Houston, We've Got a Problem

One of man's greatest accomplishments has been it's voyage into outer-space. It's an environment entirely opposite of the one on which we exist, Earth.

On April 11, 1970, NASA launched it's seventh manned mission of the American Apollo space program, Apollo 13, the third of which was intended to land on the Moon. During the shuttle's journey, it encountered a multitude of malfunctions that crippled the module along with it's three astronauts onboard.

The damaged Apollo 13 service module

Despite limited power, loss of heating, a shortage of portable water, a jury-rigged carbon dioxide removal system, and a heroic reentry into Earth's atmosphere, the shuttle and it's three passengers all returned home safely, making a splash landing in the South Pacific Ocean.

Apollo 13's crew returning home hours after their splash landing
in the South Pacific

It recognition of man's outer-space accomplishments, and specifically, the Apollo 13 mission gone disastrous, On The Rocks... would like to introduce a cocktail that is out of this world; no pun intended.

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The Apollo 13






Drink Type: Martini


Ingredients:
3.5 oz of vodka
.5 oz of blackberry brandy

Edible gold-flakes

Lemon slice for garnish


Instructions:
Pour all ingredients EXCEPT for the gold-flakes into a cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass.  Sprinkle gold-flakes on top and garnish rim with a lemon slice.


Description:
This drink is more representational than pleasurable.  It's quite obvious that the black color signifies outer-space.  Symbolically, what's unique about it is first, the gold-flakes, identifying stars and second, the lemon slice, representational of our sun.  Taste-wise, we are not fans. Blackberry for a drink? Not our forte, and in all honesty, the only reason this drink got three stars is for it's presentation and symbolism.  Since On The Rocks... is only here to present drinks to you, we won't tell you whether or not to try this martini.  But we will say, trust our judgement. Ironically, the failure of flavor of this martini is, in a funny fashion, is representational of Apollo 13's failed mission.