--- title: Ryan Reynolds Dares to Try World's Grossest Drink on Fallon description: The 'Deadpool' actor and Aviation American Gin owner tried his hand at mixology involving unusual ingredients, from Twinkies to "blood." canonical: https://time.com/5366597/ryan-reynolds-drink-fallon/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-14T14:50:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:18.691Z og:title: Ryan Reynolds Dares to Try World's Grossest Drink on Fallon og:description: Reynolds washed down his unusual concoction with a healthy pour of gin og:url: https://time.com/5366597/ryan-reynolds-drink-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3684dea1476a3d5c/698937b4929fad3d86bf14f6/ryan-reynolds-jimmy-fallon-drinko.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1742 og:image:height: 980 og:image:alt: ryan-reynolds-jimmy-fallon-drinko og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Reynolds Dares to Try World's Grossest Drink on Fallon twitter:description: Reynolds washed down his unusual concoction with a healthy pour of gin twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3684dea1476a3d5c/698937b4929fad3d86bf14f6/ryan-reynolds-jimmy-fallon-drinko.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ryan Reynolds Dares to Drink World's Grossest Drink With Jimmy Fallon > Sponsored content. 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So on a visit to the _Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ this week, host Fallon challenged Reynolds to a game of “Drinko” involving [Aviation American Gin](http://fortune.com/2018/08/10/ryan-reynolds-aviation-gin-owner/), the brand that Reynolds owns. The two men dropped a disc through a maze-board to determine which mixer they would pair with the alcohol for their unique cocktail experience. Reynolds was initially apprehensive, warning Fallon he had “such a weak stomach, I’m not kidding.” Reynolds initially lucked out — Twinkies and grape soda aren’t such bad-sounding complements to gin, even if it’s not your usual pairing. “It’s like 90% of my child’s diet, please,” Reynolds insisted about his first beverage, although he was less than enthused about the appearance of the liquefied Twinkies. And apparently the flavor wasn’t that tasty, as he insisted he would “rather drink spinal fluid than that.” Things went downhill from there, as Fallon was required to ingest a combination of Twinkies and horseradish with his gin, a mix that he was not able to keep down. But for the final round, Reynolds threw the premise of the game out the window, instead trying his own hand at mixology with the odd ingredients. Bone broth, “blood,” grape juice and liquefied bacon, egg and cheese all came together for his final cocktail, washed down with a healthy pour of gin, straight to the mouth. As Fallon said, “This guy knows how to party.” Watch Ryan Reynolds on Jimmy Fallon in the video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5366597/ryan-reynolds-drink-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5366597/ryan-reynolds-drink-fallon/"},"headline":"Ryan Reynolds Dares to Drink World's Grossest Drink With Jimmy Fallon","datePublished":"2018-08-14T14:50:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:18.691Z","description":"\"This guy knows how to party.\"","url":"https://time.com/5366597/ryan-reynolds-drink-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Late Night Television","Ryan Reynolds"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3684dea1476a3d5c/698937b4929fad3d86bf14f6/ryan-reynolds-jimmy-fallon-drinko.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3684dea1476a3d5c/698937b4929fad3d86bf14f6/ryan-reynolds-jimmy-fallon-drinko.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ryan-reynolds-jimmy-fallon-drinko","caption":"ryan reynolds jimmy fallon","creditText":"YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5366597/ryan-reynolds-drink-fallon/","name":"Ryan Reynolds Dares to Drink World's Grossest Drink With Jimmy Fallon"}}]}] ```