# Top three alcoholic mixed drinks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642 "2018-11-16T21:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/61 "2018-11-18T17:23:09Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Does water count as a mix? If it does just call rocks ‘slow water’ or something. No, unless you wait until the ice melts to drink it, or chew those cubes up as you drink. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/62 "2018-11-18T17:32:48Z")
I’m not one much for hard liquor. In my early drinking days, I had weak 7&7’s at the club, or screwdrivers. I couldn’t think of anything else, and besides everyone drank beer and wine coolers. I can’t drink hard liquor, it doesn’t agree with me at all, but of course that doesn’t stop me! So, my top three: Gin and tonic. Scotch and soda (only on airplanes!). Pina Coladas. Runner up: White Russians. (I once drank several Jack and cokes one hot summer, the only time I think I blacked out - had a three day hangover from that one.) ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/63 "2018-11-19T19:47:50Z")
I don’t know if a martini counts as a mixed drink, but for this exercise let’s assume it does. In which case: 1. Tito’s martini, very dry, up with a twist 2. 3. My only other go-to drinks are scotch rocks (or with a small splash of water, or neat) and wine. Occasionally in the summer, if I’m somewhere i think they’ll do it well, I’ll have a margarita. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/64 "2018-11-19T22:31:45Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Manhattan - 5 parts Rye, 2 parts sweet vermouth, a tart cherry if you can find it. > Old Fashioned - Bourbon, sugar, bitters, orange peel twist. I muddle an orange peel with the sugar because I like the orange flavour and only a very fresh orange will get oils into the drink. > Sidecar - 3 parts good cognac (don’t go cheap), 1 part Cointreau, 1 part lemon juice. You will see other recipes (e.g. 1-1-1) that produce a terribly unbalanced drink. We should meet for drinks! Occasionally I will have a brandy Manhattan, but otherwise this would be my list 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/65 "2018-11-25T19:06:11Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Seems that concoction has a name: [Tennessee Coffee](https://oldforgedistillery.com/spirit-recipes/tennessee-coffee/). I just made this and let me say it’s tasty. I reduced the booze by half though, as I only had 2oz to start with. And instead of whipped cream on top I poured just a little into the hot drink itself. That maple syrup really does something for the drink that ordinary sugar doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/66 "2018-11-26T01:32:19Z")
Do non-hard-liquor mixed drinks count? If so, I recommend a semi-accidental invention that I call a Gramarye Island Iced Tea: one part cooled strong Earl Grey tea with a spoonful of honey, and one part honey wine/mead. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/67 "2018-11-26T04:14:19Z")
Tequila and Regret I forget the other two. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/68 "2018-11-26T05:43:22Z")
Dark 'n Stormy (dark rum & ginger beer over ice cubes) Classic Frozen Margarita (tequila, lemon juice, triple sec, with ice into blender to be crushed) Bloody Mary (I like 'em with spicy hot V8 + horseradish; vodka of course, over ice) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/69 "2018-11-26T11:07:57Z")
Gin and Tonic Martini Catemba (kalimotxo) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/70 "2018-11-26T13:04:22Z")
Bloody Mary (along with Mary’s variations) Margarita (for real) Captain and Coke with lime. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/71 "2018-11-26T13:07:30Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Catemba (kalimotxo) I believe you’ve mentioned kalimotxo before, which led to me making one (ok, several). I don’t think I ever thanked you, so I’ll toast you when I have my next one. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/72 "2018-11-26T13:14:00Z")
1. Extra Spicy Caesar 2. Crown and Ginger 3. Gin and Juice /7-Up. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/73 "2018-11-26T14:43:36Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > 1. Extra Spicy Caesar > 2. Crown and Ginger > 3. Gin and Juice /7-Up. With a list like that you can leave your “Location” field blank! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/74 "2018-11-26T14:50:08Z")
Margarita (not frozen, salt on the rim) Gin & Tonic Bloody Mary ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/75 "2018-11-26T19:59:32Z")
\ ***Old Fashioned Sweet** (Rye, bourbon, rail whiskey, or Southern comfort. As long as it’s muddled and not made with goddamned mix!:mad:) \ ***Whiskey** (any of the above mentioned) and sweet. \ ***Beer/wine Hybrid** (beer & wine mixed, sometimes called a beer cocktail, though that is technically something else). Some of these the wine and beer are made together and some 2 finished products are just mixed. I hear ya groaning! This is definitely an acquired taste. I like it. I’d say when it comes to a mixer I drink the first 2 equally as much, about 40%-40%. I’ll have a beer/wine hybrid only about 20% of the time. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/76 "2018-11-26T21:52:48Z")
Bourbon old fashioned Rye Manhattan Sazerac ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/77 "2018-11-26T21:58:57Z")
Vodka and Cranberry Moscow Mule Vodka and Mixer I don’t drink hard liquor much any more because I’m old. When I’m drinking it’s either beer or wine spritzers but with ginger ale instead of seltzer. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/78 "2018-11-26T22:15:36Z")
Gibson Mojito I honestly can’t think of a third mixed drink I order with any regularity. I normally just order a beer or Canadian Club, up. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/79 "2018-11-26T23:23:18Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I have not heard of this cocktail before. Nor had I heard of Falernum. I am anxious to try this drink. > > And these drinks, even with just 3 ingredients, are tough to perfect. BG Reynolds makes a nice falernum syrup, available on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642/80 "2018-11-27T00:05:31Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Gibson > Mojito > I honestly can’t think of a third mixed drink I order with any regularity. I normally just order a beer or Canadian Club, up. I would like to exchange my ‘vodka with mixer’ to a Mojito. I only said that because I couldn’t think of anything else I’d order but I would for sure order a Mojito long before I’d order a vodka and tonic. P.S., I’d never order tonic and anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-three-alcoholic-mixed-drinks/824642.md?page=5)