An Incredible Hulk, Green Eyed Monster, Shrock, or Hip and Hen is a green-colored
cocktail
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made by equal parts (2 fl oz each)
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Hpnotiq
Hpnotiq (pronounced "hypnotic") is a vodka-based blue-colored liqueur. The company is based in New York City, New York, but the product is produced and bottled in France by Heaven Hill Distilleries, made from fruit juices, vodka and cognac (drink) ...
and
Hennessy
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brand
cognac
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poured over ice. It is named after the
Marvel Comics
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character
Hulk
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, who is sometimes referred to as the Incredible Hulk.
History
The drink was created at a Hpnotiq launch event by a restaurant bartender at
Sean Combs
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' New York City restaurant, Justin's. A Hpnotiq employee noticed many women but few men drinking his company's liquor, because the men considered the blue, fruity drink to be too effeminate. Victor Alvarez, a bartender at the restaurant, mixed Hennessy with Hpnotiq to dilute the fruity flavor, resulting in a green beverage that quickly became a hit.
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Variations
The name 'Incredible Hulk' is also widely used amongst students in the North of England to describe a cocktail consisting of equal parts of
WKD Blue and
lager
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.
Culture
The Incredible Hulk cocktail has been referenced in songs such as "Incredible Hulk" by the Memphis rap group Stress Free Fam and has appeared in
music video
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s. It was also mentioned in ''
The Boondocks
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'' episode "
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Epic Meal Time
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'', a
YouTube
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cooking show, featured cocktail at the start of the episode "Masta Pasta" with Muscles Glasses being punched repeatedly in the chest. As Dave's punching stops to complain that his hand hurts, someone off-camera says, "That's what Incredible Hulk does to you."
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It can also be seen in the
post-credits scene
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of
The Incredible Hulk
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where
General Ross is drinking a glass of the cocktail at a bar.
References
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