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Plan a party across multiple cocktails

Pick a few drinks, tell us your guest count, and get combined quantities, a grouped shopping list and batch-prep guidance.

For shopping purposes only — not a recommendation. You're responsible for choosing an appropriate amount for your guests.

Add at least one cocktail to build your party plan.

Good cocktails for a crowd

A tall mojito in a highball glass with mint sprig and lime wheelPhoto by Milan Trninic on Pexels

Mojito

A Cuban highball of white rum, lime, mint and soda — bright, herbal and endlessly refreshing.

refreshingsourherbal
easy5 minrum
A salt-rimmed Margarita in a rocks glass with a lime wheelPhoto by Marcelo Verfe on Pexels

Margarita

Tequila, orange liqueur and fresh lime, shaken hard over a salted rim — the reference point for every sour built on agave.

sourstrongfruity
easy5 mintequila
A Daiquiri in a chilled coupe glass with a lime wheelPhoto by Dextar Studio ™ on Pexels

Daiquiri

White rum, lime and sugar, shaken cold and strained up — three ingredients with nowhere to hide.

sourrefreshingstrong
easy5 minrum
An Espresso Martini in a coupe glass with three coffee beans floating on the foamPhoto by Marilena Baltzaki on Pexels

Espresso Martini

Vodka, coffee liqueur and fresh espresso, shaken hard for a cold, foam-capped jolt.

strongbittersweet
medium7 minvodka

What you can make the day before

Of the 188 recipes here, 36 can be mixed entirely in advance, 126 can be batched apart from what has to go in at the last moment, and 26 have to be made one at a time. Build a menu from the first group and your evening is a pour rather than a shift behind a counter.

  • Alcohol-Free Espresso Martini

    Everything in this can be mixed days ahead and kept cold. It is one of the drinks to build a party menu around.

    Add about 27% water to the batch to replace what the ice would have contributed.

  • Alcohol-Free Negroni

    Everything in this can be mixed days ahead and kept cold. It is one of the drinks to build a party menu around.

    Add about 22% water to the batch to replace what the ice would have contributed.

  • Boulevardier

    Everything in this can be mixed days ahead and kept cold. It is one of the drinks to build a party menu around.

    Add about 22% water to the batch to replace what the ice would have contributed.

  • Espresso Martini

    Everything in this can be mixed days ahead and kept cold. It is one of the drinks to build a party menu around.

    Add about 27% water to the batch to replace what the ice would have contributed.

  • Gibson

    Everything in this can be mixed days ahead and kept cold. It is one of the drinks to build a party menu around.

  • Hot Buttered Rum

    Everything in this can be mixed days ahead and kept cold. It is one of the drinks to build a party menu around.

How batching actually works →
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