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Must Try Drink Strategies for Your Next Party
By Zy Mazza
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It’s college. Everyone likes to drink, but the only problem is alcohol tastes so horrible. By the time you’re drunk, you usually don’t care, but those first few shots are a doozie.
If you want your next party to be a hit, here are some drinking strategies that will actually make your alcohol taste good. You can make a mixed-drink that’ll have your guests asking, “does this even have alcohol in it?”
But by the time they’re finished they’ll know the answer is yes. There’s a lot of alcohol in this.
Make a Mojito
This one is ultra simple. Here’s what you need.
- Rum
- Lime
- Sugar
- Mint
- Tonic water
If you’re throwing a party, I bet you already have most of those things–and if you don’t have sugar, then you don’t do enough baking. For this one all you need to do is pour a couple of shots of rum in a glass, then fill it with tonic water. Squirt a lime or two in there, and then mix in as much sugar as will fit in there.
If you add enough sugar and lime, you literally will not be able to taste the rum. No rum? No problem! Use something else–all your guests will taste is delicious minty lemonade. At someone elses party and they have no mint? Just do without! The important thing here is lime and sugar, which I’m sure you can find.
Everyone will love you for this drink. If that’s too complicated try…
Salt and Lime
Every great idea begins with “let’s do shots,” and if your drink of choice is tequila, there’s really only one way to do it.
Tequila is a Mexican alcohol, and when you’re Mexican, you never buy tequila without stocking up on salt and limes. You either line the glass with salt, or pour a bit on your hand.
The order goes:
- Salt
- Drink
- Lime
This process makes doing shots approximately 6 billion times more enjoyable. The salt makes you thirsty, so you take your shot, just grateful to wash the salt away. Before you can get around to processing the flavor of your drink, you wash it down by sucking on the lime.
The best part is you can do this with any drink, not just tequila. It’s just traditional to do it with tequila, but all hard alcohol is pretty much equally gross, so feel free to do this with whatever.
Drink beer you party animal
Or seriously, wine–anything less strong. Even if you’re drinking hard liquor later on, pre-gaming with something a little weaker can make the hard stuff go down a lot easier. Taking a shot dead sober is always a struggle. Try pacing yourself. And don’t worry, the Mythbusters totally busted the whole beer before liquor thing.
Whatever strategy you choose (or even if you decide to skip straight to shots with no help), remember to always party responsibly. And for those of you who think I’m lame for not enjoying the taste of straight hard liquor, please tell me what drinks you’re buying.
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