We already know awesome things happen at the Commonwealth Games, but thanks to a Glasgow-based bartender awesome things are happening around the games, as well. Specifically, the newly created 71-ingredient “Commonwealth Cocktail.”
Why 71? Well, that’s the number of nations and territories participating in this year’s games, which gathered 4,500 athletes to compete in 17 sports over 11 days.
“It’s been a case of trial and error as many of the combinations of ingredients just didn’t work,” Mal Spence, the super cocktails creator told The Drinks Business. “I went through over 300 different ingredients before finding the final perfect blend.”
Here’s what’s in the record-breaking Scotch-based drink, including where each ingredient derived from, according to The Drinks Business:
- Botswana: devils claw
- Cameroon: bitter leaf
- Ghana: taro
- Kenya: chives
- Lesotho: rosehip
- Malawi: cacao
- Mauritius: wild raspberry
- Mozambique: cassava
- Namibia: prickly pear
- Nigeria: utazi leaves
- Rwanda: papaya
- Seychelles: citronella
- Sierra Leone: cashew nut
- South Africa: roobus
- Swaziland: sycamore fig
- Tanzania: cloves
- Uganda: nakati eggplant
- Zambia: sorrel
- Belize: dragonfruit
- Bermuda: arabica coffee beans
- Canada: logan berry
- Falkland Islands: bitter cress
- Guyana: sugar cane
- St. Helena: St. Helena tea plant
- Bangladesh: jujubi
- Brunei Darussalam: durian fruit
- India: mangosteen
- Malaysia: galangal
- Maldives: pomegranate
- Pakistan: saffron
- Singapore: rambutan
- Sri Lanka: ripe jakfruit
- Anguilla: mango
- Antigua & Barbuda: tamarind
- Bahamas: egg fruit
- Barbados: sour cherry
- British Virgin Islands: noni
- Cayman Islands: sage
- Dominica: guava leaf
- Grenada: lemongrass
- Jamaica: okra
- Montserrat: devil’s horse whip
- St. Kitts & Nevis: tamon
- St. Lucia: sweet basil
- St. Vincent & The Grenadines: arrowroot
- Trinidad & Tobago: tonka bean
- Turks & Caicos Islands: sapodilla
- Cyprus: basil-thyme
- England: red apple
- Gibraltar: maqui berry
- Guernsey: blueberries
- Isle of Man: new potatoes
- Jersey: lavender
- Malta: star anise
- Northern Ireland: bog rosemary
- Scotland: wild Scottish strawberry
- Wales: wild cotoneaster
- Australia: aniseed myrtle
- Cook Islands: custard apple seeds
- Kiribati: dried coconut meat
- Nauru: pumpkin seeds
- New Zealand: manuka honey
- Niue: paw paw
- Norfolk Island: yam
- Papua New Guinea: taro
- Samoa: ladies finger (a small, sweet banana)
- Solomon Islands: taro leaves
- Tonga: avocado
- Tuvalu: breadfruit
- Vanuatu: plantain
- Fiji: kava root
Don’t worry, though, it’s apparently not disgusting!
(H/t: SBNation)
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