The Speakeasy Special

So this goddamn drink. Anyway. In college, me and my buddy Brian ran what we called "The Saturday Night Speakeasy" out of his apartment. He painted the apartment black and had our art-major friends paint blacklight paint murals on the walls.

Our friends were "hippies" aka "Phish followers," and painted dirty shit like psychedelic mushrooms and mermaids in the same painting, which I found irritating for some reason. I mean come on, mermaids AND mushrooms? I can understand one, or the other, but both? Underwater!? Christ! That wall painting was out of control!

Back to the story. We built a bar, got an extra fridge, went to a bulk grocery store and bought a crapload of booze and beer, and charged minimal amounts per drink. Brian played the part of the host, while I selected electronic downtempo beats at this sweet underground spot. We watched the sun come up for every Saturday for my entire senior year of college. I'd like to think we were legends around campus. Early one morning I was walking to class behind two people having a conversation about the weekend, and I distinctly remember hearing one of them say, "I was at this crazy lounge in somebody's apartment, but I have no idea where it was. All I remember was that it was fucking awesome."

Oh, the glory.

The "Speakeasy Special" was the signature drink, created by me, the grand mixologist of this fine establishment. My friends tried to call it the "Marleeni" as a take off the word Martini, and my last name, Lee. I thought that was retarded, and unacceptable, so I've changed the name back to something a little more, well, not-so-retarded. This drink rocks. Tart, sweet, alcoholic. What else do you need? The ladies loved this one.

2 oz. Orange Juice

2 oz. Grapefruit Juice

1 oz. White Rum

3/4 oz. Peach Schnapps

Grenadine

Shake orange juice, grapefruit juice, rum, and schnapps over ice; strain into chilled martini glass.

Sink a very small amount of grenadine at the bottom, creating a sunrise effect. Yeah, I love this blushing shit. It never gets old.