Advice requested: What alcohol drinks should be bought for a party of ten or fifteen people?

[Mike03]

What alcohol makes up a typical bar for a party? Also, mixers, I suppose would be important.

I've never been asked to provide the drinks for a party before, and I would appreciate some advice.

[skygazer]

1. What kind of party? Type of guests?

Wine drinkers? Booze drinkers? Holiday party? Football party?

These things matter.

[Mike03]

5. Artists... Film people, painters, also financial people, investors, etc...

A very diversified crowd. A few actresses will be there. A policeman will be there! Movie producer. Film people.

[TK421]

2. Well, there are a few....vodka is a big one ( Stoli is my choice )

but you may want to throw in some Jack Daniels, gin ( Beefeaters is a good brand, less expensive than Bombay or Tanqueray ) but still quite good.

Throw in some cheap scotch ( mostly for mixers, but some people like it straight up, get a bottle of Dewars ) I could recommend several others, but I'm not quite sure what kind of party you're looking to throw.

edited to add: I was slow to think on this one, but as far as wine goes, check out a good Cab or Merlot, and get a bottle of Chenin Blanc or Chardonnay for your wine drinkers ( a good, affordable Merlot is Blackstone, which is anywhere between 12-14$ a bottle, or St.Francis Knights Valley Cabernet, which, on the other side runs about $30. Depends on your crowd, but I'm just throwing shit out there.

If you need more info, please let me know! I love making recommendations!

[XemaSab]

3. Three six-packs of beer, three bottles of wine, two bottles of soda

and a bottle of rum, and two bottles of juice and a bottle of vodka.

Per person. :)

[DarkTirade]

4. Well, from my personal experience...

if someone there hasn't eaten for 12+ hours, don't let them drink tequila AND rum. Especially if there isn't much in the way of food at this party.

[Mike03]

7. Lol, I appreciate your post

The only time I ever got sick at a party was when a "friend" of mine gave me a rum and coke. Too much rum, I guess. I puked... it was awful.

[DarkTirade]

8. Pretty much the same thing that happened to me.

Only add in a few shots of tequila too. And a LOT of rum and a teeny weeny bit of coke, just for added color and flavor. :) One of those big 7-11 cup sized plastic cups, at least 3/4 full of rum. Then another one that was about 1/2 and 1/2. Then the tequila shots. All on an empty stomach.

Needless to say that is the only time I ever threw up from drinking, and the only real hangover I've ever had. Also the closest to actually getting drunk that I'd ever been. There was one other time when I kinda had a half-hangover, but only because somebody woke me up too early. Once I got back to sleep for a couple hours I was fine. :)

[XemaSab]

11. Were you drinking with Langdon?

'Cause that man's all about the 7-11 cups full of hard liquor. :puke:

[DarkTirade]

15. Don't even know who that is. :P

It was when the last of my group of college friends turned 21. So now that everybody could drink, we threw a big (for us at least. We were geeks, we didn't do big parties.) party with lots of booze. Actual booze. Not just some college crappy keg party.

[Mike03]

17. Question about Tequila

I've always heard that is the worst drink so far as hangovers and headaches.

Is that true?

Is tequila pretty rough? Is that the drink that has a worm at the bottom of the bottle?

[DarkTirade]

19. Futz if I know. I haven't drunk it since then. :)

[XemaSab]

22. There's a temptation to go cheap.

Don't do it.

Good tequila is good, bad tequila, well....

[DS1]

10. tip

don't mix darks and lights

rum is too sugary to mix with much

[DarkTirade]

16. That could have been part of the problem...

I didn't mix the two together though. At least, not until they hit my stomach. :)

[Blue-Jay]

6. 60 beers.

And 4 hard ciders (Woodchuck is a good brand) for the inevitable stick-in-the-mud who contends that "I don't like beer".

[supernova]

12. Woodchuck Pear cider is delish

if you can find it! :9

[Mike03]

9. This is all helpful

I'm just trying to assemble a very basic "bar" for a party.

I will get:

Beer
White wine
Red wine
Vodka
Whiskey
Gin

Is that okay? What am I forgetting?

Is rum important?
Is tequila important?

What am I forgetting?

[XemaSab]

14. Soda, Tonic Water, Juice

and limes or lemons. :9

[VenusRising]

21. Rum and Coke.

It's a party staple.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

13. Depends..........

if any of them are alcoholic, you can never bring enough............ :) Not that I would knoe anything about that sort of thing :toast:

[Mike03]

18. Lol, True. NT

[Mike03]

20. I don't want to impress anyone, I just want to have the basics for a party.

I'm not the most social person. So I really don't know what is a good assortment to have.

But many of the suggestions here are very helpful.

I think so far:

Water
Tonic Water
Beer
Wine Red and White
Vodkah
Gin
Whiskey/Bourban (are they the same thing?)

I'll go light on the hard liquors, and have more soft drinks, water, beer and wines.

What am I forgetting?

EDIT

Cognac was what I was trying to think of. Is Cognac important?

Rum?
What is that thicker sweet drink that they drank on the Titanic?
I know there's something I'm forgetting, but I don't know...

[CabalPowered]

23. I'd add lemon and lime slices

The lime is key for a good gin and tonic. Lemon goes well with some beers. Maybe some grenadine..?