NC Double Shot Qualifying Round 1: A-F
We’ve got too many shots and not enough slots; it’s up to you, dear tippler, to narrow the field.
Things to know: this poll is for drinks beginning with letters A-F, so please don’t freak out all “WHERE’S PIMM’S CUP?!” because it’s in an upcoming poll; you can vote for as many as 10; you can also suggest drinks we may have missed in the comments (again, only drinks that start with A-F); if you haven’t heard of a given drink, either skip it or pour yourself a Google on the rocks.
Ready? Let’s do it.
NC Double Shot Qualifier A-F: vote for AS MANY AS TEN (10)
- Daiquiri (10%, 439 Votes)
- Cosmopolitan (9%, 424 Votes)
- Black Russian / White Russian (9%, 422 Votes)
- Bellini (9%, 395 Votes)
- Cuba Libre / Rum and Coke (8%, 375 Votes)
- Bloody Mary (8%, 370 Votes)
- Champagne Cocktail (7%, 336 Votes)
- Dark and Stormy (5%, 246 Votes)
- Caipirinha (5%, 243 Votes)
- Cape Cod(der) (5%, 225 Votes)
- Eggnog (5%, 223 Votes)
- Brandy Alexander (4%, 167 Votes)
- B-52 (3%, 131 Votes)
- Bahama Mama (3%, 120 Votes)
- Alabama Slammer (2%, 112 Votes)
- French 75 (2%, 91 Votes)
- Americano / Campari and Soda (2%, 90 Votes)
- Black Velvet (1%, 54 Votes)
- Aviation (1%, 48 Votes)
- Between the Sheets (1%, 36 Votes)
- Bee's Knees (1%, 36 Votes)
- Bobby Burns (0%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 657
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I’d like to see the Bloody Mary’s far superior sibling, the Caesar, on this list.
Not big on candy, don’t eat much ice cream. THIS is my bracket!
Assume that the Bloody Mary entry contains Caesars, Bloody Marias, and any other Worstie/celery relative.
Nice to see a Dark & Stormy, I love ginger in all forms and this is perfection in a glass, imho.
Need to see Amaretto Sour up there!
If the Buttery Nipple (Bailey’s and Butterscotch Schnapps) is not listed under another name, it should be included here. Its quite yummy!
I don’t know squat about mixed drinks, and I’m going to Vegas in June, so this is great timing. I have no idea what to vote for, because I don’t know what’s in any of these. Now I know what to research, at least, so I don’t look like a complete idiot.
Oh, this is bringing me back to my days behind the bar. And learning recipes for drinks nobody would ever order. I haven’t drank in years, but I’ll definitely be voting!
Thank you for not including the Bahama Breeze, aka Sugar Shock on the Rocks.
I also would have voted for Amaretto Sour and Buttery Nipple.
Amaretto Sour? Also seems like there should be a whole list that start with the word “flaming.”
But, Bloody Mary for the win!!!
I’d agree on the amaretto sour and the buttery nipple.
Yeah, the Buttery Nipple (hehe) is one that needs to be added. They have a funny name, but they are sooooo gooooood!
I also have to say i’ve not heard of many of these drinks. To the bar!
“Oh, this is bringing me back to my days behind the bar. And learning recipes for drinks nobody would ever order.”
@Maria: word. I tended bar in college and we had to learn all these drinks that no one anywhere ever orders. Not to mention that I have seen bartenders say flat-out “I’m not making that, order something else.” (I saw someone order a round of mojitos, which are indeed delicious but take a long time to make, when the bar was four people deep at last call. I shook my head as soon as the order came out of her mouth.)
The Trinidadian blood in my veins means I likes me my rum, but I prefer it with ginger ale, not coke. And yes, I do like a Dark and Stormy.
I don’t know anything about mixed drinks either, so I’m just voting for the ones with the best names.
Oh shit, I’ve only been legally able to drink for a year and I rarely go to bars so I have no idea what half of these are. They don’t serve drinks with more than two ingredients at college parties!
Aw, Cuba Libre! My father always drank Bacardi (Don Q if they had it), diet coke, and lime. I don’t like colas, but now I want a rum and coke, sniff.
There are a lot of drinks on here I have not heard of; I suspect some experimentation is in order.
This is beer-adjacent, but would a Boilermaker count? If so, consider this a write-in.
These may be too simple for the snackets but I have to speak up for two drinks in this alphabet range that I’ve actually had and enjoyed: (1) a bourbon and coke (or diet coke); and (2) a boilermaker/depth charge (whiskey vs. tequila but, to me, the defining trait is dropping a distilled spirit into beer).
Another write in vote for Amaretto sour here! Also, now I want one.
Champagne cocktail! This is about the only drink I can stand–as I’ve said earlier, I just don’t like the taste of most forms of alcohol. But this one not only tastes decent but makes me feel all elegant, like a celebrity is about to fall in love with me and my superior taste in cocktails.
Casting another vote for Amaretto Sour, but also, is it bad that I voted I voted for Eggnog just so that I can hope it goes down in flaming fiasco in the first round?
No Fuzzy Navel? (Oh, because we’re supposed to be grownups? OK.)
I didn’t know rum & Coke had a proper name, you learn something new every day. My preferred mixture is Diet Coke with coconut rum and a twist of lime.
And I’d been making vodka/cranberry juice mixtures for years before I knew it was called a Cape Codder. There’s also a name for the orange juice/cranberry juice/rum mixture I made in grad school all the time but the name escapes me.
@Judy, if voting to send Eggnog on so we can have the pleasure of ripping it apart later is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
FUZZY NAVEL! My misspent youth demands it.
I’ve been drinking Bacardi Cocktails (white rum, lime juice, grenadine, shake, serve neat or rocks, maraschino cherry garnish) since I was 13 years old. (My mom let me have a sip of hers when we were out to eat. And the legal drinking age was lower then.) It’s hard to find a ‘tender now who knows the drink, but it’s simple enough to relate, so I still drink ’em. Tasty and festive!
I vote to add it to the list, please!
Mmmm, caipirinhas! We drank gallons of them at a hotel bar in Guatemala. The hotel was far from town, but the bar was cheap and the ‘tender was a heavy pour. That was a good Christmas…
I believe the addition of lime is what distinguishes a proper Cuba Libre from your average Rum and Coke. I think. This distinction may have faded over time.
Apple Martini and Amaretto Sour!
It’s not popular, but I think you should add the aperol spritz so more people will try it — deeeeeelicious!
I must add to the chorus of voices calling for Amaretto Sours, Apple martinis/appletinis (or whatever various places call them…) and Fuzzy Navels to be added to the list.
Mmmmmmm. Rum and Coke.
I’m a captain girl myself, but I also love a good Cosmo. I haven’t had one in FOREVER.
I agree that Amaretto Sour should be there.
Another vote for the Aperol Spritz, plus two more classics: the Brooklyn and the Corpse Reviver #2.
We’re probably rolling out all Sours as one entry — whisky, Amaretto, rum, et al. — but thanks for the suggestions!
@Jessamyn, what’s in a Brooklyn?
The Brooklyn is similar to a Manhattan, but with rye, vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and Amer Picon (if you can get it, which most people can’t – otherwise an amaro like Averna, Ramazotti or Nonino). It’s one of our favorites. The recipe we make at home is here.
I know it stands no chance of getting in the bracket, but I had to vote for the Alabama Slammer…One of the few decent things to bear my home state’s name!
Wondering where coffee drinks will go? Under C for coffee? Or alphabetized under Irish/Spanish etc. On a cold rainy night a nice warm alcoholic coffee is THE best thing in the world.
I voted for Bloody Mary. So I can have the pleasure of voting AGAINST Bloody Mary. Foul ungodly concoction.
I see your response about the “sours”, Sars (hee. “Sours Sars”), but wanted to add my voice to the chorus of support for the amaretto sour. I’m down with having a “sours” but want to make sure that at least that lumped-together category makes the finals. Sours & champagne cocktails are my absolute faves.