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The Best Star Wars Cocktails in the Galaxy

The Best Star Wars Cocktails in the Galaxy

  • Next Luxury / Food and Travel
  • by — Jono Elderton

The Star Wars galaxy is more than just films, folklore, might, and merchandise. The world of Luke, Leia, Han Solo, Darth Vader, and the Empire has spawned an interesting subculture of fanatical fan fiction, cosplay, food, and exotic beverages that appeal to fans from five years to 95 years of age.

For adults who grew up with the Original Star Wars, this list of cool cocktails and craft brews is great fun to explore, especially now that enjoying the films and fiction is often a family affair. The non-alcoholic drink options for kids are nearly endless, from simple Blue Heaven or green milkshakes (food dye is fun) to killer mocktails featuring blueberry popping pearls you’ll find in bubble tea and other fruit flavors.

The following list of the best Star Wars drinks focuses on the tastiest adult beverages. There’s a variety of interesting recipes from the Disney franchise which translate beautifully to at-home mixology no matter your skill level behind the bar or knowledge of Star Wars canon.

Mos Eisley Cocktails

The Mos Eisley cantina was the dimly-lit tavern on Tattooine with the pumping jazz flute where Han Solo dispatched the bounty hunter Greedo.

At one stage in Star Wars: A New Hope each character cradled a drink as Obi-Wan tried to get ahead of Darth Vader’s Stormtroopers and get off the planet with Luke and the Droids. The cocktails below are variations of these inspirational drinks.

1. The Fuzzy Tauntaun

The-Fuzzy-Tauntaun

The Fuzzy Tauntaun is the most popular alcoholic drink on the menu at Oga’s Cantina at Disney World Resort, Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, and is a riff on the fuzzy navel. It’s a friendly, brightly colored cocktail that will instantly liven up your themed party. Chewbacca, it seems, was a big fan!

Ingredients

  • 6 oz Orange juice
  • 1.5 oz Peach vodka
  • 1.5 oz Pure cane syrup
  • 0.5 oz Peach schnapps
  • Ice

Garnish: Orange wedge

Optional: Tangerine Juice

Method

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice. Shake ingredients together thoroughly then pour into a large cocktail glass and serve.

Variation

If you want to get funky you can create a topper known as “buzz” foam, but for mine, the cocktail is the key.

2. Vodka and Cranberry

Vodka-and-Cranberry

The perfect, simple mixed drink for an idealistic young man such as Luke Skywalker. Mos Eisley Cantina doesn’t strike me as a premium vodka type of place, so Luke would have likely enjoyed a Skyy or Smirnoff Vodka with fresh cranberry juice in a highball glass.

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3. Han Shot First Imperial Stout

Han-Shot-First-Imperial-Stout

This 15% ABV Imperial Stout crafted with cocoa nibs, vanilla bean, and smoked ghost peppers aged in Bourbon Barrels seems right up the alley of a crusty smuggler like Han Solo.

I’d bet that Han chased his beer with a quality 100 proof whiskey too.

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4. Death in the Afternoon

Death-in-the-Afternoon

This alcohol cocktail of absinthe and champagne shares its name with Ernest Hemingway’s 1932 book about Spanish Bullfighting, where the writer first created the cocktail enjoyed a millennia later by the Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Absinthe

4 1/2 oz Chilled champagne

Method

In the book, Hemingway says: “Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly.”

While we heartily recommend a more moderate approach to consumption, a Death in the Afternoon is certainly a memorable and prescient cocktail for Star Wars land.

5. Kamikaze

Kamikaze

The Kamikaze is made of equal parts vodka, triple sec, and lime juice. It’s designed for quick knockdowns, which is exactly what happened to Greedo when he tangled with Han Solo’s blaster just moments after consuming his last one.

Ingredients

  • 1 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Triple sec
  • 1 oz Lime juice
  • Ice

Garnish: Lime wedge

Method

Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and stir or shake (really, it’s up to you). Strain into a shot glass or chilled martini glass. Garnish with lime and serve.

Other Star Wars Cocktails

The food options at Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World Resort offer great cocktails from Star Wars land – including Ronto Roasters and Oga’s Cantina – that you can make simpler versions of at home, while there are some other cracking varieties that you can get from the internet. Some of my favorites include:

6. Dagobah Slug Slinger

Dagobah-Slug-Slinger

A kickass cocktail from Yoda’s home planet, the Dagobah Slug Slinger has a vivid green color that tastes like a muddy margarita.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Reposado Tequila
  • ¾ oz Blue Curaçao
  • 2 oz mixed citrus juices (orange, lime, and lemon juice)
  • 1 oz of simple syrup
  • 1 dash bitters
  • 1 dash ginger syrup
  • Ice

Garnish: Rosemary sprig

Method

Combine alcohol, citrus juices, and syrup ingredients into a cocktail shaker and thoroughly shake until mixed. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with the rosemary sprig, making sure to activate the herb by rubbing first.

7. The Yub Nub Cocktail

The-Yub-Nub-Cocktail

Everyone loves an Ewok. This hard-hitting alcoholic beverage pays homage to the bloodthirsty cross between a wombat and Scottish terrier with a great tasting recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1 oz pineapple rum
  • 1 oz spiced rum
  • 2 oz mixed citrus juices (orange, lime, and lemon juice)
  • 1 passion fruit

Garnish: Maraschino cherry

Method

Combine ingredients into a cocktail shaker with crushed ice. Shake until mixed. Then pour into a highball glass. Add contents of passion fruit and stir gently into the drink. Add a cherry to garnish and serve.

8. Jet Juice

Jet-Juice

The title is an accurate summation of how this alcoholic drink hits you, with nice peppery rye notes from the whiskey and heat from the chili liqueur balanced against the pleasant white grape juice.

Ingredients

  • 1 oz bourbon (I recommend rye whiskey)
  • ½ oz chili liqueur
  • ½ oz Acai Liqueur
  • ½ oz white grape juice
  • ½ oz lemon Juice

Method

Combine ingredients into a mixing glass with crushed ice. Stir until cool, then strain the mixture into a chilled martini glass and serve.

9. Bantha Blue Milk Cocktail

Bantha-Blue-Milk-Cocktail

The Bantha is a predator mammal – like the lion in function – that feeds its young a sweet blue milk that wags have turned into a killer recipe.

If you’re looking for a creamy coconut cocktail the color of Jar Jar Binks’ skin, then this cheerful Banth milk recipe could be just what you’re looking for to liven up a Star Wars movie marathon.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz London dry gin
  • 1 oz coconut cream
  • 1/2 oz Blue Craçao
  • 1/2 oz vanilla syrup
  • 1/2 oz orgeat (almond) syrup
  • 3/4 oz pineapple juice
  • 3/4 oz lime juice

Method

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake and combine thoroughly then strain into a mason jar or Collins glass.

10. Spiran Caf

Spiran-Caf

The Galaxy’s version of a tasty hot toddy, Spiran Caf will warm your cockles after a tiring day chasing kids around star tours or thawing out the aches of a windy, wintry day.

Ingredients

  • 1 oz spiced rum
  • 2 oz hot coffee (brewed)
  • Whipped cream
  • 1 tablespoon orange marmalade

Method

Pour a shot of spiced rum (I prefer a black spiced rum like Gosling’s or the Kraken) into a coffee mug. Pour in hot brewed coffee until 80% full. Top with whipped cream and marmalade then serve.

Ideally, from here the drinker will stir the cocktail together for maximum taste.

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Jono Elderton

Writer

Jono writes about booze and tattoos for Next Luxury, having spent nearly two decades experiencing both in a variety of situations around the globe.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of Canberra and a Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing from Deakin University.

Jono writes about booze and tattoos for Next Luxury, having spent nearly two decades experiencing both in a variety of situations around the globe.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of Canberra and a Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing from Deakin University.

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