Moonriver Bar #26 - Pale Necromancy

The White Russian

My first experience with a White Russian was at a corner bar, a tiny subset of the local Wood & Tap. The restaurant proper would later give me food poisoning, but the bar was a splendid experience.
  While rocking my masters and for some time after I was one of the musicians in fantastic music ensemble called the Symphonic Capitol Winds.  While in it, I was happy to know and bond with several awesome musicians, many whom I remain friends with to this day, and have enjoyed extensive conversations with.  We would discuss philosophy, teaching pedagogy, relationships, music, and our place in the universe.  
  So it was in this bar where I waited patiently for my friends to arrive where I met a great bartender.  We chatted about flavors and I told him to "surprise me."  A few minutes later he returned with a tall glass filled with vanilla ice cream, fudge swirls, Kahlua, and probably heaps of vodka.  It was a great presentation, topped with housemade whipped cream and marachino drizzle.

I proceeded to have three.  Then my friends arrived, and I was SO HAPPY to see them.  I also could not stand correctly.

This drink, I was informed by that cool bartender, was a White Russian, and I immediately sought this drink out wherever I could after this.  It was always excellent there, so that became the industry standard which all other drinks would now be compared to.
  Turns out, though, that the addition of ice cream and fudge is the more decadent variation on the original recipe, which involves adding heavy cream to about 2 ounces of Vodka and about 1 ounce of Kahlua (the original sans cream being the Black Russian).  Some schmucks even go light on the cream and fill the rest up with crushed ice!  They did that on our honeymoon cruise and I was LIVID.

So if you're going to make this classic, I suggest you start with the Black Russian base:
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Kahlua
  Then fold in either heavy cream, or 1-2 scoops vanilla ice cream, and top with fudge syrup and whipped cream.  Because CLEARLY that's the ONLY way to do this drink.  ;)

Spectral Variation

Since the White Russian is just a variation on the Black Russian and every new path in this liquor's journey is a new variation on a theme, let's do the Moonriver proud and BREAK SOME RUSSIANS!

...That came out weird...

Green and Black
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Kahlua
2 scoops Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream
Blend and serve!

Rooted Rally
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Kahlua
2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
2 oz Root Beer Liqueur
Blend and serve, ya drunks!

The Rising Wight
2 oz Vanilla Vodka
1 oz Kahlua
2 scoops coffee ice cream
1 oz Irish Cream
Blend and serve, with a straw and good company.

All three of these variations have been knockouts at my bar, so I can pledge their effectiveness.  Besides, the ice cream lines the stomach so the alcohol isn't absorbed as quickly...right?

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Beware the Dude.
​-Adamus