List of fictional drinks

Many works of fiction have incorporated into their world the existence of beverages or drinks – liquids made for popular consumption - which may create a sense of the world in which the story takes place, and in some cases may serve to advance the plot of the story. These products may be fictional brands which serve as a stand in for brand names, and in that capacity may be a vessel for mockery of the marketing culture associated with brand name products (e.g., Duff Beer from The Simpsons; Buzz Beer from The Drew Carey Show). In science fiction, beverages from alien races may enhance the sense of a futuristic society (e.g. Romulan Ale in Star Trek).[1]

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While there are many fictional liquids that can be consumed, fictional liquid medicines and magical potions (such as the liquid that causes Alice to shrink in Alice in Wonderland) may not be widely available for common consumption, or may simply not be described as being used for that purpose, and thus would not be considered "beverages" at all.

Alcoholic or intoxicating beverages

In literature and print

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Moloko Plus (Nadsat for "Milk Plus")	A Clockwork Orange	1962	Aka "milk with knives in it"; drunk by the protagonist to get him in the mood for "a bit of the old ultraviolence" [2] In the film, Moloko Plus is milk laced with one of three (possibly illegal) drugs, Vellocet, Synthemesc and Drencrom. Alex and his droogs prefer the version containing Drencrom.
Herzwesten beer	The Drawing of the Dark	1979	A dark beer, produced only every seven hundred years, that has supernatural properties.[3]
Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1978	A legendary cocktail invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, based on "Old Janx Spirit." The effect of drinking it is "like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."[4] Many real-life recipes for this drink exist.
Victory Gin	Nineteen Eighty-Four	1949	A cheap, low-quality drink supplied by the government. It has a "sickly, oily smell" and tastes like nitric acid;[5] swallowing it gives "the sensation of being hit on the back of the head with a rubber club."[6] Winston Smith, the protagonist, frequently drinks it despite its disagreeable taste and smell. Only party members have access to Victory Gin; beer (which is of much better quality than Victory Gin) is the drink of the proles. In the film Terminal (2018 film), Annie as a waitress serves Bill a drink of Victory Gin, the gin from George Orwell's 1984.
Vesper	Casino Royale	1953	Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Named after the original Bond girl, Vesper Lynd. Since Kina Lillet is no longer available, it can be approximated by using modern Lillet or Cocchi Americano.[7]
Old Sock	The last Gold Diggers, The Last Polar Bears	1998, 1993	A drink consumed by Wolves in the Arctic whilst Roo and Grandfather are trying to find polar bears and by Kangaroos and koalas in Australia. Reportedly alcoholic as the Wolves were reported to have been acting in a drunk and disorderly manner. (Please note, Old Sock is also, not in this context, a real beer)

In film

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Black Pony Scotch	Laura[8]	1944	A bottle of this brand is found in the apartment of the title character (who is understood to have been murdered), leading the detective investigating the crime to develop suspicions based on his belief that she would not drink so cheap a brand. In the stage play of the film, the product is called "Four Horses Scotch".[8]
Elsinore beer	Strange Brew	1983	The plot was loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, but the key characters were either stakeholders or employees of the company that made this beer, which was contaminated by an evil mastermind in a plot to control the world.[9][10]

In television

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Alamo Beer	King of the Hill	1997	Seen as the popular beer in the town and with many of the characters. Was used as the main plot of the episode "Beer and Loathing".
Binge Beer	NASULG	1999	Created by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULG) for a series of television commercials in their anti-drinking campaign.[11]
Buzz Beer	The Drew Carey Show	May 8, 1996	A mixture of beer and coffee brewed and mixed by the characters in Drew's garage.[12][13] The production and marketing of this product created numerous situations in which the dynamics of the characters played out. In one episode, a product with the same ingredients called Cap-Beer-Cino was made by a competitor.
Duff Beer	The Simpsons.[12][14]		Consumed by many characters, this beer has been prevalent throughout the series since its introduction in May 1990, and provides a basis for numerous storylines. Variations include Duff Lite, Duff Dry, and Duff Dark. Fudd Beer is sold in competition with Duff Beer, and is reportedly popular in Shelbyville despite having blinded hillbillies.
Flaming Moe (Flaming Homer)	The Simpsons episode "Flaming Moe's"[12]	November 21, 1991	Drink invented by Homer Simpson and then co-opted by Moe the bartender, which becomes wildly popular. It consists of several alcoholic beverages mixed together with children's cough syrup and is set on fire before serving.
Girlie Girl Beer	Married... with Children		Lead character Al Bundy's favorite beer, and the official beer of his anti-feminist club, NO-MA'AM - that is, until Yoko Ono becomes the brand's official spokesperson.
Glen McKenna scotch	How I Met Your Mother episode "Intervention"	October 13, 2008	An expensive scotch appearing at various point throughout the series.[15]
Panther Pilsner Beer	The Three Stooges short subject, Three Little Beers;[16]	November 28, 1935	In this short, the Three Stooges work for the beer company that manufactures this product, and end up sending barrels of it rolling through the streets.
Pawtucket Pat	Family Guy	1999	Consumed by many characters. Peter Griffin works at the brewery.
Screaming Viking	Cheers	September 24, 1987[17]	This drink is made-up by the bar regulars to boot out the new bartender, Wayne, in favor of keeping Woody. It eventually becomes an actual drink in the real world.[18]
Uncle Jemima's Pure Mash Liquor	Saturday Night Live	February 5, 2000	In three episodes airing February 5, 2000, March 18, 2000, and May 13, 2000; "Uncle Jemima" (played by Tracy Morgan), is the husband of Aunt Jemima, "the pancake lady", and the creator of the beverage in this commercial parody. The commercial jabs at old-time racial stereotypes perpetuated by products like Aunt Jemima. Uncle Jemima comments that while his wife says "sellin' booze is degradin' to our people", "I always say that black folk ain't exactly swellin' up with pride on account of you flippin' flapjacks".[19]
Vitameatavegamin	I Love Lucy episode, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"	May 5, 1952[20][21]	Lucy schemes to get on Ricky's TV show by appearing in a commercial for this beverage, which is said to contain "vitamins, meat, vegetables and minerals". As Lucy does repeated takes of the commercial and swallows dose after dose, her increasingly tipsy behavior reveals that the product also contains alcohol.

In radio

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Shires	The Archers	1951[22]	Served in The Bull, Ambridge, the village pub in world's longest running soap opera[23] The Archers. A cask beer real ale.[22]
Otter's Crest, Old Monk's Bell, Sailor's Junk, Orbital, Tandoor, Riland's Dark Water, Allison's Amber	Double Science	May 2008[24]	In all episodes fictional real ale is discussed by the errant science teachers. Particularly in episode 3, "4 Extra Premiere".

Miscellaneous

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Bear Whiz Beer	Everything You Know Is Wrong	October 1974	Apparently an ordinary American light lager, depicted in the subsequent 1975 film of the same name as being ladled directly out of a mountain stream by a rugged-looking outdoorsman. Its packaging is described with vaguely sexual undertones, and it is implied to not be beer at all, but rather the product of bears urinating into fresh water, possibly a critique of the inexpensive, mass-produced American lager style beers which are commonly advertised in North America in a similar manner. "As my daddy said, 'Son, it's in the water. That's why it's yellow.'"
Heisler Beer	Various		Essentially a placeholder name for a beer, this brand has appeared in many films and television shows.
Pißwasser	Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto V	April 2008	A German lager, advertised on radio, television, and billboards. Its logo also appears on trucks and buildings.[25]

Non-alcoholic beverages

In literature and print

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Jihad Cola	Prayers for the Assassin	2006	A popular soda brand in the future Islamic States of America, where alcohol is outlawed.
Nozz-A-La	Stephen King's Dark Tower novels	1997	A fictional soda brand, with a logo similar to Coca-Cola's. The brand name also appears on Henry Gale's balloon in the TV show Lost.

In film

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Adrenalode[26]	Turbo	2013	A potent energy drink promoted by 5-time Indianapolis 500 champ Guy Gagné, Adrenalode contains ingredients such as Phonisirene, Ethylonium, Tauranidrene, Chloriadium, and Tastebadazine which in fine print are "not recommended for ingestion".
Blue milk	Star Wars	1977	Blue coloured bantha milk. Bantha is an animal, which lives on planet Tatooine.
Booty Sweat energy drink	Tropic Thunder	2008	Part of the multi-pronged product empire of that film's character, Alpa Chino.[27] The drink, like other products, supports the use of Chino as a parody of other rappers or musicians who become multi-product moguls. Chino has a supply of the beverage throughout the film, and plugs it (anachronistically) during the filming of the Vietnam war film-within-a-film.
Botijola	Mort & Phil. Mission: Save Earth	2008	An awful beverage that contains no water in its formula. The evil producer of the beverage wants to produce a world drought, so people will be forced to drink his product.[28]
Buzzz Cola	Surf II: The End of the Trilogy	1984	A popular soft drink that the film's antagonist, teenage mad scientist Menlo Schwartzer, chemically alters to turn its drinkers into garbage-eating zombie slaves as part of a scheme to rid Southern California of its surfer population.[29] The preferred drink of rebellious youth and mindless drones.
Cadre Cola	The Running Man	1987	The sponsor of The Running Man TV game show.
Dark Planet Cola	Escape from Planet Earth	2013	A green cola popular on Planet Baab that is somehow 800% sugar and made to promote Scorch Supernova's mission to the Dark Planet.
Fizzy Bubblech	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	2008	A soft drink in an unusually shaped bottle popular in Israel.
Pingo Doce	The Incredible Hulk	2008
Slusho!	Cloverfield, Star Trek	2008 (earlier in Alias)	As part of the viral marketing campaign, the drink Slusho! has served as a tie-in. The drink had already appeared in producer Abrams' previous creation, the TV series Alias.[30]

In television

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Killer Shrew	Mystery Science Theater 3000	1992, "The Killer Shrews"	Featured in the last two host segments of the episode, a send up of the Alaskan Polar Bear Heater. Composed majorly of candies and sweets, very thick. Joel passes out after a taste, while Frank has an extreme sugar rush. He manages to drink it all, but is very nauseous, prompting Dr. Forrester to give him an ipecac.
Buzz Cola	The Simpsons	1994, "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"	Used in The Simpsons series as a parody of Jolt Cola. Bart is often seen drinking it.
Slurm	Futurama	1999, "Fry & the Slurm Factory"	Highly addictive soft drink used as a favorite of Fry's. Used as the plot of an entire episode where it is learned how slurm is made.
Splode	TheTruth.com	2000, TV commercial[31]	A canned soda described as having "100 times the carbonation of ordinary soft drinks." Part of a series of anti-tobacco parody product commercials.
Sprünt	Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge	1994	A German soft drink that Alan illegally advertises on his chat show.
Pitt Cola	Gravity Falls	2012, "Tourist Trapped"	Peach flavored soda, popular in the town of Gravity Falls; this is a reference to director Joe Pitt.
Thunder Muscle	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	2010, "In Which Claims Are Made and a Journey Ensues"	Energy Drink which Todd Margaret is tasked with selling in the UK, contains a chemical property sought by terrorists to create weapons. Central to many early-series plot devices and scenarios.

Miscellaneous

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Nuka-Cola	Fallout (video game)	~1997	In Fallout, Nuka-Cola is a unique soft drink that gained widespread popularity sometime before the Great War. It comes in multiple flavors, such as Nuka Cola Quantum, which is distinguishable by its blue radioactive glow, Classic Nuka Cola, which is the regular version, Diet Nuka Cola, a diet version with a lowered sugar level, Nuka-Cola Dark, an attempt by the company to create an alcoholic beverage, Nuka-Cola Orange, Nuka Grape, Nuka Cola Cherry, Nuka-Cola Quartz, Nuka-Cola Victory and Nuka Cola wild.
Ovalkwik	Schlock Mercenary (webcomic)	2000	A chocolate-like drink mix. It's supposed to be mixed with a liquid before consumption, but Schlock, who is addicted to it, often eats it straight.
Slurp Juice	Fortnite: Battle Royale (video game)	2017	A light blue drink which heals its drinker.

Magical/fantasy beverages

In literature and print

Beverage	Source	Date of first mention	Description and significance
Butterbeer	Fictional universe of Harry Potter	1999	Butterbeer is the drink of choice for younger wizards. Harry is first presented with the beverage in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.[32]
Ent-draught	The Lord of the Rings		An extremely invigorating drink of the tree-like Ents. Characters Merry and Pippin drink this while traveling with the Ents, which results in both characters growing taller.
Getafix's magic potion	Asterix		The magic potion the druid Getafix makes to give the villagers superhuman strength to fight the Romans.
Lacasa	The Road to Oz		"A sort of nectar famous in Oz and nicer to drink than soda-water or lemonade."
Nectar and Ambrosia	Greek mythology	Before 424 BC	In ancient Greek mythology, nectar is drunk by the gods, and ambrosia (αμβροσία, Greek: immortality) is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods, often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whoever consumes it. Ambrosia was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves (Odyssey xii.62), so may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth.
Frobscottle	The BFG	1982	A drink which tastes of vanilla and, in the BFG's words, "makes you whizzpop".

Fictional beverages later marketed

Some real-life beverages were created and marketed after appearing as fictional, as is the case with Duff Beer from the TV show The Simpsons. To promote The Simpsons Movie, convenience store 7-Eleven marketed a Duff-branded energy drink.

• Booty Sweat - Tropic Thunder[27]
• Brawndo - Idiocracy[33][34]
• Duff Beer - The Simpsons[12]
• Squishee - The Simpsons
• Swill - Saturday Night Live
• Buzz Cola - The Simpsons
• Romulan Ale - at the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas, NV.
• Romulan Ale - an energy drink created and marketed by Boston America Corp.
• Klingon Raktajino - also available previously at the Star Trek Experience.
• Slurm - Futurama
• Victory Gin - In the late 1980s and early 1990s UK off licence chain Victoria Wine sold an own brand of gin called Victory Gin. It was not deliberately styled after the unpalatable product in Nineteen Eighty-Four; rather, it was originally called Portsmouth Gin, but this presumably caused confusion with Plymouth Gin. The name was changed to Victory, after Nelson's famous flagship HMS Victory, a tourist attraction in Portsmouth, the marketers presumably unaware of the brand's literary namesake.

See also

• Independent Studio Services, provider of props, including several fictionally branded beverages, to television and movie productions

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