# The best cocktail...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 23, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321 "2003-01-23T00:30:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/1 "2003-01-23T00:30:31Z")
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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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/2 "2003-01-23T00:44:17Z")
Beer. Only need one ingredient, Beer. Comes in its own container, so you don’t have to wash any glasses.
Well, you asked. 🙂
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Beer: Too much is never enough!
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### Author:  [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/3 "2003-01-23T00:47:48Z")
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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### Author:  [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/4 "2003-01-23T00:48:32Z")
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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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/5 "2003-01-23T00:50:13Z")
I’ve never tasted one, but the [Pousse-Cafe](http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=169&drinkname=category:31) is an exotic, difficult-to-make-properly drink that will surely amaze and delight your fellow revelers.
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### Author:  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/6 "2003-01-23T00:50:55Z")
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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### Author:  [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/7 "2003-01-23T02:17:22Z")
Great suggestions. Keep 'em coming!
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### Author:  [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/8 "2003-01-23T02:27:29Z")
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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### Author:  [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/9 "2003-01-23T04:50:00Z")
Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred. Very dry.
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### Author:  [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/10 "2003-01-23T05:20:30Z")
Old Fashion, but hardly anyone knows how to make one. ☹ [sup]And a bad one, is horrible.[/sup]
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### Author:  [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/11 "2003-01-23T05:33:56Z")
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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### Author:  [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/12 "2003-01-23T06:00:20Z")
Kinda simple for a cocktail, but Vodka tonics and Red bull and Vodka cannot be beat.
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### Author:  [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/13 "2003-01-23T06:14:32Z")
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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### Author:  [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/14 "2003-01-23T15:07:46Z")
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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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/15 "2003-01-23T15:22:43Z")
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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### Author:  [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/16 "2003-01-23T15:34:27Z")
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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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/17 "2003-01-23T15:38:35Z")
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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### Author:  [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/18 "2003-01-23T15:38:59Z")
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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### Author:  [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/19 "2003-01-23T15:52:13Z")
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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### Author:  [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-cocktail/150321/20 "2003-01-23T20:02:59Z")
Vodka gimlet. Mmmmmm.
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