You can always count on a Magnificent Bastard to get things done.

No. Not the ever-planning bastard we all know and love from Greg Weisman’s Gargoyles, David Xanatos.

The following bastard.

What you see above you and in the recipe below is The Magnificent Bastard. A drink found on a site called, aptly enough, MagnificentBastard.com.

More details on the hows and whys of this glorious drink and an interview with said drink’s creator, Bryan Swanson, can be found on MB’s site.

Magnificent Bastard: Are you concerned that you’ve made a too dangerously drinkable cocktail?
Bryan Swanson: I don’t know exactly what I may have unleashed, but I hope everyone else enjoys it as much as I do!

We don’t know if it’s “too dangerously drinkable” but even our unrefined palate can tell this drinks would knock an unforgivable hole in our wallet. The recipe lay below the jump in hopes that our local bartender (What’s up, Ken?) can concoct a more affordable relaxer. A Bastard Understudy, if you will.

@Rick_Snee, you want in on this?

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