Second verse, same as the first

ok, so, we tried out the recipe last night, and as you might have discerned, there were some uh "mixed successes"
(wait, was that a cocktail pun? it wasn't meant to be)
Anyways, I was thinking I'd have another go at this, building on some of the lessons that have been learned, etc
(maybe I will make six of these recipes, and you can determine which one to use by the roll of a die! let's hope I don't do that)


Aleatoric Highball #2

Blindly throw a die into the liquor cabinet. Whichever 80-proof-or-higher non-liqueur it comes to rest closest to is your base spirit*. Pour 1.5 oz (or however much remains in the bottle, if less than 1.5 oz) into a tumbler. Add the seasonal-birth-appropriate number of ice cubes, and fill with soda corresponding to the number of minutes past the hour:
multiple of 4: lemon-lime
multiple of 2 but not 4: club soda
prime number (not including 2): ginger ale
odd composite: cola
0: Red Bull.
(If it is one minute after the hour, it looks like you're drinking sherry instead. Swig the already-poured spirit, and chase it with a glass of sherry. Or vice versa, depending on how you feel about sherry.)

Flip for the garnish: first flip two coins, if both are heads, use an orange wedge; if both are tails, use a lime wedge; if you get one of each, use a lemon wedge.
Regardless of outcome, continue as in the previous recipe.



*optional rule for the brave: if the closest bottle contains a liqueur or something weaker than 80 proof, add half an ounce of this to your drink and throw again for the base spirit.
extra optional rule for the insane: re-apply the optional rule for successive throws
(To remain true to the spirit** of this recipe, one might decide by coin toss whether to apply either of these rules)


**man I am just Mister Unintentional Pun today