The
Grim Reaper is a cocktail popularised in early 2011 made with equal parts
vodka, gin, tequila and cask wine. The mix is traditionally made with Mishka, Gordon's, 125 and Fruity Lexia respectively.
The ingredients are known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The spirits are meant to be the cheapest possible in order to replicate the authenticity of the
Grim Reaper. Variations upon this formula include the
Fancy Reaper (expensive spirits and wine), the Bloody Reaper (substitute white goon with red) and the
Grim Suicide (3 full bottles in a cask of wine).
Served as four shots straight up in the one glass, usually consumed as quickly as possible for maximum intoxication. Some connoisseurs of the
Grim prefer to sip the beverage while curled up next to the fire with a good book. The Grim Reaper also gives way to the drinking
game 'Grims Til You
Munt'.
The side effects are not well documented, with reports of dizziness, memory loss, feelings of grimness,
random acts of extreme violence, unwitting transportation across state borders,
death, irate messages and grand larceny.
It is believed that these ingredients are the basis for the drug PCP, weed killer and embalming fluid.
The controversy associated with the Grim is the inability to refuse once the beverage is suggested. Despite the danger, this can lead to a Double Grim and in rare cases a Triple Grim: some claim that Sid Vicious did 7 Grim Reapers before his
death, however the evidence is unsubstantiated.
