Red Eye from Cocktail (1988)

"Beer is for breakfast around here, drink or be gone." This week, Pat and Marissa watch a movie about working man aristocrats, Jamaican waterfalls, and get-rich-quick schemes. The movie is 1988’s “Cocktail” and the drink is tomato flavored beer (a.k.a. the “Red Eye”). Listen on to hear these hosts discuss just how much Tom Cruise’s character is addicted to love, slam poetry, and never learning from one’s mistakes.

 

FLANNIGAN: "Coughlin's Law?"

COUGHLIN: "Douglas Coughlin, logical negativist. Flourished in the last part of the 20th century. Propounded at set of laws that the world generally ignored...to its detriment. Me. Ever work behind the bar?"

FLANNIGAN: "My uncle's in the business."

COUGHLIN: "You know how to make a "Red Eye," mister...what's your name?"

FLANNIGAN: "Brian Flannigan."

 

Red Eye recipe

Pour 3/4 bottle of Miller High Life or other light beer into a glass

Top with Tomato juice

Optionally garnish with any or all of the following:

-Black Pepper

-Tabasco Sauce

-Vodka

Do not stir.