Drinks Party

Serve best quality alcohol as it could save everyone a nasty hangover. To help you list alcoholic drinks that your bar would require, there's help online. Also set up drink stations around the venue. And allot each station a type of alcohol, one could be a wine station, another for cocktails. It's a great use of space. However experts recommend that you drink a glass of water for every drink you take. It helps counter the dehydrating effect of alcohol. Also 2 tbsp of honey on piece of toast before or after the party reduces the severity of the hangover, if any. Drinking tomato juice or milk will also slow down the absorption of alcohol into your bloodstream.
Ground Rules: Plan out drinks meticulously. What to serve, how to serve and garnish. Find out what each member of your party drinks. Make the difference between non-alcoholic drinkers and alcohol consumers. Do remember that even people who don't consume alcohol may have a preference - so someone may prefer a Virgin Mary to a lime-soda. Always keep some basic drinks in your bar (wine, gin, vodka, white rum, dark rum, whiskey, beer) as well as some basic aerated drinks (cola, tonic water, soda) and lemon. In case of some guests staying over, stock the fridge with a juice, and offer at breakfast. Or else, leave it in the fridge and ask them to help themselves.

Heady Cocktails:

1. Fruity Sangria: Serves 6
Ingredients:
300g assorted fruits like strawberry, watermelon and pomelo; 120g peach schnapps / green apple liqueur/ strawberry liqueur; 1 bottle dry or medium white / sparkling wine; 500g ice cubes; a small handful of mint leaves, chopped; 200ml spakling lime drink; 100 ml apple juice, to top;
Method: Soak the fruits in the liqueur overnight or for at least a few hours. Mix together the liqueur and the wine. Divide between the six wine goblets filled with lots of ice. Add the mint leaves. Fizz up with the lime drink and apple juice.
Tip: If you want to increase the serving size, scale up the ingredients proportionately.

2. Marmalade Mudslide: Serves 6
Ingredients:
1 bottle vodka; 1 bottle Kahlua / Tia Maria / Coffee Liqueur / 1/2 bottle Monin Coffee syrup; 1 bottle Cointreau / Triple sec; 1 bottle Bailey's Irish Cream or 1/2 bottle Monin Irish cream syrup; 1 litre fresh cream; 1 party pack vanilla ice-cream; 500g ice cubes; 200g chocolate flakes for garnish;
Method: Pour all the ingredients over ice cubes in a large bowl or jug. Blend all the ingredients together using a hand blender. Pour into whisky glasses and garnish with chocolate flakes.
Tip: You can top this with cold milk instead of blending with cream, or use chocolate liqueur instead of coffee syrup.

3. Cosmopolitan On The Rocks: Serves 6
Ingredients:
300g ice vodka; 500 ml orange vodka; 500 ml citrus vodka; 100 ml lime juice; 1 litre cranberry juice; lemon slices for garnish;
Method: Fill a large pitcher or two small pitchers with ice cubes. Add the orange vodka, citrus vodka, lime and cranberry juice. The taste should be sweet with a bite of lime. Stir well and pour into the glasses. Garnish with lemon slices.
Tip: You can make the pre-mix without ice and store it in bottles in the refrigerator. Shake and pour into old-fashioned Martini glasses over ice at the time of serving.

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