The corpse reviver no. Blue cocktail started its life as an in-joke for mixologist jacob briars, a play on the classic corpse reviver no. 2 cocktail. The joke started to take on a life of its own when patrons kept ordering it funny story, its delicious If youre a blue-drink fanatic, you owe it to yourself to invest in the good stuff Weve found that french brands like giffard, marie brizard, and others tend to put the greatest care into their liqueurs. Their blue curaaos are no exception, flavored with supporting elements like vanilla and other citrus that help to round out a drink that depends on a lot of the stuff to get the right color. If you dont have the blue stuff, you can use orange curaao (or triple sec, or orange shrubb), with a drop or two of blue food dye added.