# Help me pick some basic cocktails to try

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-some-basic-cocktails-to-try/594598
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 30, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-some-basic-cocktails-to-try/594598 "2011-08-30T06:52:01Z")
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### Author: ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-some-basic-cocktails-to-try/594598/41 "2011-12-06T14:14:56Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> I disagree.
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> No cocktail whose recipe starts with “8 parts gin” can reasonably be called a lady drink.

I’ve known lots of women who can drink. What makes a drink girly is when all the booze is hidden with lots of sugary mixers. Plus, it’s really hard to get a good Singapore Sling, even in Singapore and even in the Raffles Hotel in Singapore.

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