# Cocktails **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails/417452 "2007-08-30T01:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Suda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Suda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suda)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails/417452/1 "2007-08-30T01:55:14Z")
I’m new to cocktails and I’m looking for some good recipes. As for alcohol I have: vodka, bourbon, tequila, contreau, baileys, midouri, butterscotch schnapps, and some coconutty-rum thing. And I have a cocktail shaker. What can be made with these ingredients, or perhaps 1 or 2 others I can get. Whats your favourite cocktail? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails/417452/2 "2007-08-30T02:11:43Z")
Mix 2 jiggers each vodka, Midori and Coconutty-Rum thingy with 10 oz. pineapple juice. Pour over ice in a 24 oz. Mason jar. Garnish with a cherry and a pineapple wedge. This is known as a **Toadsuck Pond** , and is really quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails/417452/3 "2007-08-30T16:32:46Z")
Bailey’s and Butterscotch Schnapps is surprisingly good. Mix about 1 shot Bailey’s with a half a shot of Butterscotch, shake with ice, and serve straight up. More of a winter drink though. Vodka and fresh squeezed grapefruit juice is wonderful. Has to be fresh-squeezed though. The pre-squeezed stuff isn’t the same. 1 shot Tequila, 1 shot Cointreau, 1 shot fresh-squeezed lime juice, shaken over ice, served over ice = kickass Margarita. You can add some sugar and/or orange juice if it’s too tart for you. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails/417452/4 "2007-08-30T16:39:05Z")
Mine is the Old Fashioned and I love the articles and recipes for it here: [http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/recipes/OldFashioned.html](http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/recipes/OldFashioned.html) [http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/RenewingAnOldFashion.html](http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/RenewingAnOldFashion.html) [http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/PassingTheTest.html](http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/PassingTheTest.html) That site has other great articles and recipes also. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails/417452/5 "2007-08-30T16:59:53Z")
[QUOTE=x-ray vision] Mine is the Old Fashioned and I love the articles and recipes for it here: [http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/recipes/OldFashioned.html](http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/recipes/OldFashioned.html) [http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/RenewingAnOldFashion.html](http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/RenewingAnOldFashion.html) [http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/PassingTheTest.html](http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/PassingTheTest.html) That site has other great articles and recipes also. [/QUOTE] Beat me to it! Old Fashioneds and Martinis are the only cocktails I really ever bother with. I always liked the Old Fashioned, and more so when I learned that it was FDR’s drink of choice. I usually make mine with rye instead of bourbon. And, it’s important not to skimp on the bitters.