Kyle T
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Throwing a cocktail party next month (  ) and I've got no idea where to start as far as shopping is concerned. I usually only ever drink beer and whiskey so I need to stock up on a pretty basic series of spirits.
Where to start? I'm guessing a bottle of Gin, Rum, Vodka, Tequila? Anything else I might need?
I shouldn't be allowed to entertain  I'm rubbish
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Matt L
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it starts by giving me your car 
but cant go wrong with;
Gin, whisky, vodka, southern comfort, that apple sourz stuff and other flavours.
go into a book shop or something or look online and look for cocktails and how to make them  (youll soon see what you need)
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RichR
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Blue Curacao
Relatively cheap, but with OJ and Pineapple makes a good, bright green Cocktail
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Robbo
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dont buy names if ur putting it in cocktails, buy local value shit
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Eck
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Make Mojitos 
Bacardi Rum (2 shots/50ml)
Simple Syrup (Or sugar)
Key Lime Juice
Soda water
And mint leaves!
Tastes fantastic
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RichR
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Apple Sourz and Southern Comfort and whisky don't really make good bases for coktails.
Not in terms of a coctail party anyway; you need "white" spirits or brightly coloured ones; but steer clear of dark spirits
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RichR
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also, watch Something for the weekend on Sunday mornings for a couple of weeks
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Tom
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Mojito's are the shit 
Echo the blue curacao comment, makes any drink look 'pretty' for the ladies
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ed
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I'd recommend you do jugs or punch bowls of things like Blue Lagoon, Sex on the Beach, Pimms & Lemonade (at the bar I work at we do that with a few shots of gin as well which was rather nice) and Cosmopolitans. They go down well
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Doug
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Buy the bits from Lidl or Aldi mate.
I would say the essentials for a cocktail party are:
Vodka
Gin
Rum
Tequila
Bourbon
OJ
Mint Leaves
Lemons and Limes (Lots of!)
Ice (Lots of!)
Cocktail shaker
Then you will need all the pissy little extras like Curaco (tripple sec) or Blue curaco and so on...
Off the top of my head you will be able to make 4-5 different cocktails from those ingredients. Which is all people will really want tbh.
Flick through some recipes on the internet to see what you fancy. Then have a set list of maybe 6-10 and let people know what they can have.
Big ones are:
Martini (Gin or Vodka)
Tequila sunrise/sunset
Harvey wall banger (I love these :lol
Sex on the beach
Mojitos
Cosmopolitan
Manhattan
Maybe do some champagne cocktails?
For those you need:
Cassis
Brandy
That means you can make Kia Royals (Dash of cassis in the champs and the traditional champ cocktail which is a dsah of brandy and a sugar cube in the champs.
Can you tell I am a bar manager?
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Hammer
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I've just decided i'm going to have September weekend cocktails
I drank a bottle of vodka worth of Moscow Mule's on Saturday night, dogs bollox they things;
3 dashes of angostura bitter, 2 shots of vodka a shot of lime juice and fill the cup up with ginger beer
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Corsa_Joel
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http://www.cocktailmaking.co.uk/displaycocktail.php/629-Ultra-Violet
Lovely
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Kyle T
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Awesome posts guys, thanks alot 
Lass that is coming has been wanking on about Mojito's for weeks, so I guess that would be a good place to start.
Off down to Aldi tonight then to stock up on cheap spirits, printed this thread off for a list.
Will spend the afternoon checking out different cocktails now and how the hell to make them
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paul.mitchell1984
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TVR
quite simple
taquela
vodka
redbull
mmmmm
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drbeansri
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quote:
Originally posted by paul.mitchell1984
TVR
quite simple
taquela
vodka
redbull
mmmmm
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Theham85
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You may need the following
Cocktail umbrellas
Glace cherries
Lemon
Limes
Different fruit (punch is always good)
Malibu
Pineapple Juice
Orange Juice
Cranberry Juice
Lots and lots of ice
Straws
Vodka
Rum
Gin
Angostura Bitters
Tequila
If I can think of any more I will post
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paul.mitchell1984
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get sum1 to go to aiya napa (sp) and come back with zavania....i promis 2 straight shots off that and anybody will be ill lol.....
but in a mixer its nice but potent
[Edited on 22-09-2008 by paul.mitchell1984]
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by paul.mitchell1984
get sum1 to go to aiya napa (sp) and come back with zavania....i promis 2 straight shots off that and anybody will be ill lol.....
but in a mixer its nice but potent
[Edited on 22-09-2008 by paul.mitchell1984]
thanks but i'll stick to entertaining for now.
Got a tank full of diesel outside for when I want people dead
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Tom
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Make sure you get ice, loads of ice
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Neo
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Dont forget Triple Sec (for long island ice tea, so stuff like Curacao, Grand Marnier or Cointreau
Margarita mix is dirt cheap
And just make kamikaze's all night long (vodka, triple sec and lime)
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jezza
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I got this book from Tesco online a couple of months ago, it's freaking awesome, the cocktail bible if there ever was one
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Doug
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Can I come to your party?
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by Doug
Can I come to your party?
I'll do this one as a test, and if I decide Im good at making cocktails we'll have a CS cocktail party
*not at my house
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by jezza
I got this book from Tesco online a couple of months ago, it's freaking awesome, the cocktail bible if there ever was one
Ordered
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Doug
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I will come to this party and mix the cocktails for you
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