Drunk Raccoon Viral Varmint Gets His Own Hooch … Shop Names Cocktails After Trashed Trash Panda
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The viral drunken raccoon who turned a liquor store into its personal frat party isn’t done soaking up fame … the shop owners just launched three cocktails inspired by their furry boozy bandit!
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority is getting in on the fun too — rolling out three cheeky spins on their classic cocktails: The Rye Rascal Sour, the Trash Panda Old Fashioned, and the Midnight Masked Gin Fizz.
You can whip these drinks up at home — ABC’s website lists each cocktail with ingredients and a cheeky little tagline. The Rye Rascal Sour, for example, is billed as “something your favorite troublemaking raccoon would proudly recommend.”
The Trash Panda Old Fashioned is pitched as a “scrappy, no-nonsense twist on the classic old fashioned,” while the Midnight Masked Gin Fizz is meant to “drift downward and create a dark ‘mask’ streak effect.”
Virginia ABC via Storyful
You may recall … a raccoon broke into a liquor store in Ashland, Virginia and ransacked the joint two weekends ago, shattering bottles of liquor and slurping up the booze until it passed out drunk near a toilet and got apprehended. He sobered up and was sent back into the wild — and sure, it probably shouldn’t be the face of booze ever again … but leave it to us humans to turn one drunken night into a full cocktail franchise.
