Dark Souls

“You Rye’d”

The Journey of an undead has always traced the bonfires, and no journey of import has been made without an Estus Flask. For this Estus Cask we needed something golden that would help revive, provide courage and perhaps burn a little.

For a game with old fashioned sensibilities, this take on an Old Fashioned uses cask whisky.

Ingredients

  • 50ml Jameson Caskmates IPA
  • 15ml Rye Whiskey
  • 2 Dash Angostura Bitters
  • 2 Dash Orange Bitters
  • Sugar cubes
  • Orange Peel
  • Ice
  • Muddler
  • Tumbler
  • 250ml Wine Carafe

Method

To start add two sugar cubes into a tumbler, add both of the bitters and muddle until finely ground. Add the Caskmates and Rye add two cubes of ice and stir continuously, add two more cubes to dilute the drink, add two more cubes to the carafe and transfer your Old Fashioned, add the orange peel and serve.

The Game

Dark Souls is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games. A spiritual successor to FromSoftware’s cult classic Demon’s Souls, the game is the second instalment in the Souls series. Dark Souls takes place in the fictional kingdom of Lordran, where players assume the role of a cursed undead character who begins a pilgrimage to discover the fate of their kind.

Prepare to die