Dana: You have our permission

Gawd, after reading this post and the comments thread I’m totally craving bubbly. I think there is a bottle of Lanson in the cellar. WOuld it be wildly to wrong to pop it open on a Tuesday night when I’m home alone? Even if I promise not to drive and to admit that I feel the effects?

Rachel: You’re prescient — we do indeed have a DOTW brewing with one of the party finds!

Helen: Sounds like a much better kiddie cocktail than the creme de menthe frappe that my grandparents gave me!

Gina: Thank you

Vidiot: Happy to share. I’ll post the document to GoogleDocs later tonight and post a link here. But I really made things simple by listing measurements as “a splash of…” or “a hearty splash of…” and picking combinations that worked well even if they were a bit weak or strong.

Karl: Yum — we love all the red berries.

Teetotaler:
Prudish? No. Ridiculously patronizing? Yes.

I’m not sure where you get the idea that I was in any way implying that people who drink regularly are somehow immune to intoxication.

Given that we live in a major city, a large majority of our guests arrive by taxi, on foot, or via public transit. They’re also grownups who know how to moderate their drinking and/or hang out at a party until they’re sober.

I’m not sure why someone named ‘Teetotaler’ feels the need to troll around on a cocktail post, but we’re all immensely flattered by your concern.

In suggesting this for those “unaccustomed” to “high-octane libations” I’m sure you didn’t mean to imply that those who are so accustomed are not actually impaired (and thus unfit to drive) by the alcohol they consume.

Because, I’m sure I don’t need to say, this isn’t true. Those who are so accustomed are simply better at masking the effects of alcohol (and thus appearing normal) while still suffering from the reduction in judgment, dexterity, and reaction times like their teetotaling counterparts.