Cooking The Simpsons: Flaming Moe (Flaming Homer)

It’s finally time for a drink here at Cooking The Simpsons! After this and this, I think we’ve earned it. For our boozy libation, we turn to season three’s “Flaming Moe’s.”
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the spectacular Eye on Springfield intro that kicks off this episode. Homer’s watching TV while Lisa is having a sleepover and Bart is attempting to hide from the gaggle of bloodthirsty girls. Homer finally bails and heads to Moe’s for a drink. (Where is Marge? Did Homer just leave the kids home alone? Is that okay?? Oh well.) Moe’s business is in a slump and he’s run out of beer, which leads Homer to flashback this great cocktail he made once when Patty and Selma were over showing slides of a recent beach trip. “As I stared up at that hairy yellow drumstick, I knew I needed a drink,” narrates Homer, and he heads for the kitchen. They’re out of beer (D’OH!) so he grabs every bottle of liquor out of the cabinet and dumps them into the blender. This mistakenly includes Krusty brand grape cough syrup.
“It passed the first test: I didn’t go blind.”
The drink is accidentally set on fire by Patty’s cigarette, but luckily “fire made it good.” Moe has Homer remake the drink at the bar, and finds that it is, in fact, delicious. He quickly takes credit for the purple drink and his now popular bar is renamed Flaming Moe’s. Moe hires a waitress, has repeat offers to sell the recipe, and is all-in-all living it up. Aerosmith makes an appearance and is coaxed on stage by the promise of free pickled eggs.
Homer becomes obsessed with how Moe has wronged him (“All work and Moe play makes Moe a Moe Moe.”). Meanwhile Moe (unbeknownst to Homer) is finally doing the right thing and agrees to sell the drink and split the profits with Homer. Just before he can sign the paperwork, Homer pulls a Phantom of the Opera and spills the beans. Now that the recipe is public, Moe’s bar is no longer popular and Homer and Moe make up real quick just in time for the credits to roll.
So… how do you make a Flaming Moe (ahem) I mean Homer? When watching the episode, a few things can be plainly seen: Creme de menthe, tequila, Schnapps of some kind, and Krusty brand cough syrup. Otherwise the drink includes swigs from a number of other unmarked liquor bottles. It’s a catchall drink with a nice hit of bright purple cough syrup and a fiery finish.
Now, there are a number of sites that have bar recipes for a Flaming Homer/Moe. None of them are true to the episode, and if you make this, you will see why. It’s crazy gross!
Flaming Homer/Moe