# Which of these cocktails have you had? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032 "2015-05-14T14:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/21 "2015-05-14T17:32:11Z")
I’ve had fruit cocktail, from a can ---
**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:** [May 14, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/22 "2015-05-14T17:36:27Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > No Caesar and no Gimlet… Canadians and dwarfs don’t count. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/23 "2015-05-14T18:47:19Z")
Six people have had an Aviation cocktail? Where are you people finding bars that stock creme de violette? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/24 "2015-05-14T19:09:25Z")
I went to high school just outside New Orleans. Imbibing a daiquiri was practically a graduation requirement! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/25 "2015-05-14T19:14:33Z")
21 of them if I counted right. Mostly only one of each on my way to realizing I prefer to drink straight vodka. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/26 "2015-05-14T19:18:57Z")
I tended bar for 5-6 years in different types of bars, and there are still many on that list that I’ve never even heard ordered. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/27 "2015-05-14T19:19:11Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > No Caesar and no Gimlet… > [@silenus](#): > > Canadians and dwarfs don’t count. 😛 SO, if you used Canada Dry in a gimlet, would you have a “Glider”? (actually sounds like a decent drink) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/28 "2015-05-14T19:19:17Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > No Caesar and no Gimlet… Yeah, I was thinking that, too. The gimlet is an odd omission. I don’t drink much in the way of cocktails, but gin and tonic and (gin) gimlets are my summer standard, along with the occasional gin greyhound. (I dunno…something about gin and warm weather speaks to me, much like I associate most any kind of whiskey with cooler weather.) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/29 "2015-05-14T19:25:27Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > SO, if you used Canada Dry in a gimlet, would you have a “Glider”? (actually sounds like a decent drink) a. I get that! b. It does, doesn’t it? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/30 "2015-05-14T19:49:23Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > I tended bar for 5-6 years in different types of bars, and there are still many on that list that I’ve never even heard ordered. You mean you weren’t inundated with orders for “Mary Pickfords” and “Porto Flips” nightly? 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 14, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/31 "2015-05-14T19:57:24Z")
I voted for 9, but I missed the Rum and Coke, so I should have marked 10. I think the White Russian should be on the list though. I would imagine it’s more popular than the Black Russian. Anyway, the Old Fashioned and the Martini are the only cocktails I’ve bothered with in years. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/32 "2015-05-14T20:01:37Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > You mean you weren’t inundated with orders for “Mary Pickfords” and “Porto Flips” nightly? 🙂 No, but more often than one might think, I would get orders for Pink Squirrels. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/33 "2015-05-14T20:14:56Z")
Bacardi is a brand of rum, not a cocktail!?! (I know, it’s on that list, but it’s silly – like calling a screwdriver an “absolut.”) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/34 "2015-05-14T20:20:45Z")
What about martinis then? Hmmmm? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/35 "2015-05-14T20:31:44Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Bacardi is a brand of rum, not a cocktail!?! > > (I know, it’s on that list, but it’s silly – like calling a screwdriver an “absolut.”) No, there’s a [Bacardi cocktail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacardi_cocktail) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/36 "2015-05-14T20:42:19Z")
Next time I go to a real bar I am going to order a Porto Flip. Also I know how I am going to spend my Sunday, I am getting some gin, Rose’s Lime and Canada Dry seltzer, tonic and ginger ale… ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/37 "2015-05-14T20:47:36Z")
Whatever happened to Sex on the Beach? Was that just one of the most popular drinks ordered during my tenure as a bartender, in the 80s/90s, in So Cal? ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/38 "2015-05-14T20:48:44Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Next time I go to a real bar I am going to order a Porto Flip. > > Also I know how I am going to spend my Sunday, I am getting some gin, Rose’s Lime and Canada Dry seltzer, tonic and ginger ale… And your bartender will say, Uh, sure, how do you like that made? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/39 "2015-05-14T20:57:27Z")
Gimlet is obvious (no more dated than some of these). Also “Cape Cod/Codder.” Most people don’t know what that is (vodka + cranberry juice), but it’s a common order by the ingredients. Sea Breeze is probably the closest. Those who said daiquiri, fess up: did you have one prepared like they say? That means no banana. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > What’s a ‘John Collins’? I’ve had a Tom Collins. Yeah, that one is bullshit. They say: “Note: Use Old Tom Gin for Tom Collins,” which is not something you can normally buy. If people have been using one name consistently for the last 40 years, it’s time to update your name. > [@](#): > > ETA: Also, I’ve had White Russians, but not Black Russians. I have when I was out of milk. I count WR as made from milk or cream because who has cream on hand? > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > A Cuba libre isn’t really the same thing as a rum and Coke, is it? I thought it had to have lime to be a Cuba libre. As far as I know. Not a wedge of lime, actual juice. It makes it so much better and less cloying. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Six people have had an Aviation cocktail? Where are you people finding bars that stock creme de violette? Hipster bars. I’ve never ordered one, but I have sipped off someone else’s, same as Sazerac. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/40 "2015-05-14T21:01:06Z")
Upon reflection, I missed the Piña Colada and should have marked that along with Daiquiri and Margarita. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032.md?page=3)