Swilla #10- Three Olives Rangtang

*fittedwearer's note: It's been a long time since I did one of these, but trust me, I've been drinking plenty...the bottle budget is just kinda low right now and I just don't think anybody is dying for a review of plastic bottle vodka or Colt 45...lol...anyway, here we go...

I had just gotten off and was going to the liquor store under the guise of walking my lovely coworker Shenicole (that's not her real name, don't worry...I hope nobody I know's parents did anything like that to them...it's just a mashed up nickname) to the train station. I had picked up the Nikolai and boxed wine (toldya) I had come for, but had a few extra dollars to spend in there. I stood with one foot planted on a case of Captain Morgan that was on the floor and considered buying another bottle. Shenicole told me I had enough liquor in my hands already, and that sealed it...my defiant nature and desire to get smacked enough to drunktext her later both dictated that I needed more.

I wandered around the store considering the options...that's when a big, colorful display of Three Olives vodka seemingly rose out of the floor. If you're not familiar with Three Olives, it comes in more flavors than Baskin-Robbins (vodka flavored, cherry, pomegranate, chocolate, bubblegum and root beer, to name a few) but the one that hadn't visited any of my shot glasses so far was called Rangtang. It's not monkey booze like it sounds like, which would have been cool, but it is bright ass orange (it's a color in the 128 pack of Crayolas, trust me) and that made it stand out...so I picked it up. What can I say, I'm a sucker for visual appeal...

After getting the bottle home and managing not to take any curious sips on the way, I took it from the bag and inspected it...to my knowledge, it's the 1st orange beverage for young adults (Metamucil doesn't count) ever produced, and predictably, it was orange flavored. (Even though I've always wanted to fuck with people's heads by making like, a bright green drink that tastes like cherries or a blue one that tastes just like apple...some drunken Willy Wonka shit...what color would snozzberry vodka be? Ah, screw it...let's continue) I poured a shotful and tossed it back...it's not bad, it tastes like the oranges in the bottom of a batch of college party punch, and that's a compliment.

It's pretty okay solo, but I can't really see drinking it on the rocks or something...clearly, it's intended as a mixer. The problem came in when I saw that I hadn't been shopping yet (ah, the priorities of a bachelor...) and the only nonalcoholic liquids in the fridge were half a carton of orange juice and like 2 shots of leftover sour mix. After some deliberation, I said "fuck it, that'll work" and came up with the Orange Crush Screwdriver:

3 ounces Three Olives Rangtang
5 ounces orange juice
Like 2 shots of leftover sour mix

Pour into a shaker, shake, serve...or just drink it out of the shaker if you don't feel like doing dishes. Serves 2, or more likely, you twice.

Overall, I'm satisfied with it. It's strong enough, tasty, and bitches will drink it. At $16, it's not that expensive and can make an interesting changeup from Cisco or MD 20/20 just in case you want people to think you're classy or something. (The bottle is pretty too, just not quite as attractive as when full...still made a nice addition to my alcohol bottle memorial wall, the Graveyard at Barlington...) It even got me to drunktext Shenicole, which was the point of the exercise. It's good shit...pick up a bottle...today, dammit...it's Friday, why aren't you drinking yet!?