Preferred Booze for Cocktail Parties???? - GoFuckYourself.com

kristin · 11-03-2010, 09:50 AM

TopBucks is gearing up for our cocktail party and in the past we have had to ship back or give away a lot of alcohol.

So before I do this year's alcohol run, I want to know what people will really drink. In the past these have been FAILURES:
- Tanqueray
- Mojito and Blood Mary mix
- Pucker
- Too much Captain Morgan

What we know we will get a plethora of:
- Beer (and a lot of Bud Light ... sadly that seems to be what we go through the fastest)
- Grey Goose/Belvedere Vodka

Jager is a toss up, I've had a lot left over and some years it's gone. So I'd like some suggestions of what people will actually want to see served.

GO!

Roald · 11-03-2010, 09:51 AM

Get me some Grey Goose and I am set ;)))

Amputate Your Head · 11-03-2010, 09:52 AM

there is only one logical choice....

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Amputate Your Head · 11-03-2010, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Roald

Get me some Grey Goose and I am set ;)))

you could save some money by buying the exact same thing without the perfume bottle.

kristin · 11-03-2010, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

there is only one logical choice....

Premium 100% Agave Tequila.

Good call.

Sly · 11-03-2010, 09:53 AM

1 ounce of Jack Daniels and I am good.

spazlabz · 11-03-2010, 09:54 AM

ShellyCrash turned me on to St Germain, there are a lot of recipes for it on line and has a really smooth taste

Roald · 11-03-2010, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

you could save some money by buying the exact same thing without the perfume bottle.

Whats the fun in that?

kristin · 11-03-2010, 09:54 AM

Also, I have wine and champagne covered. I'm pairing some wines with the food we are serving. Should be yummy.

Imortyl Pussycat · 11-03-2010, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

there is only one logical choice....

Premium 100% Agave Tequila.

Marry me

that counts as 2 for the tequila Kris and thank you for being so thoughtful *mwuah*

Amputate Your Head · 11-03-2010, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Roald

Whats the fun in that?

extra money to blow on hookers.

Roald · 11-03-2010, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

extra money to blow on hookers.

hm good call. Turpentine it is!!!!

jimmy-3-way · 11-03-2010, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by kristin

TopBucks is gearing up for our cocktail party and in the past we have had to ship back or give away a lot of alcohol.

So before I do this year's alcohol run, I want to know what people will really drink. In the past these have been FAILURES:
- Tanqueray
- Mojito and Blood Mary mix
- Pucker
- Too much Captain Morgan

What we know we will get a plethora of:
- Beer (and a lot of Bud Light ... sadly that seems to be what we go through the fastest)
- Grey Goose/Belvedere Vodka

Jager is a toss up, I've had a lot left over and some years it's gone. So I'd like some suggestions of what people will actually want to see served.

GO!

Weird, my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail.

kristin · 11-03-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way

Weird, my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail.

I'm hand delivering it. =)

I haven't done any announcement yet, stay tuned. I'm still working out all the details to make it a good one!

SomeCreep · 11-03-2010, 10:05 AM

Jack Daniels. Malibu rum. Those are a must.

jimmy-3-way · 11-03-2010, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kristin

I'm hand delivering it. =)

I haven't done any announcement yet, stay tuned. I'm still working out all the details to make it a good one!

Sweet - well I've recently taken up alcoholism as a hobby so make sure there's plenty of Popov.

kristin · 11-03-2010, 10:10 AM

Okay so here's what's on my list thus far:

- Jack Daniels
- Cruzan Rum (sorry, no Malibu)
- Grey Goose vodka - plain and orange flavored
- Tequila
- Beer, wine, champagne

Wizzo · 11-03-2010, 10:17 AM

Bacardi is always a good choice, because it can be mixed with a number of things... Coke, DietCoke, Sprite, OJ, etc...

rhizome · 11-03-2010, 10:18 AM

How can you have a cocktail party without rye whiskey, cognac, brandy and gin? Plus a selection of liquers (Triple Sec, St. Germain, Absinthe, Chartreuse ,etc.) , vermouth (sweet and dry), bitters, sugar, lemons, limes?

kristin · 11-03-2010, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by rhizome

How can you have a cocktail party without rye whiskey, cognac, brandy and gin? Plus a selection of liquers (Triple Sec, St. Germain, Absinthe, Chartreuse ,etc.) , vermouth (sweet and dry), bitters, sugar, lemons, limes?

I have a bottle of vermouth with one drink taken out of it. I have a full bottle of Barcardi no one touched. They don't get drank unfortunately.

jimmy-3-way · 11-03-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by kristin

I have a bottle of vermouth with one drink taken out of it. I have a full bottle of Barcardi no one touched. They don't get drank unfortunately.

Bacardi is for frat parties, you're TopBucks, woman! Get Ten Cane.

Slutboat · 11-03-2010, 11:02 AM

Disorono for the ho's.

kristin · 11-03-2010, 11:04 AM

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Disorono for the ho's.

Had it, one drink out of it. Thrown away ... Phoenix Forum, 2008.

MiLo · 11-03-2010, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rhizome

How can you have a cocktail party without rye whiskey, cognac, brandy and gin? Plus a selection of liquers (Triple Sec, St. Germain, Absinthe, Chartreuse ,etc.) , vermouth (sweet and dry), bitters, sugar, lemons, limes?

In a f.y.o.d (fix your own drink) sort of event, most of all that will go to waste. You need someone with decent skills to make it all happen and not a bunch of drunk people playing mixology while eating cheetos.

Neither one of those rent-a-douchbag-bartender thing with a guy flying bottles around and pulling subpar mojitos out of his ass.

For a d.i.y thing, my choices would be: Gordon´s and Beefeaters, Stoli and SKYY, Bacardi Añejo, Jim Beam and Jack and assorted beers (a solid couple of kegs with micro-brewed beer a plus). Coke, 7-Up and Schweeps a plenty.

Glad to see Jager is dying.

Sly · 11-03-2010, 11:07 AM

Maybe instead of a cocktail party we should have a white trash party.

PBR all the way baby!

Django · 11-03-2010, 11:14 AM

A mojito thanks

Hazlewood · 11-03-2010, 11:16 AM

crown royal never fails for the guys

Honez · 11-03-2010, 11:18 AM

As someone who has bartended for cocktail parties, my experience is less is more. People will drink what you have. My short list would include:

Beer
Wine
Vodka
Spiced Rum

You could also do a signature drink for the night or make up a tasty rum punch.

RyuLion · 11-03-2010, 11:20 AM

Grey Goose, Captain, Don Julio Silver

ShellyCrash · 11-03-2010, 11:20 AM

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ShellyCrash turned me on to St Germain, there are a lot of recipes for it on line and has a really smooth taste

I love St. Germain. Glad you're still on to it

For cocktail parties I've found just putting a bottle of St. Germain out doesn't work, but if you make a few drinks an d start offering them to people it goes real fast.

Generally I say for your basic bar get Jack Daniels as your whiskey, Captain Morgan or Segrams for your rum, and Grey Goose or Kettle One as your Vodka. Mixers get coke, sprite, cranberry juice, sour mix, and a bottle of grenadine.

Easiest girly drink in the world- sprite, rum, splash of grenadine.. like a boozy shirley temple. I'm sure it has a name but I don't know what it is.

Midori is another alcohol I would add to the don't buy list. Women always requests it but no one ever drinks it. I've bought a few bottles for office functions over the years and it always winds up getting trashed.

Also I say stay away from OJ as a mixer. I think it's the acid in it, but people seem to tend to barf it up more than anything else.

jimmy-3-way · 11-03-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Honez

As someone who has bartended for cocktail parties, my experience is less is more. People will drink what you have. My short list would include:

Beer
Vodka
Spiced Rum

You could also do a signature drink for the night or make up a tasty rum punch.

Corrected.

munki · 11-03-2010, 11:28 AM

Jameson... but that's my defacto... and I like it because no one but me will go near it until the car bombs starting landing.

Jon Oso · 11-03-2010, 12:35 PM

I was a bartender for about 2 years, our biggest sellers anywhere were Jack, Patron, Vodka (we stocked a lot of three olives and stoli, goose,), and bottled beer.

Could always do fun stuff like saki bombers that people can do themselves, or just hire a bartender that knows how to pour to make things happen for ya.

A signature drink for the party is a great idea as Honez suggested, something simple and quick to make yet delicious is the best.

DamianJ · 11-03-2010, 12:42 PM

I'd like a range of bottled beers. Although bud light seems to be popular, how about sam adams, or corona, or something, you know, that taste of actual beer, rather than water?

:D

bns666 · 11-03-2010, 12:50 PM

How can Tanqueray be a failure?

Cocktail parties just can't work good if people have to mix their own drinks, for that beer and wine only work, everything else which includes mixing more than two ingredients, not to mention measuring, muddling, shaking and stuff like that is destined to fail.

GTS Mark · 11-03-2010, 12:53 PM

kristin · 11-03-2010, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DamianJ

I'd like a range of bottled beers. Although bud light seems to be popular, how about sam adams, or corona, or something, you know, that taste of actual beer, rather than water?

:D

Labatt Blue it is!

We usually have some Guiness, Heineken, Corona, and some others. I'm a beer snob and would prefer IPAs. =)

DamianJ · 11-03-2010, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kristin

Labatt Blue it is!

We usually have some Guiness, Heineken, Corona, and some others. I'm a beer snob and would prefer IPAs. =)

Oh gosh, well I was just being nice asking for sam adams as that is everywhere. You guys have awesome microbreweries for proper beers over there. And yes, I will join you in IPA appreciating anytime! Especially as we *invented* IPA over here, in the 17th century.

Honez · 11-03-2010, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way

Corrected.

Hey, I said *my* short list.

magicmike · 11-03-2010, 01:45 PM

I always like to see CC or Crown or some kind of Canadian whisky, gibsons finest is prb. my favorite regular brand.

Vodka is really popular with the wm crowd it seems, and of course beer.

kristin · 11-03-2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by magicmike

I always like to see CC or Crown or some kind of Canadian whisky, gibsons finest is prb. my favorite regular brand.

Vodka is really popular with the wm crowd it seems, and of course beer.

Yeah, I've never seen a group consume so much Grey Goose in my life.

jimmy-3-way · 11-03-2010, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by kristin

Yeah, I've never seen a group consume so much Grey Goose in my life.

Funny considering how bad that stuff tastes.

ShellyCrash · 11-03-2010, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way

Funny considering how bad that stuff tastes.

Really? I find Grey Goose to be the most mild / tasteless vodka. Mixed with cran can't really pick it out.

jimmy-3-way · 11-03-2010, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ShellyCrash

Really? I find Grey Goose to be the most mild / tasteless vodka. Mixed with cran can't really pick it out.

Perhaps you aren't sensitive to it.

But mixed with heavy/acidic mixers it's harder to tell, to be sure.

I have always preferred Ketel One.

minicivan · 11-03-2010, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kristin

What we know we will get a plethora of...

thickcash_amo · 11-03-2010, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Honez

As someone who has bartended for cocktail parties, my experience is less is more. People will drink what you have. My short list would include:

Beer
Wine
Vodka
Spiced Rum

You could also do a signature drink for the night or make up a tasty rum punch.

Totally agree! Just a few main liquors, mixers and a signature cocktail for the night!!

CaptainHowdy · 11-03-2010, 04:28 PM

Good alcohol, little people around...

potter · 11-03-2010, 06:05 PM

1. Beer
2. Vodka
3. Mixers (These will be for the drinkers who don't drink beer which will most likely be mixed with the vodka)
4. Wine (red & white)
5. Tequila & Whiskey (for the people who want SHOTS)

Niktamer · 11-03-2010, 06:59 PM

Grey Goose vodka -Red Bull

Barefootsies · 11-03-2010, 07:40 PM

I do not drink anymore, but if I can have my way with your toes and soles for an hour.

Now that will be a party worth attending!

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kristin GOO! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Back Home : ) Posts: 9,768	Preferred Booze for Cocktail Parties???? TopBucks is gearing up for our cocktail party and in the past we have had to ship back or give away a lot of alcohol. So before I do this year's alcohol run, I want to know what people will really drink. In the past these have been FAILURES: - Tanqueray - Mojito and Blood Mary mix - Pucker - Too much Captain Morgan What we know we will get a plethora of: - Beer (and a lot of Bud Light ... sadly that seems to be what we go through the fastest) - Grey Goose/Belvedere Vodka Jager is a toss up, I've had a lot left over and some years it's gone. So I'd like some suggestions of what people will actually want to see served. GO! __________________ Vacares rules. "Usually only fat guys have the kind of knowledge and ability that Kristin has."

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kristin GOO! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Back Home : ) Posts: 9,768	Okay so here's what's on my list thus far: - Jack Daniels - Cruzan Rum (sorry, no Malibu) - Grey Goose vodka - plain and orange flavored - Tequila - Beer, wine, champagne __________________ Vacares rules. "Usually only fat guys have the kind of knowledge and ability that Kristin has."

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