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Pan Galactic Gargle Buster

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1 Cocktail PT2M PT2M Pan Galactic Gargle Buster cocktail

Added on 28th Feb 2017 by Make me a Cocktail

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#81 / 747 in Vodka Cocktails
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#7 / 32 in Pernod Cocktails
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#123 / 278 in Lime Juice Cocktails
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#12 / 288 in Lemonade Cocktails
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#5 / 73 in Southern Comfort Cocktails
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#6 / 49 in Creme De Menthe Cocktails

The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster was invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, a major character in Douglas Adams' novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is described as "like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon, wrapped 'round a large gold brick." It has also been described in the novel as "the alcoholic equivalent to a mugging; expensive and bad for the head." Its original, fictional recipe, is as follows:

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6 Ingredients

1 shot Vodka1 shot Vodka1 shot Vodka1 shot Vodka1 shot Vodka1 shot Vodka
1 shot Pernod1 shot Pernod1 shot Pernod1 shot Pernod1 shot Pernod1 shot Pernod
Dash Lime JuiceDash Lime JuiceDash Lime JuiceDash Lime JuiceDash Lime JuiceDash Lime Juice
Top up LemonadeTop up LemonadeTop up LemonadeTop up LemonadeTop up LemonadeTop up Lemonade
1 shot Southern Comfort1 shot Southern Comfort1 shot Southern Comfort1 shot Southern Comfort1 shot Southern Comfort1 shot Southern Comfort
1 shot Creme De Menthe1 shot Creme De Menthe1 shot Creme De Menthe1 shot Creme De Menthe1 shot Creme De Menthe1 shot Creme De Menthe

Method

"Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V(Oh, that Santragian seawater! Oh, those Santragian fish!)
Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzine is lost).
Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in honor of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia.
Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qalactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heavy odors of the dark Qalactin Zones, subtle, sweet, and mystic.
Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink.
Sprinkle Zamphuor
Add an olive.
Drink . . . but . . . very carefully . . ."

Or for us mere humans on earth:
Combine the vodka, Pernod, lime juice, Southern Comfort and creme de menthe in a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake well. Strain into a tall glass with ice, before topping up with lemonade!