#60: Attempt to Make a Flaming Moe/Flaming Homer

It's the age-old question: Flaming Moe, or Flaming Homer? The Flaming Homer is the original; named after the inventor, who mixed up the end bits of all his liquor bottles, and a bit of children's cough syrup, into a drink that his chain smoking sister-in-law then set on fire. But then...Moe the Bartender stole the idea and made it wildly popular, a household name. 

 What name to go by? 

I had a Simpsons-Themed BBQ in order to answer the question once and for all (also in order to celebrate my best friend's getting engaged)

To prepare for the party, I tried just googling some Flaming Moe/Homer recipes - this came up, and this too - but they are a little too authentic for my tastes. I wanted to serve something that wouldn't actually make my guests go blind, I just wanted to leave behind a subtle hint of blindness. I decided to try and make a drinkable version, with much simpler and less medicinal ingredients. 

I tried a few different variations, but went with the simplest I could think of. So here it is, all, my official Flaming Moe/Homer-ish drink recipe. I call it: the Flaming Momer 

Flaming Momer

1 shot Captain Morgan rum 
1/2 cup Diet Mountain Dew 
1/2 cup Welch's Grape Juice (to suggest the Grape cough syrup) 
Ice  

I didn't try lighting it on fire to make it good, but you probably could get a little brief flame if you poured the rum slowly on the top of the cup instead of mixing it in. 

Tastes...like rum, Mountain Dew, and Grape. Drinkable. Not fantastic (I don't like grape juice), but it will do.