Nothing makes a drink taste better than sitting in an alien's lap while you have it, right?

More than that and the drink tastes like cherry soda.

And this drink tastes like dirt.

The resulting drink tastes slightly salty.

Ms. Reiner of C3 refuses to use any liqueur at all on the grounds that it makes the drink taste like a Jolly Rancher.

This drink tastes exactly like remorse.

The drink tastes like liquefied baby aspirin, nothing like the crisp Sidecar at the Rainbow Room, where fresh lemon juice gives real snap to the rich combination of Cognac and Cointreau.

What is it about vacuum flasks that makes every drink taste like there's a chunk of dead mouse at the bottom?