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| Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail |
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| Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
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| Wikinews interviewed one of the owners of a New York City bar about a popular new politically-themed cocktail drink called Santorum. |
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| The beverage was inspired by the santorum neologism coined in advice columnist Dan Savage's column Savage Love in response to comments made by former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum about homosexuality; |
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| Savage's readers voted to define santorum as; 'the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.' |
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| Background |
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| The santorum neologism has inspired satirical forms of parody, including this political cartoon by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic artist Zach Weiner. |
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| 2012. |
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| Image; Zach Weiner. |
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| The Pacific Standard bar is located in Brooklyn, New York, and is co-owned by Jonathan M. Stan and John-Christian G. Rauschenberg. |
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| Stan commented on the creation of the Santorum cocktail, 'When he was winning in the polls, I thought, 'OK, I'll do a Santorum'.' |
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| Regarding how long the beverage will be made available, Stan remarked to The Brooklyn Paper, 'We'll keep it around until he’s irrelevant. I hope he’s there the whole way'. |
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| The main ingredients of the Santorum drink include vodka of an orange citrus variety, Baileys Irish Cream, and Angostura bitters. |
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| It is served in a cocktail glass and topped with Godiva chocolate flakes. |
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| The beverage is priced at US $ 8.00, and upon an order for it, the bartender will recount for the customer the definition of the santorum neologism. |
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| Troy Patterson of Slate Magazine ventured over to Pacific Standard to sample the new santorum cocktail at the bar. |
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| After tasting the beverage, Patterson observed, 'My Santorum was sweet but balanced, with a subtle citrus pucker'. |
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| [The santorum neologism is] offensive beyond, you know, anything that any public figure or anybody in America should tolerate, and the mainstream media laughs about it. — Rick Santorum |
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| In a 2003 interview with the Associated Press, Rick Santorum compared legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States to supporting bestiality. |
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| Readers of the Savage Love advice column selected a new definition for the Senator’s last name, and Savage created a website SpreadingSantorum.com to promulgate the spread of the phenomenon. |
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| The term became a prominent result in searches online, and gained dominance on Web search engines including Google, Bing, and Yahoo!. |
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| Rick Santorum himself has acknowledged and discussed the existence and prevalence of the santorum neologism phenomenon; he was quoted by The Canadian Press on his assessment of Google's response; |
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| 'To have a business allow that type of filth to be purveyed through their website or through their system is something that they say they can't handle. |
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| I suspect that's not true.' |
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| Santorum criticized the response of the press to the phenomenon in a 2011 radio interview, saying, 'It's offensive beyond, you know, anything that any public figure or anybody in America should tolerate, and the mainstream media laughs about it.' |
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| Interview |
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| Pacific Standard owner, Jonathan M. Stan, displays the Santorum cocktail drink as a finished product at the bar. (2012). |
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| Image; Pacific Standard, provided by the owners. |
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| Interview |
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| What inspired you to create a cocktail after the santorum neologism? |
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| Santorum the person has been in the news throughout the primary season, and we thought it would be interesting to try to create a delicious drink that mimicked the appearance of the Dan Savage meaning of 'santorum.' |
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| How did you first hear about the definition of the santorum neologism that grew out of the contest from the Savage Love advice column? |
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| We don't really remember. |
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| It's been around forever. |
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| Probably read about it somewhere. |
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| What are your thoughts about Rick Santorum’s views on gay rights? |
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| It's not for us to take a stand on any political issues. |
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| We'll leave that to the professionals. |
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| Do you think it was an appropriate form of satire for Dan Savage to popularize the definition of the santorum neologism created in his advice column? |
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| We thought it was funny. |
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| Whether it is appropriate or not is another thing we leave to the pros to decide. |
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| When was the Santorum cocktail first created? |
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| A few months ago. |
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| What ingredients go in the Santorum cocktail? |
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| Bailey's , orange vodka, bitters, and chocolate flakes. |
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| How is the Santorum drink made? |
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| The ingredients are shaken and/or poured into a cocktail glass. |
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| See the pictures. |
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| Your Santorum cocktail creation has already received media coverage from publications including; The Brooklyn Paper, The New York Times, Jezebel, Metro.us, EDGE on the Net, and Instinct Magazine. |
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| Did you think when you created it that the Santorum cocktail would receive this news coverage? |
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| Not at all. |
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| We were just trying to come up with a topical and funny new cocktail for our customers to laugh about and enjoy. |
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| What culinary dishes would you recommend that go well with the Santorum cocktail? |
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| You'd probably be having the cocktail at dessert time, so something sweet; ice cream or pie. |
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| Is the drink popular? |
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| How many times do you suppose you’ve served it at your establishment since its creation? |
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| The drink was mildly popular for the last few months, but of course has become a great deal more popular since getting all this publicity. |
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| We have no way to estimate how many times we've served it overall, but we're now pouring around ten a night. |