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"Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
 
  

Senior Lieutenant Olaf "Swede" Petersson, WDF (ret.) enjoys an Energon Cube, one of the popular human-type drinks offered by the legendary Cybertron pub The Neutral Zone. The precise recipe is a closely-guarded secret, but the drink is believed to contain raspberry liqueur, bourbon whiskey, and Red Bull.

Illustration by Andrew Lee Griffith, commissioned by Doc, and adjusted slightly by Philip (the original version is wearing a red cap)!

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  RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson zojojojo May-07-24 1
     RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Gryphonadmin May-07-24 2
         RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Nova Floresca May-07-24 3
             RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Gryphonadmin May-07-24 4
                 RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Nova Floresca May-08-24 8
             RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Proginoskes May-08-24 7
  RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Verbena May-07-24 5
     RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Gryphonadmin May-07-24 6
         RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Verbena May-08-24 9
             RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Gryphonadmin May-08-24 10
                 RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson Verbena May-19-24 14
  Tasting Notes Nova Floresca May-18-24 11
     RE: Tasting Notes Nova Floresca May-19-24 12
         RE: Tasting Notes Verbena May-19-24 13

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1. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   >The precise recipe is a
>closely-guarded secret, but the drink is believed to contain raspberry
>liqueur, bourbon whiskey, and Red Bull.

this sounds like a drink you'd find in a bar catering to college kids, or at a geeky frat party... is it something you've seen, or just made up on the spot?

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2. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   >>The precise recipe is a
>>closely-guarded secret, but the drink is believed to contain raspberry
>>liqueur, bourbon whiskey, and Red Bull.
>
>this sounds like a drink you'd find in a bar catering to college kids,
>or at a geeky frat party... is it something you've seen, or just made
>up on the spot?

I just made it up. It's (very) vaguely inspired by a cocktail from Len Deighton's 1962 novel The IPCRESS File, the Manhattan Project (which is a Manhattan, rye+vermouth+bitters, with cherry brandy added).

Disclaimer: I do not drink alcohol and know basically f-all about cocktails. I just wanted something that would be about the right color and have an energy drink in it. :)

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3. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   I'm honestly tempted to try and make one of these for real, because it sounds like it has potential (and I tend to like weird cocktails in general). I will say that it will almost certainly need a splash of club soda to make it work; just using the listed ingredients will make for a very sugary drink.

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4. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   >I'm honestly tempted to try and make one of these for real, because it
>sounds like it has potential (and I tend to like weird cocktails in
>general). I will say that it will almost certainly need a splash of
>club soda to make it work; just using the listed ingredients will make
>for a very sugary drink.

I reckon the ice will probably help with that some, but you're probably right. Like I say, I know little about these things. :)

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8. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   No worries, I'm always happy to share what knowledge I have, if no better sources are available.

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7. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   It might work without the soda if you just keep it small, such as a mixed shooter. It'd be right at home on the Storm Crow's Random Shots table.


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5. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   I like interesting cocktails, but first and foremost I have to give a thumbs up to the art. There's lots of characters for whom we don't see art, and I'm glad to finally put a (human) face to the name!

That said, I have to ask the question that's been at the edge of my consciousness for like a decade. Did Swede and Komilia ever get together? Assuming they both managed to find two spare minutes between them, that is.


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6. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   >That said, I have to ask the question that's been at the edge of my
>consciousness for like a decade. Did Swede and Komilia ever get
>together? Assuming they both managed to find two spare minutes between
>them, that is.

Hmm. I hadn't really thought about it, but even now that you ask, I don't have any data as to whether that kind of thing is really on "Olaf's" radar. It's difficult to picture.

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9. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   Fair enough!

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10. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   >Fair enough!

Also, as Philip pointed out to me in the studio, Prime is married. More or less. Insofar as they do that kind of thing on Cybertron. :)

At this point it may actually develop into a running joke that Komi keeps picking the wrong guys, in a logistical-impossibility sense rather than a "good gods, your boyfriends are all the worst dudes" sense.

--G.
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14. "RE: Downtime II: Swede Petersson"
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   You'd think after this long, Komi would find someone! Poor girl.


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11. "Tasting Notes"
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   After making a couple of these, I can say it tastes pretty good, but I would go with a different main alcohol than whiskey; bourbon is a pretty overpowering flavor, and the golden-brown color does mess with the overall color of the drink (full disclosure, mine didn't come out purple, only because my liquor store didn't have a properly purple raspberry liqueur). I used gin for my second round, which worked a lot better for me, the crispness of the gin offsetting the sweetness of the raspberry.

The final recipe I arrived at was equal parts gin, raspberry liqueur, redbull*, and club soda.
*my store didn't have OG redbull so I used something different, but I doubt it makes a huge difference, considering the nature of energy drinks.

The drink punches pretty good, but since I don't work for Nijisanji, I held to a reasonable ratio of alcohol to energy drink, and so I didn't get in trouble on that front.

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12. "RE: Tasting Notes"
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   This is not intended to be a "woe is me" post, because I knew full well what I was getting myself into; rather I'm sharing an interesting phenomenon which a non-drinker may not know about:

Depending on the amount of drinks consumed, the efficiency of the drinker's liver, and the length of time spent asleep, it's possible to wake up both hungover and also still drunk. As you might expect, this applies a considerable penalty to agility until the body finishes detoxifying.

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13. "RE: Tasting Notes"
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   Yeah, I can safely say I've never quite had that happen to me!

That said, there was a recent flap with Nijisanji over mixing alcohol and energy drinks. The caffeine makes it harder to tell how drunk you are, and can result in drinking too much. Be careful, everyone.

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