Captain’s Brew: A Cocktail for Carles Puyol

By: Ade C. | October 27th, 2011

The weekend is near and Barça’s latest performances are enough to drive us to drink. Luckily, our most delicious collaborator -and most knowledgeable Puyol expert- Ishay Govender of Foodandthefabulous, brings us today yet another Barça-inspired culinary masterpiece, this time of the alcoholic persuasion. Bottoms up!

Captain's Brew 1

It can’t have been easy for el Capi over the last eight months. Injury, surgery, recuperation, slow start and most recently, a break-up! Blimey, we all hoped he’d have more sense than to date a model, but they seemed happy together and clearly he has set the bar for all future applicants.

Ladies, those hand-hearts do no come cheap, so make sure you’re under 25, in tip-trotting shape with nerves of steel to support the pillar of our team if you have any intention of nabbing the title of newest WAG.

But, one should never write off an old horse. They’ve got tricks. And in the immortal words of Seinfeld, a break-up never takes the first time. Who knows, our Capi may yet be re-united with his old flame.

So, dry your tears and join me in a bit of cocktail magic to wish Puyi and our band of merry men well for the season!

Captain's Brew 2

I’ve been busy in the Food and the Fabulous cocktail bar, experimenting with potions and vials, and after much testing *hic*, I’ve come up with this: Captain’s Brew.

It’s got a few anti-oxidants (with the cranberry juice and I used a Rooibos iced tea, very good for you), so our health conscious Capi should approve. As for the rest – cinnamon liqueur for bite, and we know Puyol is Mr Spice. Vodka for kick. The blue Curaçao for his taste in the exotic (i.e the girl). Also, I aimed to channel the Blaugrana colours: red and blue.

Shortish, humble glass because our man is the no-frills all action sort. And ice? Cos it’s nice.

Salut, Capi!

Ingredients

100 ml cranberry juice
100 ml iced tea
50 ml white grape juice
crushed ice
1 tot cinnamon liqueur (I used Aftershock Red)
1 tot vodka
1/2 tot blue Curaçao (optional)

Method

Mix the juices togther.
Add ice to a glass.
Add the Aftershock and vodka.
Pour the juices over.
Pour the Curaçao over for effect, if using.
Stir and enjoy!

Salut, Capità!

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nick

just made the drink for my self, one word amazing, keep drinks comming much easier to make then food, and gives me something fun to drink wile i'm watching barça play :)
Ishay Govender-Ypma

Sure thing! Glad you liked it :)
Helge

Off-topic, but this one is hilarious :D

http://www.totalbarca.com/2011...
Ishay Govender-Ypma

teehee. I say the same thing! *never leave house without tweezers!* :-)
Helge

Interesting, this is already the second Barca cocktail that I know. The other one was a pure blaugrana Manita cocktail though, not player-specific!

So you apparently used a blue glass for the cocktail, right?

Do you recommend to add the Blue Curacao via the reverse side of a spoon? And how much ml is a 'tot'?