How to make a homemade Phrostie? OK, warning: this is a little "local."

Until earlier this week, anyone in New York City's 5 boroughs could follow @phrosties on Instagram, text the phone number included in the profile, and receive a cooler full of colorful frozen alcoholic beverages delivered straight to your door.


(photo credit: sara_jane_triplett)

But then the beverages blew up - everyone heard about them, including Senator Chuck Schumer, and the enterprise was shut down.

So now we're left to guess what was in Phrosties (Adam Platt says "This is just pure sugar and grain alcohol."), and how we might make them ourselves.

Anybody had one? Anybody know how we might make one?
I take it you're a fellow NY'er :) 

The classic Phrostie consists of just 4 ingredients: Kool-aid mix, sugar, water and Everclear. First, mix the Kool-aid, sugar and water until everything is dissolved. You want to use about 1/2 to 1/3 the amount of water that you would normally use and the rest (1/2 or 2/3) would be Everclear. 

Here's my Phrostie interpretation (uses 1/2 everclear and 1/2 water):


3 (6g) packages Kool-Aid, your favourite flavour
1 3/4 cups sugar
8 cups cold water
8 cups Everclear


This should make a little more than a gallon total. Portion it out in capped bottles, then put them in the freezer for a few hours. 

I've also poked around with a "fancy" Phrostie:


3 cups Marino's Italian Ices
8 oz Brugal Anejo
5 oz Brugal Especial Extra Dry Silver
1 can frozen pineapple juice concentrate
1 can frozen orange juice concentrate 
8 oz grenadine syrup