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Slàinte! Mix Outlander cocktails and test your knowledge with exclusive look at new recipe book and trivia game

"Outlander Cocktails" and Outlander Trivia offer fans a compelling — and tasty! — excuse for a cozy night in.

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Published on July 23, 2024 11:00AM EDT

If there's anything the Fraser clan enjoys, it's a little tipple — and now fans can join in on the liquid fun with a new cocktail book.

Outlander Cocktails, out Aug. 6, features 75 recipes from the world of Outlander, as well as accompanying commentary that offers readers a historical perspective on the drinking culture of the 18th and 20th centuries and the origin stories of several spirits (most importantly, whiskey and scotch, obviously).

The book, which boasts both cocktails recipes and nonalcoholic drinks, is co-authored by botanical mixologist James Shy Freeman and recipe developer Rebeccah Marsters, with a foreword by Outlander author Diana Gabaldon. It also includes 15 recipes for ideal food pairings, including Deviled Scotch Eggs, Chocolate Almond Shortbread, and more.

Outlander Cocktail Book — 'Outlander Cocktails' book and Outlander Trivia game.
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Gabaldon also has a new release of her own dropping on Aug. 6 (though alas, it is not the 10th Outlander novel). She has penned a deck of Outlander trivia cards, putting readers' knowledge of the first nine books to the test. The 200-card game also comes with an instruction booklet to help arrange a number of ways to play, be it a casual trivia night, a pub-style trivia game, or a variation for those who consider themselves true experts.

Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive look at both Outlander Cocktails and Outlander Trivia. See if you're up for the challenge of Gabaldon's trivia questions or mix up a drink worthy of Jamie and Claire.

Outlander Cocktails

Fraises de Bois de Fraser

There’s powerful symbolism in strawberries, prominently featured in the Fraser clan’s coat of arms—in fact, historians tell us the family name came from “fraises,” the French word for strawberries. Jamie explains all this to Claire: “The white flowers are for honor, and red fruit for courage—and the green leaves are for constancy.” This recipe, based on the classic Lemon Drop, employs basil leaves instead of strawberry leaves to elevate the formula beyond the ordinary.

Style: Modern

2 ounces VODKA

½ ounce ORANGE CURAÇAO

½ ounce STRAWBERRY BASIL SYRUP (page 192)

1 ounce FRESHLY SQUEEZED LEMON JUICE

1 FRESH BASIL LEAF for garnish

Add all the ingredients to a shaker half-filled with ice, shake, and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with the fresh basil leaf.

Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ Swizzle

Named after Claire’s signature swear phrase, this drink actually connects to FDR himself, who enjoyed more than a few swizzles on the frequent boat cruises he took to improve his health during his presidency. With 3 full ounces of rum, this is not a juice cleanse, but you may end up swearing out of pure delighted surprise. Like many tropical-style drinks, it relies on more than one type of rum to create a complex flavor, while the swizzle technique stirs and cools the liquid without undue dilution.

Style: Tropical

1½ ounces AGED DARK RUM (or refine the flavor by using a long-aged pot-still rum)

1½ ounces AGED GOLD RUM

1 ounce FRESH PINEAPPLE JUICE

1 ounce FRESHLY SQUEEZED LIME JUICE

1 ounce VELVET FALERNUM (a sweet liqueur flavored with lime, clove, and ginger, essential for many tropical drinks)

3 dashes ANGOSTURA BITTERS

3 dashes HERBSAINT (or substitute another anise-flavored spirit like Ricard or absinthe)

1 slice LIME or PINEAPPLE for garnish

Add all the ingredients to a tall glass and fill with crushed ice. Using a swizzle stick or a long barspoon, swizzle the drink by placing the spoon down to the bottom of the glass then twirling it between your palms as you pull up toward the top of the drink and back down. Fill with more crushed ice if needed, and garnish with the slice of lime or pineapple—or even a cocktail cherry, a paper umbrella, plastic porpoise, toy boat, or what have you.

Stone Circle

The origins of the stones at Craigh na Dun and their magic remain mysterious, but the stones are an essential part of the story. They serve as a metaphor for the “pull” of love despite the distances of time and space, the desire to find home, and that special family—the Frasers—who endure over the convoluted course of several centuries. Glasgow bartender Jack Jamieson created this Stone Circle based on the Manhattan, an ur-cocktail if ever there was one, whose exact origins are also shrouded in mystery.

Style: Modern

1 ounce PEATED SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

1 ounce RYE WHISKEY

1 ounce SWEET VERMOUTH

½ ounce GLAYVA (see note)

2 dashes CHOCOLATE BITTERS

2 dashes PEYCHAUD’S BITTERS

1 wide ORANGE PEEL for garnish

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass half-filled with ice and stir. Add a large ice cube to a rocks glass and strain the drink over the ice cube. Flame the orange peel over the drink (see note below for flaming the citrus peel).

Notes: Glayva, very popular in Scotland, is a whisky liqueur flavored with tangerine, honey, and spices. If it’s not available near you, try muddling a section of fresh tangerine in the mixing glass before adding the other ingredients, and consider substituting another liqueur with a similar profile, such as Bénédictine or dry curaçao.

To flame the orange peel, cut a large, wide slice of peel, light a wooden match, and position the peel with one hand so that, when squeezed, the expressed oils shoot through the flame before landing on the surface of the drink. Drop the expressed peel into the drink. This technique is particularly dramatic under low light!

Reprinted from Outlander Cocktails. Copyright © 2024 by Diana Gabaldon. Photographs copyright © 2024 by Aimee Twigger. Published by Random House Worlds, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

Outlander Trivia

Name all the people who can time travel. (One point each, 15 points possible.)

Answer: Claire Fraser, Geillis Duncan, Brianna Fraser, Roger MacKenzie, Jeremiah “Jem” MacKenzie, Jeremiah “Jerry” MacKenzie, Amanda “Mandy” MacKenzie, Master Raymond, the Count Saint- Germain, Ta’wineonawira (“Otter- Tooth,” previously known as Robert Springer) and Wendigo Donner (and the other three members of their team, the Montauk Five), Dr. Hector McEwan, Michael Callahan (aka Ezekiel Richardson), William Buccleigh MacKenzie

What is Jamie’s full name? (One point for each name, five points possible.)

Answer: James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser.

Who burns down the house on Fraser’s Ridge?

Answer: Ian lights one of Brianna’s matches as Claire’s ether is filling the house, while Wendigo Donner and his allies have invaded the house and broken the ether jar— any of these characters are something of a correct answer.

Jamie has three conditions in order to wed Claire. What are they? (One point each, three points possible.)

Answer: Married in a church with a priest, three days at an inn, a nice dress for her.

What crimes is Jamie guilty of? (One point each, 11 points possible.)

Answer: Treason, murder, obstruction, theft, smuggling, piracy, mutiny, desertion, bigamy, dueling, accepting the land grant on the Ridge under false pretenses.

Who is Clarence?

a. The Frasers’ personal saint

b. Fergus’s birth name

c. The family mule

d. A local trader

Answer: c: the family mule

Roger and Brianna return to modern times through the stones because:

a. Their new baby needs an operation.

b. Brianna was nearly killed by Stephen Bonnet.

c. The key to their family secrets is waiting in the 1980s.

d. They’re looking for the truth behind Roger’s father’s death.

Answer: a: Their new baby needs an operation.