# Your favorite non-sweet (or just lightly sweet) alcoholic cocktails? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371 "2012-08-04T01:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371/21 "2012-08-05T00:10:58Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I came in rather surprised no one mentioned [The Caesar Cocktail/](http://www.artofdrink.com/archive/popular-cocktails/caesar-cocktail/) but on Googling it turns out it is a mainly Canadian Thing. I had no idea. > > but yes, if a Savoury (as opposed to “not sweet”) cut cocktail is what you want, try it. I don’t know if Clamato Juice is readily available, but you could substitute Tomato Juice. Then its a spicy Bloody Mary, but still good. The celery salt and the Worcestershire sauce really make it. YES! Love Caesars. But that’s the antithesis of a sweet drink. I find that if I have a Caesar, I need a beer to chase it every time. It leaves me parched, especially if it’s made with inferno vodka as the good Lord intended. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371/22 "2012-08-05T00:29:01Z")
I like a well-made margarita. Just sour, salty, tequila-y goodness. They shouldn’t be sweet. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371/23 "2012-08-05T01:45:32Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Unless there’s a lot of sugar in the mix, bloody mary’s aren’t that sweet. The spicier the better, too. The problem for me is that a little tomato based drink goes a long way, and it’s hard to enjoy too many of them. That’s why I make the first one good and strong. And did I mention spicy? Black pepper, cumin, hot sauce, “what’s-this-here” sauce, even A1. Seconded. I ruined bloody Marys for myself one horrible afternoon, but they are the savory cocktail par excellence. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371/24 "2012-08-05T03:08:47Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Yeah. I think I heard that cocktails were developed, or at least popularized, during prohibition, as a way to either mask the taste of bathtub gin and the like (i.e., not quality alcohol), or disguise the smell. Being that I’m on my second sidecar of the night, I’m too lazy to look this up… Cocktails predate Prohibition by quite some time. The original [bartender’s guide](http://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Thomas-Bartenders-Guide-Reprint/dp/1438241747) dates to 1887, and it’s a book of standards as well as some new inventions. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371/25 "2012-08-05T03:44:33Z")
**Chilcano** Fill a glass with ice cubes. Pour Pisco halfway. Complete the glass with ginger ale. Add half a key lime’s juice. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371/26 "2012-08-06T15:55:09Z")
Citron and Soda. Citrus vodka (I’m partial to either Svedka’s Clementine or Hangar One’s Mandarin Blossom, but Ketel One’s Mandarin works, as does Absolut Citron) with club soda, served over rocks. With or without a twist; when I’m at home, I don’t bother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-sweet-or-just-lightly-sweet-alcoholic-cocktails/630371.md?page=1)