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Pink Squirrel

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The Pink Squirrel is a cocktail made of

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass and serve.

Invented at Bryant's Cocktail Lounge in Milwaukee, WI.[1] The Pink Squirrel was invented as an ice cream drink and is still served as an ice cream drink there and in many parts of the upper Midwest.

  • The comic strip The Fusco Brothers makes frequent reference to various characters ordering and drinking pink squirrels at Happy Hour bars.
  • The Pink Squirrel is the favorite drink of Crystal to drown her sorrows in the sitcom Roseanne.
  • The drink, "Virgin Pink Squirrel," is the favorite drink of Audrey Penney from Ellen.
  • In The West Wing season 2 episode "Bartlet's Third State of the Union", the character Ainsley Hayes drinks a Pink Squirrel while wearing a bathrobe and dancing in her office. She throws it into the air and shrieks when the President walks into her office for the first time.
  • In the Broadway musical The Wedding Singer (based on the movie of the same name), George orders a Pink Squirrel.
  • In episode 24 from season 2 of The Nanny Fran gets drunk from drinking Pink Squirrels.
  • In the stage play At First Sight by Anne Pie, both the lead character Julia and her sister Verna drink Pink Squirrels at the Ritz Carlton in Palm Springs, California.
  • In King of the Hill, season 8 episode 11, Bill Dauterive is pretending to be a gay hair stylist and orders a Pink Squirrel when out at a night club.
  • In Vagrant Story, a treasure chest containing a mace named Pink Squirrel can be found in the wine cellar.
  • In Cocktail the Pink Squirrel is one of the drinks listed in Brian Flanagan's poem "The Last Barman Poet".
  • In the fourth season of Reba, Reba mentions that a bartender couldn't make a proper Pink Squirrel.
  • In the book Life Expectancy Rowena Tock's (Grandmother to Jimmy Tock) favorite drink is Pink Squirrel
  • In chapter 21 of the book The Cleaner by Brett Battles, the hero's ex-lover Sophie orders a Pink Squirrel when drinking with him in her Berlin bar.
  • The Pink Squirrel is mentioned by Mike's Mom, in Mike and Molly episode Bachelor/Bachelorette 201204030
  • In Grace and Frankie season 3 Sol brings Robert a Pink Squirrel after he returns home from his community theatre rehearsal saying he accidentally bought strawberry milk and had to use it up.
  • The Pink Squirrel is mentioned in Sue Grafton, "Kinsey and Me," the story called "Non Sung Smoke."
  • In the episode "Emmet Bypass" (21 Feb. 1995), of 'Grace Under Fire', Peggy Rea's character, Jean Kelly, asks for a Pink Squirrel during a placebo induced hallucination.

Reference List

  1. ^ "Cocktails". Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 16 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)