encourage people to give something a try before you judge it. If you try and hate it, that's fine. Just don't judge because it "looks" disgusting.

The average age for the LoL community is under-age, you're promoting under-age drinking...
I have mentioned in the Welcome and in the original thread I posted on the LoL NA forums to drink resposibly and safely. The under-age community is the reason I started adding mocktails. I'm currently focusing on creating more mocktails so that the under-age LoL players can have something from here as well.

Some of the drinks just seem to be random with a champion attached...
I have 3 reasons I make a drink up for a champion:
1. The drinks appearance remindes me on the champion (eg. Cassiopeia, Veigar).
2. I think a type of alcohol relates well with the champion (Soraka=Banana Liqueur, the Ninjas= Sake)
3. The name of the recipe I'm using make me think of a champion (Shaco= Jack in a Box, Nocturne= Nightmare).

These drinks are just my interpretation of the champion. Everyone is going to have their own view of what alcohol should be in each champion's drink.

Can you make champion X next?
I will certainly try but I don't really have a plan on how I do each champion. I have to find either a recipe, ingredient or vision for how I want that champion to look.


I want to thank everyone for the feedback and support that has been given so far to AlcoLoL. Look forward to seeing some new mocktails in the coming week.

Tuesday 22 May 2012

Blitzcrank, the Great Steam Golem


Drinking too much may not improve your rocket grabbing skills...

Creator Note: To turn this mocktail into a cocktail, add 15ml of Banana Liqueur to the mix.

Shaco, the Demon Jester


The Joke's on you...

Monday 14 May 2012

World Cocktail Week Over

Thanks to everyone who came each day to see the new cocktails. I hope everyone enjoy this past week.

I'll be switching back to the 1-2 posts per week. I will say while I have a couple of yummy cocktails on the way. I also have a couple more mocktails I'm currently working on so some of them will start appearing in a couple or weeks or so (it depends on how they taste first).

Sunday 13 May 2012

Fiora, the Grand Duelist

World Cocktail Week Day 7



A drink that is both sharp in taste and class...

Saturday 12 May 2012

Akali, the Fist of Shadow

World Cocktail Week Day 6



So many drunks, will alcohol have true balance?

Friday 11 May 2012

Thursday 10 May 2012

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Evelynn, the Widowmaker

World Cocktail Week Day 3



Hopefully this drink won't need a rework...

Creator Note: This is a shooter shot. I recommend drinking it like a shooter to have the full effect.

Tuesday 8 May 2012

Shen, Eye of Twilight

World Cocktail Week Day 2



Drinking this will not give you mad ninja skills.

Monday 7 May 2012

Singed, the Mad Chemist

World Cocktail Week Day 1


If his poison tastes like this I'd chase him any day!


Author's Note: I apologize for the late post. I'm having internet problems at the moment.

Friday 4 May 2012

World Cocktail Week

Summoners, from the 6th of May- 13th of May is World Cocktail Week. To celebrate this I will be putting one new recipe up each day. Keep your eyes open, as ninjas may appear on the drinking list.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

Zilean, the Chronokeeper


Fruit flies may like banana but you'll find none here...

Zigg, the Hexplosives Expert


BOOM!


Please note that while picture shows a "cocktail glass", the recipe calls for a tall shot glass. I own several cocktail glasses of different sizes. The one used in the image is the same size as a shot glass.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Ezreal, the Prodigal Explorer


Never explore ancient ruins under the influence...

To transform this mocktail to a cocktail. Switch the Chocolate Syrup with Godiva Chocolate Liqueur.

Annie, the Dark Child


She's too young to have alcohol just yet...

You can turn this kid friendly mocktail into an adult's cocktail by switching the Strawberry syrup with Strawberry Liqueur.

Thursday 5 April 2012

Wednesday 4 April 2012