# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/101 "2015-05-19T02:56:32Z")
Picked 10. I learned to drink in Wisconsin, so most of the hard liquor I drank was a shot, followed by a beer. Now I just drink beer occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/102 "2015-05-19T03:30:43Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s the leader board for all drinks with at least 50% of the votes: > > ```auto > > View Poll Results: Which of these cocktails have you had? > > Margarita 184 85.98% > Screwdriver 176 82.24% > Long Island Iced Tea 165 77.10% > Mimosa 155 72.43% > Daiquiri 150 70.09% > Pina Colada 148 69.16% > Mojito 139 64.95% > Irish Coffee 137 64.02% > Cuba Libre (Rum and Coke) 136 63.55% > Whiskey Sour 133 62.15% > Bloody Mary 128 59.81% > Dry Martini 127 59.35% > Tequila Sunrise 122 57.01% > Manhattan 112 52.34% > Old Fashioned 111 51.87% > Mai-Tai 109 50.93% > > Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 214 > > ``` With two more voters we get to 250, so here’s an update on the Over-50% Group: ```auto ======================================================= View Poll Results: Which of these cocktails have you had? Margarita 209 84.27% Screwdriver 206 83.06% Long Island Iced Tea 192 77.42% Daiquiri 176 70.97% Mimosa 175 70.56% Pina Colada 171 68.95% Cuba Libre (Rum and Coke) 157 63.31% Irish Coffee 156 62.90% Mojito 155 62.50% Whiskey Sour 153 61.69% Bloody Mary 149 60.08% Dry Martini 142 57.26% Tequila Sunrise 140 56.45% Old Fashioned 129 52.02% Manhattan 126 50.81% Mai-Tai 124 50.00% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 248 ======================================================= ``` ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/103 "2015-05-19T05:31:50Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Those who said daiquiri, fess up: did you have one prepared like they say? That means no banana. If I’m drinking a banana, something has gone horribly wrong with the universe. I drink my daiquiris (usually Hemmingway daiquiris) on the rocks, thank you. 41 off the list. Apparently I drink more than I think I do. I also go to hipster cocktail bars. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/104 "2015-05-21T23:23:10Z")
We now have one fewer 50%-and-up cocktail: ```auto ========================================================= View Poll Results: Which of these cocktails have you had? Margarita 216 83.40% Screwdriver 216 83.40% Long Island Iced Tea 199 76.83% Daiquiri 184 71.04% Mimosa 181 69.88% Pina Colada 176 67.95% Cuba Libre (Rum and Coke) 164 63.32% Irish Coffee 163 62.93% Mojito 161 62.16% Whiskey Sour 159 61.39% Bloody Mary 157 60.62% Dry Martini 150 57.92% Tequila Sunrise 146 56.37% Old Fashioned 134 51.74% Manhattan 130 50.19% Mai-Tai 129 49.81% Black Russian 116 44.79% Mint Julep 113 43.63% Cosmopolitan 112 43.24% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 259 ========================================================= ``` ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/105 "2015-05-21T23:41:21Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Do you make yours with bitter lemon, ginger ale, or something else? It can be tough to find a good “mixer” for this in the US. (I use Polar bitter lemon or Polar half and half with a splash of ginger ale.) if you can find Sanpelligrino limonata that works. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/106 "2015-05-22T02:02:59Z")
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**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/107 "2015-05-22T02:06:35Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > We now have one fewer 50%-and-up cocktail: The common denominator? Sweetness. 17 of the 19 on this list are sweet. Only the Bloody Mary and the Dry Martini are not. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/108 "2015-05-22T16:01:07Z")
Looks like we have us a yo-yo as far as the 50% threshold goes: === Mai-Tai 135 50.19% === Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 269 Can’t keep a good drink down? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/109 "2015-05-22T16:31:50Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Can’t keep a good drink down? 😃 Depends on how many you’ve had! ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/110 "2015-05-22T16:38:11Z")
I was a bartender for a number of years so I’ve had most of them, probably more of them than I remembered I had. That list is missing a bunch I’d put on there, like White Russian, Greyhound, Alabama Slammer… Everything on there with ten or fewer votes can go. They are drinks that no one ever orders. Also, people! Brandy Alexanders are waaay more delicious than Grasshoppers! Get on the ball! ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/111 "2015-05-22T16:50:41Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > Everything on there with ten or fewer votes can go. They are drinks that no one ever orders. Which is why they are on the list. This is a _competition list_, remember? It isn’t meant to be an exclusive list or a most popular list. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/112 "2015-05-22T16:51:25Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > …Everything on there with ten or fewer votes can go. They are drinks that no one ever orders. > > Also, people! Brandy Alexanders are waaay more delicious than Grasshoppers! Get on the ball! Here are the bottom feeders: ```auto Hemingway Special 9 3.32% God Father 8 2.95% Derby 7 2.58% Yellow Bird 7 2.58% Mary Pickford 6 2.21% Barracuda 5 1.85% French Connection 4 1.48% Horse's Neck 4 1.48% Monkey Gland 3 1.11% Paradise 3 1.11% Tuxedo 3 1.11% Bramble 3 1.11% Vampiro 3 1.11% Casino 2 0.74% Clover Club 2 0.74% Porto Flip 2 0.74% God Mother 2 0.74% Russian Spring Punch 2 0.74% Spritz Veneziano 2 0.74% Tommy's Margarita 2 0.74% Angel Face 1 0.37% Golden Dream 1 0.37% I've never had any of these cocktails 7 2.58% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 271 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/113 "2015-05-22T17:58:55Z")
I’ll have a Slippery Nipple. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/114 "2015-05-23T01:24:53Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I think the White Russian should be on the list though. I would imagine it’s more popular than the Black Russian. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > ETA: Also, I’ve had White Russians, but not Black Russians. > [@Lowdown](#): > > That list is missing a bunch I’d put on there, like White Russian, … I for one think The Dude would be very disappointed that White Russians weren’t on the list. 🙂 After all it would bring the whole list together. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/115 "2015-05-23T03:50:34Z")
Top list all makes sense, except I’m surprised that LIIT is so high (but not that it’s somewhere near the top). That bottom list, I think the only one I’ve had is a Godmother (vodka+amaretto), not sure of the Godfather (scotch+amaretto). Maybe if I needed to get rid of that cheap Scotch that I once had. On the other hand, the only other one that even sounds familiar is “French Connection,” and then googling I see that it’s pretty much the same exact thing (cognac+amaretto), and I’ve probably had that too. But not sure what the real French Connection had to do with Italy (amaretto). Hemingway also liked mojitos and the Hemingway special is kind of frou frou, thus everyone can go proudly out and order the fanciest umbrella drink that you want without fear of getting made fun of! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/116 "2015-05-23T13:54:03Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > In the end I’d be surprised if margarita isn’t the drink most people have tried, some of us again and again and again. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > It’s so popular, there’s a town named after it. 😉 > [@DCnDC](#): > > Interesting results so far. > > The three top vote getters are the Margarita, Screwdriver, and Long Island Iced Tea. I suspect this is due to the fact that nearly everyone has, respectively: been to a Mexican restaurant, owned both vodka and orange juice at the same time, and, I don’t know, been to a bar? Turned 21? Been female and had someone buy you one? Why do people order LIITs? > [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s the leader board for all drinks with at least 50% of the votes: > > ```auto > > View Poll Results: Which of these cocktails have you had? > > Margarita 184 85.98% > Screwdriver 176 82.24% > Long Island Iced Tea 165 77.10% > Mimosa 155 72.43% > Daiquiri 150 70.09% > Pina Colada 148 69.16% > Mojito 139 64.95% > Irish Coffee 137 64.02% > Cuba Libre (Rum and Coke) 136 63.55% > Whiskey Sour 133 62.15% > Bloody Mary 128 59.81% > Dry Martini 127 59.35% > Tequila Sunrise 122 57.01% > Manhattan 112 52.34% > Old Fashioned 111 51.87% > Mai-Tai 109 50.93% > > Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 214 > > ``` +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ As we approach (and may possibly hit) 300 Votes here’s a tally of the 50%-and-up group and three more contenders for that status: ```auto ========================================================= View Poll Results: Which of these cocktails have you had? Screwdriver 235 83.63% Margarita 234 83.27% Long Island Iced Tea 212 75.44% Mimosa 201 71.53% Daiquiri 201 71.53% Pina Colada 191 67.97% Cuba Libre (Rum and Coke) 183 65.12% Irish Coffee 176 62.63% Mojito 176 62.63% Bloody Mary 174 61.92% Whiskey Sour 173 61.57% Dry Martini 166 59.07% Tequila Sunrise 159 56.58% Old Fashioned 148 52.67% Manhattan 146 51.96% Mai-Tai 143 50.89% Black Russian 128 45.55% Cosmopolitan 126 44.84% Mint Julep 124 44.13% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 281 ========================================================= ``` Could that last batch of 19 Voters make any significant changes in this list? It’s a real horse race between ```auto Screwdriver 235 83.63% Margarita 234 83.27% ``` so #1 may stay in doubt forever, but LIIT is too far behind to contend. What else has a chance to make the Big List? ---
**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 24, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/117 "2015-05-24T03:53:43Z")
I find it hard to believe that a Cuba Libre didn’t finish in the top 5. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/118 "2015-05-24T17:11:57Z")
The horse race continues: ```auto View Poll Results: Which of these cocktails have you had? Screwdriver 240 83.62% Margarita 238 82.93% Long Island Iced Tea 216 75.26% Daiquiri 206 71.78% Mimosa 205 71.43% Pina Colada 197 68.64% Cuba Libre (Rum and Coke) 189 65.85% Bloody Mary 179 62.37% Mojito 179 62.37% Irish Coffee 178 62.02% Whiskey Sour 177 61.67% Dry Martini 169 58.89% Tequila Sunrise 162 56.45% Old Fashioned 153 53.31% Manhattan 150 52.26% Mai-Tai 146 50.87% Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 287 ``` ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032/119 "2015-05-24T21:18:32Z")
I was surprised I had about 30 of them Hit a big run around “M”. I’m not much of a cocktail guy these days (mostly wine), but I’ve hit a few of the trend new cocktail places popping up and was pleasantly surprised at some of the tasty options-- many of which you can’t get anywhere else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-cocktails-have-you-had/720032.md?page=5)