Alcohol help

[Mackay]

Yeah... yeah. I'm taking a bartending course, and I have an assignment. It's nothing too hard or anything, I'm designing a cocktail list - it's for a poolside bar at a Cairns resort.

I don't have any trouble thinking of cocktails or anything, but I want to get a kinda popular opinion on what cocktails people think are really good. And of course, GLers are the smartest people I know.

So yeah, things to keep in mind: I need five classic cocktails, and several (I'm aiming for five of those as well) kinda new and exciting ones that people don't know too much about yet. Also, because it's a tropical kinda thing happening, I'm looking mainly for aperitifs and fruity, cool kinds of drinks.

So, what's everyone's favourite cocktail?

[Internet Stranger]

White Russians (with either vodka or cocunut rum), Long Islands, Piña Coladas liquid cocaine shots and mind eraser shots.

[Mackay]

Ooh, good. I had a couple of those in mind in any case. The Pina Colada is pretty much a definite, what with being classic, popular, delicious and tropical.

Also, while I'm posting, like I said above, I'm looking for new or different cocktails - so if anybody has heard of any that sound good (and preferably tropical), mention those too, so I can look them up 'n' stuff.

[This message has been edited by Mackay (edited 05-27-2004 07:37 PM).]

[Simian100]

Can't go wrong with Kamikaze -- vodka, triple sec, lime juice. Strain it over ice but don't serve on the rocks. Or better yet, keep the vodka in the freezer.

[Hitchhiker]

"Appletinis" are a big thing around here right now. Don't know if they're tropical enough though.

My mother recommends a Golden Cadillac (Galliano, white creme de cacao, and light cream).

[Termital]

Blue Hawaii

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[Dragon Phoenix]

The Flamboyant

Equal parts rum and blue curacao, topped up with about the same amount of pineapple juice, served on ice.

[Tahnan]

I myself like the classics--gin and tonic, martini, that sort of thing. (And a martini has gin and vermouth. No vodka. No sour apple anything, nothing red, nothing with chocolate, no wapiti.)

[Vinny]

OH yeah, IS. All about the White Russian!

Though after about 10 of them you feel a bit bloated.

[Legend of Tenshi]

I always though kamikazes were equal parts sub-zero temp Absinth and Tabasco. So when you drink skull it you spiral to the deck in a ball of flames Oh, and Mackay, try the golden book called 'the Felafel's guide to gettin completely wasted' by John Birmingham. Can't go wrong

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[Vinny]

car bomb/jaeger bomb.

this one is easy.

You take a pint of Guiness (that's a beer), but only fill it up 3/4 of the way.

Then you fill up a shot of jagermeister (eew).

Then, you drop the shot into the Guiness and chug.

Whooweee!

[Vinny]

and Redbull with Vodka is suprisingly good. But drink too much of that and your heart will pop right out through your back (because you'll be laying face down).

[Antrax]

Vinny!

I had that car crash drink in several bars in New York, and it never occured to me to ask them how they make it, until after I left. I thought it was great, and now thanks to you (and Mackay, of course ) I know how to make it. Huzzah huzzah, and so on.
Antrax

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[Vinny]

car crash is right! I hate jaeger. I would probably crash the car from throwing up while driving trying to get the taste out of my mouth.

[Antrax]

You obviously haven't been drinking enough, then. Your taste in drinks sucks anyway, IIRC
Antrax

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"Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em" - Lu-Tze, Thief of Time

[Legend of Tenshi]

There is nothing wrong with vod-bulls, as long as they are doubles.

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[Agamemnon]

'Posh and Becks' is a big thing around here at the moment. It's a play on a famous couple from Blighty, Victoria Beckham (Ex-Spice girl) and David Beckham (English football captain and all round top international player, and one of the football faces of Pepsi).
The drink itself is a tall glass half filled with Champaigne then topped up with Becks lager. It really is rather good actually but expensive.

[TANSTAAFL]

The car bomb is actually a pint of guinness with a shot of half whiskey, half baileys dropped in it. It is supposed to taste like chocolate milk (so my friends say) but I can't drink it fast enough for it to be any good. It is not a sipping drink.

oops, mikegoo is right it is whiskey not yeager.

A jager bomb is a shot of jager droped in a glass of red bull.



[This message has been edited by TANSTAAFL (edited 05-28-2004 10:33 AM).]

[Agamemnon]

Ahem!
It's Guinness, not Guiness!
Thank you.

Carry on.

[Dragon Phoenix]

Then again, it's champagne, not champaigne.

[Vader]

There is a drink that the Hard Rock used ot(may still) serve called a Yellow Submarine. It is Bannana Liquour, Peach Schnapps, Orange Juice & Pinapple Juice. Sorry I don't know the exact measurments, but it tases real good.

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[Agamemnon]

Hey, how do you know I meant the drink and not the artist?

[mikegoo]

not tropical, but to keep the bombs going

Irish car bomb:
3/4 pint Guinness
1/2 shot Bailey's
1/2 shot Irish Whiskey

[Legion]

Irish Petrol Bomb:

1 Pint Petrol
250g Sugar
1 Petrol Soaked Rag
Light rag and throw immediately

[Courk]

Shirley Temple.

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Shut up. I know it doesn't count.

[Mackay]

Actually, Courk, a non-alcoholic option is a pretty good idea.

Thanks for the help, everyone, keep 'em coming!

[Hitchhiker]

Raspberry Lime Rickey
Sex on the Beach

[Tahnan]

Sex on the Beach is certainly appropriate for a resort--and definitely fruity. (I myself also rather like fuzzy navels--OJ and peach schnapps, for anyone who doesn't know. Of course, being from Atlanta, I also like the "Atlanta Georgia": Coke with peach schnapps. Most people think I'm weird.)

I myself am skeptical of anything that combines beer with anything, including other beer. And anything with more than three (or maybe four) ingredients. Keep it simple, keep it straightforward.

[Agamemnon]

http://www.cocktail.uk.com/

[Simian100]

Worst drink I ever made!

"MARTIAN GO HOME:"

a few ounces vodka
a few ounces pineapple juice
and some green Kool-Aid

Just mix the whole thing in a blender -- BLEACCH! Of course, it didn't help that the ingredients weren't cold. BLLLLEAAAH.

[Courk]

I don't know what vodka tastes like (), but I do like pineapple juice, and in my experience Kool Aid tastes like nothing, so at what point did that go wrong?

[Agamemnon]

Ever had any alcohol Courk? Because unless you buy a more expensive vodka, they all taste of a burning sensation as it goes down with no real taste whatsoever, just the kick.

[Lepton]

goodness(vodka) = k * coldness(vodka)

[Legend of Tenshi]

Vodka is best served straight from the snow you have been cooling the bottle in

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[Lilifreid]

How about daquiris as a classic resort type drink?

[Mackay]

Already got that down. Mango daiquiris are the best thing EVER. And I'm not usually a "sweet drink" type.

[Dr. Borodog]

Sex on the Beach, Amaretto Sour, Kamikazi.


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[Dragon Phoenix]

One I invented myself: The French connection. One part pastis, topped with apple juice, served on ice. If you're wicked you will add one part of calvados as well to increase the alcohol content.

[Chuck]

Isn't this bartending for Australians? I thought they drank vats of rubbing alcohol filled with rusty nails, fishing hooks, and razor blades.

[Digglu]

http://www.webtender.com