The best cocktail...

In My Humble Opinion
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So I’ve been invited to a friends place where we’re all planning to try different sorts of cocktails. The plan is that before hand, we all nominate our favourite cocktail, and then they’ll go out and buy 5 or 6 ingredients so that we can make as many of the favs as possible, without costing the earth.

My problem is that I don’t drink at all. So I’m wanting to nominate something that will shock them all (they all know I don’t drink). I want to sound like I know what I’m talking about and suggest a cocktail that is both really yummy and quite possibly made using exotic ingredients. I’m really going for the shock factor.

So, I turn to you lot, what is the best cocktail?

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Beer. Only need one ingredient, Beer. Comes in its own container, so you don’t have to wash any glasses.

Well, you asked. :slight_smile:

Beer: Too much is never enough!

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diet pepsi twist…like beer it’s only one ingredient and you don’t have to wash glasses.

you did ask and i don’t drink either :eek:

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Tell them a caipirinha (mojitos are sooo 2002). And since it requires tracking down some cachaca to make, you’ll look suitably in the know. It’s originally a Brazilian drink, really quite delicious, but also easy to mess up.

Cheers!

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I’ve never tasted one, but the Pousse-Cafe is an exotic, difficult-to-make-properly drink that will surely amaze and delight your fellow revelers.

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I like mixed drinks myself. Gin, and tonic. If Moe Syzlak says it’s a mixed drink, that’s good enough for me.

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Great suggestions. Keep 'em coming!

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Little Princess Cocktail - it’s like a martini, only you use rum instead of gin and sweet vermouth instead of dry vermouth. I drank them for a while when I ran out of gin, it was the only drink in my little red book I could make with the ingredients on hand.

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Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred. Very dry.

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Old Fashion, but hardly anyone knows how to make one. :frowning: [sup]And a bad one, is horrible.[/sup]

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mmmmm Brandy Alexander. Nectar of the Gods and Goddesses that don’t drink. Tastes yummy and will knock your socks off when you’re not looking!

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Kinda simple for a cocktail, but Vodka tonics and Red bull and Vodka cannot be beat.

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Watermelon Daquaris

Take cubes of fresh or frozen watermelon, put in blender.
Add ice cubes.
Add rum to your liking.
Add a bit of sugar.
Blend.

Serve in chilled, sugar-rimmed glasses.

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Beer should always be had out of a glass. If you’re drinking out of the bottle, it’s piss that you’re drinking just to get drunk, and it’s far more efficient to do tequila shots.

I like a good old medium gin martini. 2 oz gin, 1/2 oz to 3/4 oz vermouth, stirred (never shake gin, 'cos it tastes like lighter fluid) with a wedge of lemon.

Or you can make creamed Michelles. 1 oz creme de cocoa, 1 oz vodka, 1 oz milk. Shake with ice and strain. (I just make 'em, I can’t stand 'em because of the milk.)

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I second the Brandy Alexander, in your special non-drinking case. Tastes yummy like a melted milkshake.

Equal parts brandy, white creme de cacao (chocolate liqueur), and heavy cream. Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Nice after-dinner drink, if you don’t mind that it probably contains more calories than the dinner itself.

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For me, it’s a traditional martini: one part vermouth, four parts gin. Stirred until ice cold and served straight up with olives.

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Oh, to clarify…I’m a martini man myself, and occasionally fix myself an Old-Fashioned.

I’m suggesting the Brandy Alexander to YOU because if you don’t like/are not used to the taste of booze, you won’t enjoy a martini.

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Preach it, Labdad. No need for pretension. Martinis are easy to fix and very, very easy to drink (stop if your vision starts to blur).

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Glass Tower - will knock you out. An ounce each of vodka, peach schnapps, light rum, and triple sec or cointreau and a half ounce of Sambuca in a collins glass filled with ice. Fill the rest of the way with Lemon-lime soda. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry. Good stuff.

Also, Seven and sevens are good. As are martinis. For a good martini, count slowly to five while pouring the gin and then a glug of vermouth. Shake, pour and top with a twist. Best recipe.

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Vodka gimlet. Mmmmmm.