Party like it’s 2076 with a potent blue beverage from the Fallout universe that actually glows.
You’ll need
- 2oz bourbon
- 0.75oz blue curacao
- 0.50oz peach liqueur
- 0.50oz lemon juice
- Tonic water
- A blacklight (optional)
Add all ingredients to a moonshine jug. Go to a dark place and shine a blacklight on it. Observe the steely blue glow. Add a straw and serve!
“Would you be a nice fella and whip me up a batch of Nukashine so I can do my job please:”
Biv, the drunken robot.
Just when you thought Nuka Cola Quantum couldn’t get any more dangerous, they went ahead and made it fermentable. Potent and powerful, the player that invests the time and resources into distilling the curiously glowing Nukashine can look forward to increased speed, stamina and what can only be described as a nuclear hangover after the booze wears off.
While we don’t have the nuclear material required to make a truly lore-accurate recreation, nor the death wish required to drink said nuclear material, we are able mix a cocktail that uses nearly all the other in-game ingredients. And yes, that includes the blue glow—with a little bit of creative license.
Try a Mentat or an original Nuka Cola cocktail next!
First up, we’ve got the base liquor. Nukashine is made from corn and razorgrain, making it a version of bourbon in the real world. Bourbon must be fermented from at least 51% corn mash to be considered “bourbon”, but the rest can be anything. In Nukashine’s case, that’s the razorgrain. So our first ingredient is bourbon.
Next, there’s the Nuka Cola Quantum: a more caffeinated and sweetened version of regular Nuka Cola with a distinct blue glow. We know from our episode on making normal Nuka Cola that it isn’t, in fact, just a fictional analogue to Coca-Cola. According to the lore, Nuka Cola is made from dozens of different fruit extracts, probably making it taste closer to Dr. Pepper.
For our purposes, we translate that into a more sensible 3 fruit flavours for Nukashine: lemon, peach and orange, the last coming from the blue curacao which also happily lends us the right colour too.
And last, we have that blue glow I mentioned. That’s where the tonic water comes in. Tonic water is made with quinine which, on top of providing the unique flavour of tonic, also happens to glow under UV light. It lends that curious property to any drink you add it to as well.
Switch off the lights, shine a blacklight on your jug and behold in wonder at the power of drinkable nuclear fission. Or at least the closest we can get without being put on a terrorist watch list.
Sweet, fruity, lore friendly and pretty, what more could you ask for from a video game inspired cocktail? Here’s to the inevitable nuclear apocalypse. Cheers!
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