"Miracle on the Hudson" Pilot Gets Drink

New York's Sully fever shows no signs of breaking; or at least businesses show no sign of giving up trying to cash in on pilot Chesley Sullenberger's life-saving emergency landing in the Hudson River last month. Village pub the Half Pint is in the papers this morning because of their new cocktail, "The Sully," which consists of two shots of Grey Goose vodka and "a splash of water." Carla Iny of Brooklyn tells the Post, "It's a classy drink for a classy man. It's cool and smooth—like Sully." It's only a matter of time before all this adulation goes to Sully's head and he ends up living in Malibu hosting his own reality show like Pimp My Plane or something. Oh well, at least Sully fans now have have something to get wasted on while partying in their "Sully is my copilot" t-shirt.

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By John Del Signore in Food on February 16, 2009 11:12 AM

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NannyState

Let's all "get Sullied".

sweetpanties

um, no, people put water in drinksall the time, it makes it less harsh. it is fairly normal for a bartender to hear someone ask for a liquor like whisky or vodka or gin with water on the rocks.

rdsizzle

Scotch and water is quite common, not vodka and water.

sweetpanties

um, no, people put water in drinksall the time, it makes it less harsh. it is fairly normal for a bartender to hear someone ask for a liquor like whisky or vodka or gin with water on the rocks.

DanielJ

Vodka and water? Really?

rdsizzle

By water perhaps they mean melted ice. When I make a vodka martini (which I know sounds gay) I dont keep the vodka in the freezer so that while I mix it with Ice it metls more. It helps take a little edge off the straight vodka. They are probably just saying water for effects in this case...

sweetpanties

sick of hearing bout this stupid guy, he did his job ok it's amazing and nice but wtf people do amazing things everyday.

anyway that's really funny they use grey goose and water, get it, the hudson is the water and the gooses omgzzzz ijutszztt loveeeee it lolxlolxlolzlolz