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# Here's The Perfect Drink To Get Over The Dumpster Fire That Was 2016
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/heres-perfect-drink-get-dumpster-fire-2016/
- Published: 2016-12-31T14:41:29.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:49:41.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: Cocktail, #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

If you didn’t know, Detroit is an originator of a variety of cocktails, including the Last Word (created at the Detroit Athletic Club) and the Hummer (A Bayview Yacht a club creation, **[according to legend](http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/06/jerome-adams-story-behind-hummer/?ref=dailydetroit.com)**).

Those cocktails had high birth near boats and cigars.

This new entrant, however, is a drink of the people. Meet “The Dumpster Fire,” complete with miniature Dumpster. When we saw this on Instagram, we couldn’t think of a better way to ring out the year that took Carrie Fisher, George Michael, John Glenn, David Bowie and**[ many other known names](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-year-in-review/look-back-all-famous-figures-who-died-2016-n698791?ref=dailydetroit.com)**.

Although 2016 wasn’t maybe the highest number of celebrities who died in a year, for a variety of reasons it sure felt heavy. So let’s send it off right.

Created by metro Detroit’s supreme commander of sauce, **[Nick Britsky](http://www.nickdrinks.com/?ref=dailydetroit.com)** (who has a variety of titles, including Thrillist’s Detroit Beverage Director), this is a creative and unique play that will impress your party guests tonight and help you forget the year that was.

> [As a tribute to 2016 I present my newest cocktail, The Dumpster Fire. This year has been a combination of loss, disappointment and extreme frustration to put it very mildly. Nothing sums up the experience better than a flaming pile of trash. However, I did make a quite tasty cocktail to celebrate the end of this year. – 1.0 oz White @donqrum – 0.5 oz @wrayandnephewus Overproof Rum – 1.0 oz #Cynar – 0.5 oz @luxardousa Maraschino Liqueur – Absinthe to Garnish – Shake everything but absinthe with ice and strain into a mini die-cast dumpster (thanks #3000toys). Float a barspoon of absinthe and light a flame. Extinguish your flame with the convenient dumpster flaps. Here is hoping to a better 2017\. #nye2016 #dumpsterfire #dumpsterfire2016](https://www.instagram.com/p/BOsHU5rj1ey/?ref=dailydetroit.com)
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> A photo posted by Nick Britsky (NickDrinks) 🍸 (@nbritsky) on Dec 31, 2016 at 9:06am PST

All of the ingredients and their exact amounts are in the **[Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/BOsHU5rj1ey/?taken-by=nbritsky&ref=dailydetroit.com)**, but it includes rum, overproof rum, maraschino liqueur, absinthe, and … a toy dumpster.

Cheers to a better 2017 and Happy New Year from Detroit.