I've just started drinking alcohol this year. Help me find a cocktail/drink that doesn't taste like cough syrup. [more inside]
posted by divabat on Dec 8, 2009 - 86 answers

Classic cocktails in Northern Virginia/DC? Tonight? [more inside]
posted by malthas on Oct 22, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm looking for a good, downloadable, Bartenders/Mixed Drinks/Cocktail cheat sheet. Preferably free. [more inside]
posted by sexyrobot on Aug 21, 2009 - 9 answers

For my job (and for fun) I often need good places to go out for drinks after work here in New York. Please recommend bars between 14th Street and Midtown that have good, inexpensive (~$10 or below) cocktails and are good for conversations with small groups of people. [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco on Aug 6, 2009 - 8 answers

I need famous drinks from famous books. Kind of like how Holden Caulfield always drank Tom Collinses in Catcher in the Rye. Or how the Famous Five always had Tea with their scones. Thanks!
posted by Sully on Jul 14, 2009 - 46 answers

Give me yer best virgin cocktails—bonus points for ones easily ordered in a bar. [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco on Jul 13, 2009 - 22 answers

LA Gourmet Cocktails? What are the finest, most crafted cocktails you've had in LA? High-end genius drinkology? Even just the best-balanced martini? Is there a molecular gastronomy equivalent here? [more inside]
posted by klangklangston on May 1, 2009 - 15 answers

I need suggestions for an office party Christmas cocktail. [more inside]
posted by LN on Aug 6, 2008 - 8 answers

Help me refine and name a new cocktail. [more inside]
posted by jeremias on Mar 27, 2008 - 37 answers

Ever made slushy cocktails? We're renting a slushy machine for a party in a week. We're looking for recipe ideas... [more inside]
posted by sycophant on Nov 17, 2007 - 20 answers

Yet another Halloween question... What are your favorite drink/cocktail recipes with a Halloween "twist"? [more inside]
posted by ObscureReferenceMan on Oct 23, 2007 - 11 answers

A few months ago I received a metal cocktail shaker as a gift. The first time I used it with ice, the top and bottom became welded together, presumably because the cold caused the metal to expand. Fast forward to the present -- they're still stuck fast, and I'm sick of gin and tonics. How can I get them apart and get back to mixologizing? [more inside]
posted by tweebiscuit on Dec 2, 2006 - 27 answers

BoozeFilter: The flavor of cola drinks, like Coke, is "a mixture, or fantasia, of vanilla, cinnamon, and citrus flavorings". Knowing this, what three kinds of alcohol would you combine if you wanted to make a mixed drink that tasted as much like cola as possible? [more inside]
posted by moss on Aug 6, 2006 - 16 answers